Job Title: Support Worker - Children's Care
Location: Northwest and UK Wide
Salary: £240 per day + occasional sleep-in allowance
Contract Type: Full-time, self-employed contract work
About Us
Collaborative Care are a specialist and dedicated provider of children's care and support services offering a safe, nurturing, and supportive environment where young people can develop and grow. Our placements offer young people stability, growth, and opportunities, and we are looking for passionate individuals to join our team and make a lasting difference to the lives of vulnerable and complex young people, many who have never had any stability in their lives.
We differ from the norm as require robust and resilient support workers that can deal with challenging situations as many of the young people we support have a variety of behaviours and complexities. Our staff come from many backgrounds including military, police, previous care companies and prison services; however, we look for people who are strong in body and mind, and whose values match ours.
We change lives and create positive futures, and we do this using bespoke and tailored support with a strong emphasis of trauma informed approaches.
The Role
As a Support Worker, you will play a key role in supporting children and young people with highly complex needs, helping them build resilience, develop life skills, and achieve their potential. You'll act as a role model and provide guidance to less experienced staff, ensuring high-quality care and consistency across the home. You will be an advocate for positivity, and excellence as well as wanting to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people.
Your responsibilities will include:
About You
We are looking for caring, resilient, and proactive individuals who can inspire and support both young people and colleagues and who are not afraid of risks and challenges. The young people we support can be aggressive, abscond, are at risk of CCE/CSE and may be involved in County Lines or similar. Some of the young people we support can self-harm or be high suicide risk and again this role is not for the faint hearted.
We require individuals who are not afraid of conflict, are happy to put boundaries and consequences in place and are not fazed by aggressive behaviours.
Essential skills and experience:
What We Offer
"We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All posts are subject to safer recruitment practices, enhanced DBS checks, and satisfactory references."
