Children Support Worker

Job Title: Children's Support Worker
Location: Cwmbran, Torfaen, UK
Salary: £14.24 - £28.48 per hour (inclusive of holiday pay)

Job Description:
Are you passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of children and young people? Our client is seeking dedicated Children's Support Workers to join their Children’s Residential Services in Cwmbran. This role offers an engaging opportunity to support vulnerable children and young people, helping them achieve their full potential through compassionate care and practical support. If you are resilient, empathetic, and driven to create meaningful change, this could be the perfect role for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support children and young people in their daily activities and interests
• Promote independence and wellbeing of young residents
• Attend weekends away, holidays, and trips with children
• Support children in weekend and evening activities, from climbing to baking or trips to Butlins
• Protect children from health and welfare risks
• Provide emotional and practical support within the home
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of care plans and guidelines
• Assist in managing challenging behaviour and minimise incidents

Requirements:

• At least 6 months’ experience working with children or in a similar social care setting
• Empathetic, caring, and resilient nature
• Restraint trained or willing to undertake a 3-day restraint training course (TMVA)
• Valid UK Driving Licence
• Hold a current Enhanced DBS on the update service or willing to obtain one
• Right to work in the UK

Benefits:

• Excellent rates of pay, with weekly payments and no payroll charges
• Free food while on shift
• Variety of work across different social care and healthcare settings
• Access to the Vetro Mobile Booking App for shift communication
• Support from a dedicated specialist consultant
• Free online and subsidised practical training (TMVA, PMVA, PBM)
• Agency worker of the month prize of £50
• Entry into quarterly prize draw to win £500
• 24-hour registration process from the comfort of your home
• Weekly or accumulated holiday pay
• Vetro contributed pension

If you want to make a real, measurable difference in the lives of young people, we would love to hear from you. If you think you’re right for this Children's Support Worker role, then click the ‘apply’ button below.

Vetro Recruitment acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Vetro is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merit alone.

Benefits:

• Excellent Rates of pay, weekly pay, and no payroll charges

• Free food while on shift

• Variety of work in different social care and healthcare settings

• Vetro Mobile Booking App for communicating shift availability

• Support from a specialist consultant

• Free online training and subsidised practical training (TMVA,PMVA,PBM) 

• Agency worker of the month prize £50 

• Entry into our Golden Ticket draw to win £500 every quarter 

• 24-hour registration - register from the comfort of your own home

• Holiday pay- paid weekly or accumulated in a holiday pot

• Vetro contributed pension

What you’ll be doing as a Childrens Worker:

• To support the children and young people in all day to day activities and interests

• Restraint Trained, or be willing to undergo the 3 day course. 

• To promote the young persons independence and wellbeing

• To attend weekends away, holidays and trips away with the Children

• To attend weekend and evening activities to support the children and young people in their interests. This can range from climbing and baking cakes to weekends away in Butlins.

• To protect the children and young people from any risks to their health and welfare

• To provide emotional and practical support to the young people within your home.

• To ensure the safety of young people by maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of care plans and guidelines

• To support, overcome and learn to minimise incidents when behaviour can be challenging.

What you’ll need to have to be a successful Childrens Support Worker

• A desire to create positive outcomes for vulnerable children and young people

• Empathetic, caring and resilient nature

• At least 6 months experience of working with children or within a similar Social Care setting

• TMVA - Restraint Training Certificate

• Valid UK Driving Licence

• Hold a current Enhanced DBS on the update service or are willing to obtain one

• The right to work in the UK

Do you want to make a real, measurable difference in the lives of young people? If this sounds like your dream role, we would love to hear from you. If you think you’re right for this Children's Support Worker role, then click the ‘apply’ button below.

Vetro Recruitment acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Vetro is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merit alone.