Contact Supervision – Portsmouth

To provide supervised contact between children and their extended family network where this supervision has been deemed by the courts as essential to protect the children from suffering ongoing significant harm.

To provide formal, evidential reports to social workers, managers, guardians and the Courts to inform decision making on the future care arrangements of individual children.

To ensure that children are protected during supervised contact sessions, intervening where required and facilitating contacts which safeguard the child from inappropriate behaviour.

Support Worker Contract/Position Details:

• Location – Portsmouth
• Position – Contact Supervision
• Type of work – Supporting children with learning difficulties
• Start date – ASAP
• Likely Duration – Ongoing agency cover
• Position end date – Unknown
• Contract type – Temporary
• Full-time potential
• Minimum rate of pay – £11.50ph
• Maximum rate of pay – £13.50ph
• Hours – Day shifts, Night Shifts

Support worker Experience, Training and Qualifications:

• Experience in a support work/care environment
• Up-to-date mandatory training – Food Hygiene, Health and Safety, Fire Safety, Infection Prevention, Equality and Diversity, Autism training (all can be completed free with Prospero)
• Safeguarding training is imperative; you can undertake a free course with Prospero Health and Social Care if you have not completed a Safeguarding course in the last 12 months.
• Health and Social Care Level 2 or 3 (desirable but not essential)

To be eligible for any support work with Prospero Health and Social Care you must:

• Hold the Right to Work in the UK.
• Possess an enhanced DBS certificate registered with online update service or be willing to process a new application.
• Provide two professional care related references.

Other:

If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up to date CV. Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.