At a Glance
- Tasks: Support children emotionally and physically, helping them reach their full potential.
- Company: Caring organisation dedicated to providing a safe home for children and young people.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, career progression, paid training, and wellbeing support.
- Other info: Flexible shifts, supportive management, and opportunities for personal growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in children's lives while enjoying fun activities together.
- Qualifications: Experience in children's care or transferable skills; must be positive and energetic.
The predicted salary is between 13.45 - 13.45 £ per hour.
Overview
Be part of a caring team that provides a safe and loving home for children and young people, led and supported by a registered manager.
Act as a positive role model to give encouragement and praise.
Enjoy fun days out such as swimming, trampolining, football, dance and revisit missed milestones.
Provide emotional and physical support to allow the children to reach their full potential in sometimes challenging situations.
Build friendships and trusting relationships.
Help them to find pleasure in everyday tasks.
Empower them to make decisions about themselves.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the children with emotional and physical needs to reach their full potential.
- Act as a positive role model and provide encouragement and praise.
- Build friendships and trusting relationships with children, encouraging them to find pleasure in everyday tasks.
- Help children to make decisions about themselves.
- Work flexible shifts and sleep‑ins as required, including working during nights to support the children.
- Maintain a safe environment and adhere to safeguarding policies.
Qualifications & Experience
- Full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle.
- Experience and qualifications in children’s care or transferable skills such as nursery, sport, education or early years experience.
- Ability to build trusting relationships and be a role model.
- Good communication skills, fun, positive and energetic.
- Working Hours & Pay
Salary from April1st2026: £13.45 per hour (£27,976.00). Additional pay for sleep‑ins: £62.64 per sleep‑in (working approx.4‑8 sleep‑ins per month, an additional £3,000‑£6,000P/A).
Benefits
- Career Progression: clear path to advance, including opportunities to become a Registered Manager.
- Competitive Salary: real living wage minimum.
- Enhanced Pay Scales: recognise qualifications and experience with higher rates.
- Family Support: enhanced company maternity and paternity pay.
- Rewarding job with variety and enjoyment.
- Supportive management: regular supervisions and appraisals.
- Regular team meetings to contribute ideas.
- Funded qualifications: fully fund and support QCFs and Level3 training.
- Paid training: get paid to enrol in sector leading training.
- Full induction program.
- Discount schemes: access to the Hapi App and Blue Light Card.
- NEST pension scheme.
- Wellbeing support, advice and guidance through Employee Assistance Programme.
- Staff referral scheme: referral bonus £500, split between referrer and referee.
- Internal communications via Circle App.
- Annual leave: 28 days including Bank Holidays.
- Free enhanced DBS check.
- Safeguarding
Keys is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone in our care and therefore this post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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Children's Care Support Worker - Growth & Sleep-Ins in Widnes employer: Keys Group
Keys Group is an exceptional employer that prioritises the well-being and development of its staff, offering competitive pay rates and additional income opportunities. With a strong focus on employee growth through funded qualifications and a supportive management team, working in Sudbury provides a fulfilling environment where you can make a meaningful impact in the lives of children with complex needs.
