Children's Support Worker

Job summary

Key Workers have a crucial role in each home:

- Establishing key support relationships with children and young people
- Giving them the care, guidance and support they need to thrive

Main duties of the job

Supporting young people in their day to day lives, acting as a role model, following placement plans and helping children to access education, health and leisure services.

This role also involves providing emotional support, advice and providing a safe happy enviornment to live in.

About us

Cotswold Chine School, part of Novalis Trust, is a charity that supports children with Neurodevelopmental Difficulties.

We used a trauma informed, relationship based approach in the way we work.

Job description
Job responsibilities

As this role is quite in depth, please refer to uploaded job description for full job details. Thank you.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

- N/A

Desirable

- Level 3 QCF in residential childcare

Experience
Essential

- Some experience of working with children either formally or informally is beneficial.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name

Novalis Trust