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Employer: KIDS
Location: Hounslow
Working Hours: Regular evenings and weekends. Flexibility in hours can be discussed during the interview.
Salary: £11.95 per hour/ £13.39 including holiday pay
The good stuff/ Benefits:
- Flexible start and end times to achieve a healthy work-life balance
- A strong team culture where successes are celebrated together
- Colleague Wellbeing Programme
- Potential for advancement within the organisation
- Access to an employee benefits portal offering discounts at numerous online high street stores
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) providing confidential support for personal and professional issues, available 24/7
- Referral scheme for additional rewards
- Free, engaging and effective e-learning platform
- Company events and socials
Are you someone who is passionate about making a positive impact on people's lives?
We are seeking compassionate and dedicated individuals to provide support to disabled children and young people on a one-to-one basis in the London Borough of Hounslow.
If you can assist individuals in exploring their interests, promoting their independence, and ensuring they have an enjoyable and active time, then this role may be perfect for you.
As a Support Worker, your responsibilities will include:
Providing Short Breaks to children or young people, typically on weekends, on a one-to-one basis either in the local community or at their home. These breaks are tailored to the individual's interests and hobbies and may involve activities such as swimming, visiting parks or museums, or shopping. The breaks also focus on skill development, such as managing money and using public transportation, making a meaningful difference in the lives of disabled children and young people and their families.
About You
Personal Qualities:
- A person-centred approach
- Energetic and engaging
- Committed to the role
- Previous experience working with disabled children is advantageous but not mandatory
- Understanding of the needs of disabled children and young people, with a dedication to safeguarding
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and show initiative
- Availability to work evenings and weekends regularly, depending on support needs.
We welcome applications from disabled people or people with lived experience of disability. We demonstrate our willingness to make reasonable adjustments to enable disabled candidates/colleagues to access and participate in the recruitment process (for example we make our adverts accessible, and where required/requested, will make application forms available in alternative formats, i.e. large print). Kids encourages applications from disabled people by offering any disabled person who meets the person specification an interview.
If required, support is provided to applicants to complete an application form. Our in-house Careers team will discuss what support we can provide.
KIDS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all those who come into contact with our services. Our colleagues are trained to recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns. We work closely with families and other agencies to take all reasonable steps to minimise the risk of harm to children, young people and adults.
To fulfil our commitment to those we work with we observe safer recruitment and selection procedures and nurture a safeguarding culture which is open and transparent, where all concerns in relation to our people can be identified and spoken about openly and are dealt with promptly and appropriately. By identifying concerning, problematic or inappropriate behaviour early we aim to minimise the risk of abuse.
Please note KIDS Safer Recruitment procedures will include a DBS check and a Colleague Suitability Declaration where applicable. Within the DBS check there are two Barred Lists. The Children’s Barred List and the Adults’ Barred List. If you are added to a Barred List then it is against the law to work, apply for work or volunteer in Regulated Activity with children and/or adults. Therefore, we ask you not to progress with your application.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We work to ensure that all of the Kids team:
- are committed to equality of opportunity, treatment and behaviour
- have equal access to employment, promotion and development
- have equal access to services
- have their needs considered as we develop services
This means that equality and human rights are:
- embedded in our business planning
- fully considered within our structures
- part of the personal development of all staff
