Children's Services Support Worker bank-weekday working shifts

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Passionate about working with children
• •Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• •Good professional judgement
• •Imagination
• •Professional experience of direct work with children in a group environment
• •Childcare qualification
• •Education qualification
• •Social work qualification
• •Knowledge of Child Protection and Safeguarding
• •Enhanced DBS check
• •Relevant Teaching qualification
• •Child Care qualification
• •Play-work qualification
• •Safeguarding Children and Young People training
• •Safeguarding Children and Young People qualification
• •Recent experience of direct work with children in a residential care environment
• •Recent experience of direct work with children in a school
• •Recent experience of direct work with children in another professional setting
• •Experience of working with children from diverse backgrounds
• •Understanding of equal opportunities and inclusion
• •Understanding of the principles of play work
• •Experience of organising trips, outings and/or residential holidays for children
• •Knowledge of issues and general procedures around Child Protection and Safeguarding
• •Fun, friendly, empathetic nature
• •Highest professional standards
• •Absolute integrity
• •Confident
• •Compassionate
• •Level-headed
• •Practical skills in arts and crafts
• •Practical skills in music
• •Practical skills in drama
• •Practical skills in storytelling
• •Practical skills in sports and games
• •Ability to apply practical skills in a play setting
• •Excellent communication skills with children
• •Excellent communication skills with colleagues
• •Excellent communication skills with parents/carers
• •Passion for improving the lives of vulnerable children
• •Commitment to the pursuit of excellence in all aspects of service delivery
• •Natural team player
• •Ability to operate comfortably for sustained periods in a close residential setting
• •Ability to work harmoniously with colleagues
• •Ability to achieve break or activity objectives
• •Ability to work under pressure
• •Ability to manage challenging behaviour in a calm, positive and effective manner
• •Ability to use own initiative
• •Ability to complete concise, accurate and legible records of incidents and accidents
• •Ability to contribute to evaluations and reports
• •Full driving licence
• •Own car
• •Ability to respond positively to challenges
• •Ability to respond to unexpected changes of course
• •Ability to create a welcoming, stimulating, and safe environment
• •Ability to positively manage behaviour with confidence
• •Ability to say no
• •Ability to think on their feet
• •Ability to support each other
• •Flexibility
• •Can do attitude
• •Great enthusiasm
• •Excellent creative skills
• •Willingness to embrace change
• •Ability to act as a positive and inspiring role model
• •Ability to communicate with kindness, empathy, and fairness
• •Ability to enable children to safely access and enjoy a range of facilities
• •Ability to follow Health & Safety policy and practices
• •Ability to maintain children's equipment
• •Ability to maintain the kitchen garden
• •Ability to understand the components and objectives of each element of the suite of Honeypot services
• •Ability to support the delivery of required outcomes
• •Ability to consult with the children
• •Ability to involve children in the planning of activities
• •Ability to assist with the maintenance of materials and equipment
• •Ability to create and manage a play environment
• •Ability to undertake the specific responsibilities of the Play Safety, Housekeeping and Sanitation Leader roles
• •Ability to manage challenging behaviour in a calm and fair manner
• •Ability to use positive behaviour techniques
• •Ability to build and maintain professional relationships and boundaries with both children and staff
• •Ability to perform regular travel chaperone duties as required
• •Ability to look after and maintain the Honeypot site and facilities
• •Ability to encourage children to respect their environment
• •Ability to use various intervention and response methods
• •Ability to create a child-friendly, nonauthoritarian and co-operative environment
• •Ability to respond appropriately to the emotional, physical, and practical needs of vulnerable children
• •Ability to help the children under your supervision to wake up in the morning
• •Ability to help the children under your supervision to go to bed at night
• •Ability to support good personal hygiene
• •Ability to help with preparing and serving meals
• •Ability to ensure that food preparation and handling is carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the Food Safety Act and the Food Standards Agency
• •Ability to perform routine housekeeping and sanitation tasks
• •Ability to read, accurately complete, and safely store all necessary records and paperwork
• •Ability to follow health and safety guidelines
• •Ability to check all equipment
• •Ability to report concerns or incidents involving children, staff, or visitors
• •Ability to attend and participate in a debrief meeting
• •Ability to contribute to lessons learned
• •Ability to attend regular supervision
• •Ability to assist the Children's Services Leader to measure and record the outcomes achieved for each child
• •Ability to understand, promote, and adhere to the Honeypot Children's Charity's Policies & Procedures
• •Ability to participate in activities which fall outside of normal working hours
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be proactive
• •Ability to work across all areas of our child-facing service delivery
• •Ability to work a varied schedule that includes evening/nights, weekends and weekdays
• •Ability to work in both term time and school holidays
• •Ability to perform travel chaperone (not driver) duties on our minibuses
• •Ability to accompany children while collecting and returning them from their homes
• •Ability to support the other team members deliver creative and imaginative content
• •Ability to support the CSL in the delivery of their break or activity programme
• •Ability to supervise children in a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities
• •Ability to proactively seek ways to enable every child to get the very best from their time with us
• •Ability to ensure their safety and wellbeing
• •Ability to enable children to safely access and enjoy a range of facilities including extensive gardens and grounds
• •Ability to enable children to safely access and enjoy trampolines
• •Ability to enable children to safely access and enjoy a swimming pool
• •Ability to enable children to safely access and enjoy bikes and go carts
• •Ability to enable children to safely access and enjoy an adventure playground
• •Ability to enable children to safely access and enjoy an arts and crafts studio
• •Ability to understand, promote, and adhere to the Honeypot Children's Charity's Policies & Procedures
• •Ability to participate in activities which fall outside of normal working hours as required
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff
• •Ability to be a positive, constructive, and proactive member of the team
• •Ability to embody positive behaviours
• •Ability to promote respect for the individual
• •Ability to work together to create a happy, caring environment for children and staff