Salary: Grade
D £19,698 - £21,749(pro-rata) + 7% enhancement for
unsociable & weekend working
Hours: 20
Contract: Permanent
BRIDGES Family Support Team which supports disabled children and their families, has ONE x 20 hr Permanent Family
Support Assistant post available.
As a Family Support Assistant, you will be a vital part of
the team providing practical and personal support to disabled children. This may
be in their own homes or to enable them to get out and about. You will be committed to helping families
meet the needs of the young people in their care and, if not experienced or
qualified, willing to undertake training.
You will be a highly motived individual, comfortable working
within a team or by yourself, caring for disabled children and young people.
You will be committed and passionate about providing high
quality, person centred practical, emotional and social support to the children
in your care.
You won’t be expected to know “everything”, but you must want
to work alongside our children and families and be willing to learn from
them, our team members and by undertaking formal training.
You will care about what you do and want to provide the
highest quality care and experience you can.
This means that you will be working flexibly according to the
assessed needs of families. This includes some weekend work and both early
morning and late evening shifts.
Bridges
Family Support Team is unique! It’s a fabulous team with outstanding outcomes
for disabled children, young people and their families. Rated “OUTSTANDING”
(2018 CQC Inspection)
You will be operating within the wider Short Break
Care team meeting the assessed need of disabled children and their families
across Bolton. This is a team with a strong ethos of person-centred planning responding
to individual needs of each child. Hours of work vary from person to person
according to need, and team members pride themselves on their flexibility.
All
posts involve some weekend working, and you will be required to work some early
mornings and evenings.
We are committed to
safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect
all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS check is therefore required for this
post.
This post is a designated
customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of
spoken English as per the person specification.
To see if you are
suited to this role, please review the job description.
Job Description.docx
BN DBS.pdf
BN Right to Work.docx
BN Privacy Notice.docx
BN VB Framework.pdf