[ref. g03331520] Support Worker

Protective Care Group are looking for passionate and experienced Support Workers to help create a safe, loving environment for children that exhibit extremely challenging behaviour as a result of trauma. At PCG we strive to ensure every colleague can make a positive and lasting difference to our young people and their families.

Why You’ll Love This Role:

• A chance to enhance your skills in a challenging environment. This isn’t your standard care role, expect variety, unpredictability, and the chance to make every day count.
• Be a child again: Hiking, mini golf, football, baking, pamper nights—whatever our children want to do you’ll make it happen!
• No two days are the same: Yes, it’s a challenging role but worthwhile. Take a look at some of our case studies to find out more https://protective-care.co.uk/portfolio_category/young-people/
• Incredibly rewarding: give a child the opportunity to create a stable, nurturing home that they deserve but never had.

Requirements

What we’re looking for:

• A full UK manual driving license and Right to Work in the UK.
• Flexibility to work across the North East, we support a lot of Young People so you could be asked to work in any of our teams.
• Able to commit to a varied shift pattern including rolling 4 on 4 off that covers days, waking nights and sleep-ins. This means you need to be comfortable staying away from home if your rotation requires you to.
• Proven experience working with people with significant trauma and challenging behaviour.
• The ability to remain honest and respectful in all interactions with your colleagues, our young people and all stakeholders.
• A Level 3 in residential childcare, or suitable equivalent, would be an advantage in this role.

What our Young People are looking for:

• Someone who is nice, enjoys activities and will help with things
• Someone who will take things slowly and enjoy life
• Someone who will take time to listen and understand

Benefits

What You’ll Get:

• Competitive salary of £32,000, plus shift uplifts & sleep-in pay.
• Paid leave, sick pay, and a company pension.
• Comprehensive training and clear pathways for career progression, including fully funded industry recognised qualifications. We actively seek to develop the potential of not only our young people but our staff as well.
• Wellbeing support and access to confidential counselling services.
• A supportive culture, we celebrate successes through supervisions and quarterly nomination schemes!