Rehabilitation Support Worker - Special Needs

Job title: Rehabilitation Support Worker - Special Needs Location: Maidenhead, SL6 Pay: Week days £13 per hour, Weekends £15 per hour, bank holidays £19.50 per hour Shifts: Various shifts are available please let us know which interest you: - Saturdays and Sundays (school holidays and term time) 11.30am to 7.30pm - working pattern to be agreed with the family and current support team. - Fridays (term time) 5pm to 7.30pm - Summer school holidays (Monday to Friday) 7.30am to 4.30pm and 4.30pm to 7.30pm A minimum of 8 hours per week will be required. Additional hours during school holidays may be required to provide support to our client, and cover for fellow workers' annual leave, sickness, etc. About the job: We are looking for a Special Needs Support Worker to join our small home care team to look after a friendly, sociable and sensitive 11-year-old boy with physical and learning disabilities. He is a wheelchair user whose speech is affected although he can vocalise some words and short sentences. He enjoys listening to music and playing computer games, being outdoors and doing activities with Support Workers. This role is directly employed by the client in a permanent role. There will be a 6-month probationary period. About you: - Experience of working with children or young people with physical or learning disabilities is desirable but most important is your aptitude and desire to work with a young boy with complex needs - You will have excellent communication skills, with a fluent level of spoken English. - Caring, trustworthy, reliable and with a positive outlook - Able to follow guidance provided as well as use own initiative - Able to build a rapport with our client to enable him to develop skills of independence in the home and community, building his confidence and supporting the development of his physical abilities - Respectful of working in a family home environment - A full, clean UK driver's licence is essential (over the age of 25 for insurance purposes) - Eligible to work in the UK Satisfactory references and proof of eligibility to work in the UK are required. An enhanced DBS certificate is a requirement, criminal convictions may not necessarily prevent employment. This post operates a non-smoking environment at all time. We are not an agency we are the HR Department for our clients