We
are a passionate and child focused company, striving to inspire and
raise standards within the sector. Our mission is to empower care by
working together and learning and leading.
Earn
from £12.50ph - £14.00ph – Pay dependant on days and hours
worked.
You
must be able to drive with a Full UK Driving Licence and have
access to a reliable car. You will be required to have business
insurance.
We do
not offer sponsorship.
This exciting
role involves working within Empower’s highly regarded community
Outreach Team covering Somerset, Devon, and Bristol. You will be
supporting children, families, and carers within the community and
in times of crisis, supporting daily routines, providing mentor
support, and helping young people and families to work through
challenges.
By joining
our bank team, you can also choose to work and cover shifts in
our services and support our Foster Carers too! Allowing you to
experience a variety of different support roles.
You could be
helping a baby or family in hospital, conducting supervised contact,
or supporting a young person build their confidence.
We need
resilient and passionate individuals who are adaptable and team
players. To do this role you need to be kind and compassionate, but
also not afraid of a challenge.
To make sure
our children, young people and families are well cared for and
supported, it is important that you have worked with or have some
experience of caring for children and young people. However, we
don’t expect you to know everything, and our team are friendly and
supportive, and will be with you every step of the way.
Our bank
roles are community-based roles, which means you will need to
travel around to spend time with children, young people and
their carers or visit the office. Therefore, you will need to be
able to drive and have access to a car, with business
insurance.
This role
is subject to the successful application having an enhanced DBS
check for child and adult workforce with barred list checks. The
successful candidate will be required to pay upfront for their
enhanced DBS check, this will be refunded once you have
completed 100 hours of work.
This post
is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and
therefore applicants are required to declare any convictions,
cautions, reprimands, and final warnings that are not protected
(i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as
amended in 2013 & 2023).