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  • Care / Support Worker
    Care / Support Worker
    20 days ago
    £16 hourly
    Full-time
    London

    We are looking for a Waking night and day shift support worker / carer to join the lovely team around our 19 year old son who has epilepsy and profound autism, is non verbal and has additional health needs. He lives at home with his family and dog. We will need someone to take on both daytime hours as well as cover 1-2 waking nights per week. We need to cover the following waking nights: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the moment. These night supports are strictly waking nights. You would often work together with other team members to engage him in every day activities and to take him out into the community. But you would also need to take on sole charge after training. He can walk short distances but otherwise uses a wheel chair. He likes to go to the park, shopping, cafe and sometimes some planned activities all with a lot of support. His communication is mainly through pictures of reference and is taught with ABA principles. His ABA consultant is training the You would be expected to attend those team meetings. He sometimes is also tired and unwell after a seizure or other illness and will then just need care and nurturing and patience. He also sometimes has hospital stays which requires patience. You would be assisting him with everyday skills and activities as well as feeding, bathing and toileting. Ideally you have experience with catheterisation and peresteen as well as PEG feeding too. But we can also train you. On normal days he needs support workers to be patient, fun and also strong as he is a lanky teenager who does need a lot of physical support. You would need to be able to appreciate a person who has profound autism and treat him with dignity. When working a waking overnight you will need to make sure that he is safe and alert parents in case of a seizure. This position also involves keeping his environment generally tidy and clean and help with his laundry. Please only people who are dog friendly apply. Please only non smokers and non vapers apply. You should be responsible, cheerful, honest and very reliable, physically strong and healthy as he needs a lot of support. You will be trained by members of the team and the education consultant and be taught the principles of ABA - a behaviour therapy. You would be someone who has interest in special needs, psychology and perhaps nursing. You would perhaps have studied a related field or are planning to study a related field. You would need to be flexible and sometime cover for other people in the team if they are away on holidays or ill. Ideally you would work with a UTR number on a self-employed basis or if needed because of a visa through an agency with a PAYE (we can help with this). You should: • Apply with cover letter, CV, DBS and relevant references, • Commit for minimum a year., • Invoice at the end of every month, • Able to work legally in the UK, • Be based in London We are based in Islington. Please reply explaining why you are interested (and please read full advertisement before), then also upload your CV and lateron we need relevant references and a copy of your DBS. Weekly hours: minimum 26 hours (often more) or if full-time minimum 37.5 hours. please indicate in your application if you are after full or part time (can work with UTR or only PAYE) interested in both day and night shifts or only night shifts (we can not hire anyone who is not interested in the night shift). This is not a second job possibility (we would like to find someone who takes on this position as their only job even if it can only be part time because of studies. Starting Date: for training Asap. Training first only days time. All training done through shadowing. We look forward to hearing from you.

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  • Early Years Educator
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    Early Years Educator
    11 hours ago
    Part-time
    Beckenham

    The successful candidate will be working as part of our team to deliver outstanding care whilst facilitating engaging, child led learning. We are looking for someone else to join us who is committed to education, motivated, passionate, who wants to really make a difference in children's lives. ​Your responsibilities will include: • Promoting the philosophy of “learning through play”, supporting children in play and learning activities, following their interests., • Supporting everyday care routines, encouraging children to gain self-help skills including dressing, feeding, toilet training and an awareness of personal hygiene., • Facilitating a range of activities based on children’s interests, to promote each child’s physical, intellectual and emotional needs to enable each child to reach their full potential., • Assisting other pre-school practitioners with activities to encourage speech and language and social interaction with the children., • Enhancing the environment with resources and displays of children's work,, • Working with a small key group of children, observing, monitoring and recording each child’s development., • Working under supervision to maintain records and documentation that complies with statutory requirements., • Establishing positive relationships with parents and carers. Developing confidence when communicating with parents and carers about the day-to-day needs of their child and fostering parental engagement., • Attending staff and team meetings and keep up to date with developments in childcare through regular training as appropriate., • Ensuring you are aware of and comply with the pre-school’s policies, ensuring everyone is treated safely and with respect, in line with the pre-school safeguarding, H&S and equal opportunity policies and the Staff handbook., • Gaining knowledge and understanding of the EYFS and all other statutory requirements ​ Qualifications and skills needed: You must: • Be able to relate to and interact with children positively., • Be reliable, enthusiastic, and flexible., • Be able to remain calm under pressure, adapt to the unexpected and ‘think on your feet.’, • Be able to write reports and keep clear and accurate records., • Be well organised with good administrative and IT skills., • Be able to work as part of a team, follow instructions and use your initiative., • Be able to communicate clearly and politely both verbally and in writing., • Be able to develop positive relationships with parents, carers and other childcare professionals, • Be willing to learn new skills and able to identify when you need to ask for support ​ The hours are flexible, but will be between 8am-6pm Monday – Friday, and are term time only (38 weeks per year) ​The benefits of working with us are; Good rates of pay 6 weeks paid holiday ​Free uniform Free training Free DBS check Company Pension On-site Parking Ongoing continuous development and early years quality training and mentoring. ​ ​If you'd like to apply, please get in touch by email or via our website.

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