Children's Support Worker

Job Title: Youth Complex Support Worker

Location: Weston super Mare

Pay: £14.00 to £20.00 per hour (Weekly Pay plus Holiday Pay)

Job Type: Flexible Temporary and Block Bookings

• Premium Pay Scale: £14.00 to £20.00 per hour paid weekly through PAYE.
• Generous Referrals: Earn an unlimited £300 Love2Shop voucher for every carer you bring to us.
• Dedicated Local Consultant: One on one professional guidance from a specialist who understands North Somerset packages.
• Workplace Freedom: Easily choose the temporary shifts or block bookings that match your availability.
• Enhanced Uplifts: Higher pay scales provided for specialist crisis response environments.

When a vulnerable child faces a care breakdown, they require a calm, collected professional to step in and act as a stabilizing force. We need workers who look past the behaviour, understand the severe trauma underneath, and provide safe structure to a young person's day.

Randstad Care is actively expanding its candidate bank across Weston super Mare and the wider North Somerset region. You will be delivering specialized person centred interventions to children and young people with complex needs, including autism, PICA, and severe emotional challenges.

This position would perfectly suit individuals who have previously worked as a Residential Care Worker, Support Worker, Youth Worker, Mental Health Assistant, or Family Support Worker.

• Nurture Well Being: Promote independent living skills, daily routines, and safe access to community activities.
• De escalate Tension: Step into volatile situations and use verbal techniques to successfully manage aggression and self harm calmly.
• Safeguard Effectively: Keep precise, compliant records and tracking charts to ensure robust safeguarding standard integration.

• Experience: Minimum 6 months of paid care experience within a UK residential or youth setting.
• Attributes: Strong emotional intelligence, professional boundaries, and a trauma informed approach to care.
• Transport: A valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential due to the rural nature of North Somerset packages.

Do you know a passionate care professional who would be an asset to our team? Refer them to Randstad Care today. Once they successfully complete their qualifying hours, we will gift you a £300 Love2Shop voucher to spend as you wish, completely unrestricted.

Don't miss out on these upcoming long term packages. Send your CV to our dedicated team today or click Apply Today. Our fast track recruitment coordinators will contact you within 24 hours to arrange your video consultation.

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.

experience

Children services

skills

be able to manage challenging situations,be person centred,can work as an individual or part of a team,caring,competent at dealing with all stakeholders,critical thinking,emotional intelligence,empathy,non-judgemental,oral communication,report writing (incident logs and daily plans etc),resilient,show initiative,time management,tolerance,understanding,work well under pressure,written communication