Bank Enabling Support Worker

Bank Enabling Support Worker

Location: Children and Young Peoples Service

Salary: A£12.75 per hour

Hours Per Week: Bank

This role is part‑time only; full‑time hours are not available.

A full UK driving licence is essential.

We are looking for people with the passion, talent, skills and experience that all add up to a caring and community‑minded workforce.

Responsibilities

• Helping with daily routines such as meal times, personal care and bedtime.
• Community access (cinema, youth clubs, sports clubs, swimming, park, beach, etc.).
• Assisting parents/carers with household tasks: preparing meals, laundry, general cleaning.
• Planning activities and games: arts and crafts, reading, board games.
• Supporting children to learn new skills and increase independence (bus, shopping trips, managing money).

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience working with children with disabilities or special educational needs.
• Experience as a support worker, childcare worker or teaching assistant.
• Passion for working with children and families.
• Active and adaptable in different environments and with diverse people.
• Friendly, warm and fun.
• Desire to develop and progress in career and make a difference to children and young people with disabilities.

Benefits

• £500 bonus after 12 months of service (terms apply).
• Birthday off: frontline care staff can take a day off on birthday from annual entitlement.
• Gift vouchers for CQC ratings: £30 if rated good, £50 if outstanding.
• Recognition letters and gift vouchers up to £50 for outstanding performance.
• Excellent training package.
• Generous annual leave entitlement: 25 days + 8 bank holidays for first 5 years, increasing to 28 days + 8 after 5 years.
• Pension scheme.
• Employee assistance programme.

All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS/Access NI check.

Shaftesbury is committed to the Disability Confident Scheme and to equal opportunities; we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.

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