Children's Support Worker inBrighton inBrighton PUBLISHED
SAT 4 JAN 2025
Opportunities to make a real difference in the lives of children and their families by promoting independence and wellbeing.
Diverse daily tasks that include caring for children's physical and mental needs, ensuring no two days are the same.
Gain valuable experience working alongside other social care and health care professionals, enhancing your collaboration skills.
Develop a deep understanding of various conditions, disabilities, and care plans, enriching your professional knowledge and expertise.
Fostering rewarding relationships with the children you support, creating a sense of fulfillment and emotional satisfaction.
Engaging in meaningful activities that support children's mental and physical health, contributing to personal and professional growth.
The European Foundation for Business Qualification (EFBQ) is seeking competent Children's Support Workers in Brighton to assist children with physical and/or mental challenges. The role involves enabling independence for service users recovering from illnesses or those with learning disabilities, mental health issues, sensory impairments, and other conditions. Key responsibilities include personal care tasks, meal preparation, household chores, monitoring health, following care plans, administering medication, and supporting clients' overall wellbeing through activities.
Ideal candidates should possess a sensitivity to individual needs, patience, attention to detail, and the ability to manage household duties. Strong customer service skills and the capacity to remain calm in stressful situations are essential. The position includes collaboration with other healthcare professionals and adherence to established care guidelines, ensuring a supportive environment for the children.
Ideal candidates should possess a sensitivity to individual needs, patience, attention to detail, and the ability to manage household duties. Strong customer service skills and the capacity to remain calm in stressful situations are essential. The position includes collaboration with other healthcare professionals and adherence to established care guidelines, ensuring a supportive environment for the children.
We are looking for competent care assistants to support physically and/or mentally challenged service users in their everyday lives, enabling their independence as far as is possible. The support required takes into account the varying needs of people including those recovering from an operation or illness with mild to severe learning disabilities, mental health difficulties, sensory impairments, dysphagia and epilepsy The fulfilment and satisfaction that comes with helping others surpasses the challenges of this job.
The duties and responsibilities
Assisting with washing and dressing the child
Preparing their food and helping them eat
Doing household tasks, such as shopping, tidying, cleaning and laundry
Getting to know the children, their needs and interests
Monitoring their health and weight and recording any concerns
Following care plans, routines, guidelines, risk assessments, and Behaviour Management Plans
Making sure they take prescribed medications
Administering medication as required (with training)
Supporting their mental and physical wellbeing through different activities
Assisting clients with physical therapy exercises
Working with other social care and health care professionals
Mobility support: moving and handling, hoisting
Acting quickly and responsibly in cases of emergency
Child Care Worker Skills And Qualifications
Sensitivity to and understanding of people
Ability to do household chores and cook nutritious meals
The ability to work with different types of people
Patience and the ability to remain calm during stressful situations
The ability to work well under pressure
Attention to detail
Excellent customer service skills
Guidant Global (BH4SF) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
The duties and responsibilities
Assisting with washing and dressing the child
Preparing their food and helping them eat
Doing household tasks, such as shopping, tidying, cleaning and laundry
Getting to know the children, their needs and interests
Monitoring their health and weight and recording any concerns
Following care plans, routines, guidelines, risk assessments, and Behaviour Management Plans
Making sure they take prescribed medications
Administering medication as required (with training)
Supporting their mental and physical wellbeing through different activities
Assisting clients with physical therapy exercises
Working with other social care and health care professionals
Mobility support: moving and handling, hoisting
Acting quickly and responsibly in cases of emergency
Child Care Worker Skills And Qualifications
Sensitivity to and understanding of people
Ability to do household chores and cook nutritious meals
The ability to work with different types of people
Patience and the ability to remain calm during stressful situations
The ability to work well under pressure
Attention to detail
Excellent customer service skills
Guidant Global (BH4SF) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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