Support Worker – Southampton

About the role

These roles will be working with children and young people with a range of Mental Health issues. You will be required to have experience working in a similar role. These positions are on a 2 to 1 basis.

Duties include:

• You will be required to ensure that children and young people are provided with the highest quality of care possible and to assist them reaching their fullest potential.
• To ensure children’s safety and well-being is appropriately protected at all times
• To provide high standard help, care and support
• To enable clients / families or children and young people (as appropriate) to enjoy a range of food and support them to buy their food from various places including markets/ super markets or specialist shops

The young people involved in these placements can have a range of needs, including:

• Challenging & aggressive behaviour
• Learning disability
• Autistic Spectrum Condition
• ADHD
• Personality Disorder
• Self-Injury
• H diagnosis
• Victims of the range of abuses
• Inappropriate behaviours

Criteria for these roles are:

• Child and Adult DBS – on the update service
• Previous Experience in a similar role
• NVQ Level 3 in childcare or equivalent (desirable not essential)
• References covering the last 3 years

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)

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.