Permanent
Variable hours
About Us
The Enabling service provides support & guidance to children & their families, encouraging the ability to interact within their communities and make informed choices. We promote the development of new skills and support independence, confidence and safety. We work with children and their families to development the appropriate skills to enable children to thrive in their environments.
About the post
The postholder will facilitate and support children and young people with challenging behaviour and complex health needs to live a full and active life. You will be supporting them in the community and their homes on a 1:1 basis enabling their engagement in activities and learning life skills. You will assist families with appropriate skilled interventions and practical support in managing their child’s complex needs. The postholder will need to build effective relationships with children, young people, and their families to empower them to manage day-to-day tasks as well as being active in the community.
This post is based within Children’s Social Care at Grade E. It is a Bank post on a zero hour contract with up to 37 hours work a week.
This post is also attracts enhanced pay for unsocial hours.
About you
We offer a robust induction and shadowing process for all new staff as well as excellent training and development opportunities. As a service we conduct an annual review for succession planning across our staff and have a positive track record in supporting individuals to succeed in their career.
Staff are supported through monthly one-to-one sessions; all staff have access to the Employee Assist programme which provides wellbeing support.
How to apply
When applying, please state the reasons for your interest in this post and how you will add value to the service in your supporting statement.
If you have any queries, please contact Glenn Lobb, Countywide Services Manager, glenn.lobb@devon.gov.uk
Interview date is to be confirmed and will be undertaken virtually via MS Teams.
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