Internal Job: Support Worker – Zero Hours

Job Title: Multi-Site Support Worker
Location: Option to Work in all Services
Salary: £11.69 -£12.80 per hour
Hours: Zero-hours Contract

Who are Fair Ways and what do we stand for?
Fair Ways is a great place to work. We are a team. We care about each other and are all committed to changing the lives of the young people and service users in our care. We will not apologise for calling our staff great, the best, or world-class. Our team are at the core of our organisation and we celebrate them by shouting it from the rooftops!

Where do we need you?

As a multi-site support worker, you will have the opportunity to work flexibly across our any of our other fantastic services. Working on a zero hours contract you can build a rota that suits you including days, weekends, evenings and nights, whilst also having the amazing opportunity to engage across the charity and make and make a meaningful difference to the lives of the children, vulnerable adults and families we support in the following services:

• Residential Children’s Homes –Contributing towards the maintenance of a positive, safe and homely environment within our residential service, including the promotion of a warm and accepting atmosphere, where the safety and care of young people is paramount.
• Residential Family Centre –Observing, assessing, and monitoring the health, development and emotional well-being of parents and children, by promoting high standards of physical care, hygiene and safety for residents.
• Fostering Support –Providing daytime and evening respite to Foster Carers by taking the child/young person into the community for 1:1 support sessions.
• Youth mental health –Rehabilitation and Recovery services – Analysing and therapeutically managing behaviour that challenges resulting from complex needs and formulate plans to reduce the likelihood of future similar events.
• Supported Living –Encouraging the development of independent life skills for post-16’s within a therapeutic caring environment. Interacting with young people and managing complex behaviour.
• Community Outreach –Providing flexible support in the family home and/or community to young people with disabilities, complex health and behavioural needs.
• Family Contact –Providing a safe and supervised environment allowing families to work towards re- establishing relationships following possible breakdown or separation.
• Education SEMH/ASD –Supporting the needs of our 3 specialist school sites providing support to students both onsite in lessons and offsite in exciting activities.

Our team of multi-site support workers are managed by our Bank Engagement Lead who is passionate about creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for our zero hours workers ensuring that they feel valued and supported in the vital roles they play as part of our dedicated and dynamic workforce.

Desirable…. but not Essential

Whilst we value the knowledge and understanding that experience and qualifications can bring, we also know that some of our best people have come to us from unrelated backgrounds. These people already held our core values at heart, and with the dedication of our amazing in-house training and development team, we have supported the rest!

• Previous experience of working with young people and/or adults with health/social care/educational needs
• A Level 3 qualification in childcare, social care, or another related discipline
• All candidates must have a full driving license and have access to the use of a car. Successful candidates will be required to provide an enhanced Disclosure (DBS). This disclosure cost will be met by Fair Ways.

Let us look after you!

Looking after our employees is important to us, and whilst our culture is central to our identity, we also offer a great set of benefits to ensure we are striving to provide the best support to our employees available in the sector.

• Employee Assistance Scheme (Application based emergency financial assistance for employees)
• Wellbeing Initiatives – Team Building Days, Summer Festival, Wellbeing boxes
• Health Assured and Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 counselling service)
• Eligibility for a Blue Light Card giving a range of high street discounts.
• Attendance at a range of exciting company events
• £250 Refer a Foster Carer Scheme