Care Worker in a Children’s Home
Location: Cranleigh
Salary: £22,697 - £23,508 per annum (based on 37 hours over 52 weeks, on a 4 week rota)
St Joseph's Specialist Trust are a non-maintained specialist school, college and children’s home working with complex, challenging and vulnerable children and young people.
The Role
They are looking for dedicated care workers to join their team on a permanent basis. You will support young people with complex learning disabilities, severe social communication and behavioural issues. This role gives you the opportunity to make a real difference to their lives. With your compassion, guidance and training, you will watch them grow, develop and support them towards adulthood.
The care team support their young people outside of school hours and also provide cover in the classroom enabling their education staff to take their breaks. You will support their students to develop their life skills; assisting with their personal care, choosing and preparing their meals, shopping, money handling and accompanying activities on and off site. During the school holidays their young people really enjoy trips off site, fully supported by their team, including trips to the beach and funfair, adventure parks, meals out, inclusive cycling sessions and Airhop.
You will have the ongoing support of a skilled and dedicated team. Comprehensive training and mentoring includes leaning about safeguarding, autism an...