Support Worker
| Posting date: | 24 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | All POP Essex staff wages meet or exceed the National Living Wage |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 24 May 2024 |
| Location: | Braintree, Essex |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | POP Essex |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
A POP Essex Support Worker is expected to ensure the smooth running of POP Essex sessions by supporting POP Essex service users with the rest of our staff team to deliver high quality play & development opportunities for disabled children and young people. This is a part time position, predominantly weekends with occasional weekday hours.
Responsibilities:
To manage and maintain sessions to the high standards set out by POP Essex.
To ensure the safety and well-being of children & young people attending POP Essex sessions.
Work efficiently and respectfully with POP Essex Staff and Volunteers to ensure the delivery of high-quality play & development opportunities.
TO model good practice to other staff and volunteers.
TO always protect children and young people from abuse or harm by following POP Essex safeguarding and health & safety policies.
To liaise with parents/carers in respectful, sensitive and professional manner.
To use own initiative and common sense.
To ensure that all POP Essex equipment and play spaces are maintained in a clean, safe, good working order.
POP Essex may from time to time require you to undertake additional or other duties as necessary to meet the needs of POP Essex on a short term basis e.g holiday or sickness cover
Skills and abilities
Good communication skills
Ability to work in and lead a staff team
Ability to meet children and young people’s individual needs
Ability to provide and facilitate high quality play opportunities
Ability to work to own initiative
Ability to establish positive relationships with children, young people and their families
High quality admin skills and attention to detail
Skills and abilities
Good communication skills
Ability to work in a staff team
Ability to meet children and young people’s individual needs
Ability to provide and facilitate high quality play opportunities
Ability to work to own initiative
Ability to establish positive relationships with children, young people and their families
High quality admin skills and attention to detail
Knowledge
Basic safeguarding awareness
Experience of working with disabled children and young people to cater for their complex medical and behavioural needs
Qualifications to demonstrate the above to a minimum of Level 3 (or equivalent) is preferred
Training
Additional training will be provided as and when appropriate
Responsibilities:
To manage and maintain sessions to the high standards set out by POP Essex.
To ensure the safety and well-being of children & young people attending POP Essex sessions.
Work efficiently and respectfully with POP Essex Staff and Volunteers to ensure the delivery of high-quality play & development opportunities.
TO model good practice to other staff and volunteers.
TO always protect children and young people from abuse or harm by following POP Essex safeguarding and health & safety policies.
To liaise with parents/carers in respectful, sensitive and professional manner.
To use own initiative and common sense.
To ensure that all POP Essex equipment and play spaces are maintained in a clean, safe, good working order.
POP Essex may from time to time require you to undertake additional or other duties as necessary to meet the needs of POP Essex on a short term basis e.g holiday or sickness cover
Skills and abilities
Good communication skills
Ability to work in and lead a staff team
Ability to meet children and young people’s individual needs
Ability to provide and facilitate high quality play opportunities
Ability to work to own initiative
Ability to establish positive relationships with children, young people and their families
High quality admin skills and attention to detail
Skills and abilities
Good communication skills
Ability to work in a staff team
Ability to meet children and young people’s individual needs
Ability to provide and facilitate high quality play opportunities
Ability to work to own initiative
Ability to establish positive relationships with children, young people and their families
High quality admin skills and attention to detail
Knowledge
Basic safeguarding awareness
Experience of working with disabled children and young people to cater for their complex medical and behavioural needs
Qualifications to demonstrate the above to a minimum of Level 3 (or equivalent) is preferred
Training
Additional training will be provided as and when appropriate