Support Workers

If you are looking for a rewarding career and are passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of young people, we would love to hear from you. Apply today to join our dedicated team at Heartwood Care Group!

We are currently looking to recruit Support Workers to join our Manea home on a permanent basis working 40 hours per week. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who would like to start a new structured career path working within a challenging yet exciting, fast paced position, delivering support to young people, in their own home, who are experiencing social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.

About Heartwood
With more than a decade’s service in the field of social care, Heartwood Care Group have provided an experienced support for children and young people in their local communities delivering a tailored approach to each child and a flexible care for those with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties who are emotionally vulnerable and occasionally challenging.

How will you support young people?

· Ensure that the rights of the young people are upheld and promoted at all times in accordance with the principles of choice, respect, dignity and privacy.

· Ensure that all issues relating to the safeguarding of vulnerable children and/or adults are reported according to policies and procedures and in accordance with the safeguarding policy.

· Ensure that if there are significant changes to individual service users’ needs these are raised with the Service Manager.

· Promote young people’s involvement in all areas including service delivery, quality assurance and organisational development.

· Communicate effectively (written and verbal) with both internal colleagues and external bodies alike.

The Ideal candidate will be:

· Preferred candidates with previous experience in working with young people who display challenging behaviour.

· Preferred candidates NVQ Qualified (Minimum Level 3) in a social care related subject.

· Able to demonstrate an understanding of social emotional and behavioural difficulties and how these may impact the lives of the young people that we support.

· Able to inspire and encourage young people to engage in all aspects of daily living.

· An empowering, approachable and resilient worker.

· Confident, influential and inspiring.

What we offer

· Fully Funded Training and qualifications

. Employee Assistance programme

· Nest Pension Scheme

· Maternity and Sick pay

· Refer a friend scheme

. Annual Leave allowances

. Enhanced DBS paid by us.

Salary: £12.09-£12.84

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £12.09-£12.84 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Store discount

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Night shift
• Weekend availability

Application question(s):

• Are you over the age of 21?

Work Location: In person