Children's Support Worker; Disabilities

This Support Worker post sits in Conwy County Borough Council's Children with Disabilities Team, which supports disabled children at home and in their communities. The work centres on helping children reach personal outcomes, from building independent living skills and taking part in local activities to handling challenging behaviour and joining in play. Personal care support, including manual handling, is also part of the work.

The job carries unsocial hours with enhanced pay, and applicants need a clear awareness of the issues facing disabled children.

• Help children work towards agreed outcomes, such as finding local activities to attend
• Support children to understand challenging behaviour and agree strategies to manage it
• Start developing children's independent living skills
• Plan and deliver imaginative play activities
• Promote children's skills in interacting with others
• Assist service users who cannot fully attend to their own personal needs, including manual handling
• Deliver support in children's own homes or in the community
• Work unsocial hours as the service requires

• Awareness of the issues that affect children with disabilities

• Qualifications and references verified

• Willingness to work on own initiative
• Ability to take responsibility and manage challenges appropriately

• Ability to communicate in Welsh

• Enhanced payments for unsocial hours