Join us at Strode Park. We are Kent's premier charity for people with disabilities and have been providing care and leisure services for over 70 years. We know that to ensure our care services are exceptional, we need to have great people working here. If you think Strode Park sounds like the place for you, we would love to hear from you.

Our Footprints service is based just outside Canterbury, in the quiet countryside. Here, we specialise in the care of children aged between 5 and 18 years old. Whilst they are resilient and determined children, they face huge adversity and need support in all aspects of their lives.

As a Children's Support Worker you will be responsible for overseeing the running of the home overnight. This role will involve carrying out peg feeds, giving physiotherapy to improve their health and well-being, and providing all forms of personal care whilst ensuring the children have the best opportunity to live the childhoods they deserve.

We are a close knit team and need people to join us with the following skills and qualities:

• Able to take responsibility of the home overnight, including giving medication to the children.
• You must be motivated to respond and engage in all aspects of caring for our children.
• You'll be working 121 so will need to be patient and resilient with a caring attitude.
• You must be able to use your initiative; we want you to come up with new ideas in supporting and inspiring our children so they don't miss out on childhood experiences.
• You need good communication skills; not all of our children communicate verbally so you will need to adapt.
• Ideally you will have a current clean driving license due to our location and driving our children to external activities (in SPF vehicles).
• If you don't already hold Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care (or equivalent), we will support you in achieving this.
• You must have experience of working with children with similar needs or residential care experience.

Join us at Team Strode Park!

The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure being obtained from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Strode Park is an equal opportunities employer.