Job Title: Youth Complex Support Worker
Location: Penzance / St Ives, Cornwall
Pay: £14.00 to £20.00 per hour (Weekly Pay plus Holiday Pay)
Job Type: Flexible Temporary and Block Bookings
The Perks
- Highly Competitive Pay: Excellent starting scales from £14.00 to £20.00 per hour depending on experience.
- Referral Scheme: Receive a £300 Love2Shop reward voucher for every colleague you introduce.
- Expert Guidance: Dedicated expert support from a localised consultant who values your career growth.
- Work Life Balance: Freedom to build a flexible rota completely around your personal commitments.
- Placements: Direct lines into incoming long term packages and temporary block bookings.
Are you an experienced care professional looking to use your skills where they are needed most? We believe that behind every challenging behaviour is a young person communicating severe distress and past trauma. We need workers who look past the surface and bring calm into chaotic situations.
We are urgently recruiting a specialised team of crisis workers to support vulnerable youth across Penzance, St Ives, and the far west peninsula. You will be delivering specialised person centred intervention to children with complex neurodevelopmental profiles, autism, and high risk behaviours.
This opening is ideally suited to anyone who has a background as a Youth Mentor, Support Worker, SEN Teaching Assistant, Therapeutic Support Worker, Family Support Worker, or Sports Coach.
How you will make a difference
- Nurture Well Being: Encourage healthy daily structures, independent lifeskills, and safe community outings.
- De escalate Crisis: Step into highly volatile situations and use verbal techniques to successfully de escalate tension without friction.
- Collaborate Daily: Work alongside social workers, therapists, and internal managers to implement robust care plans.
What you will bring
- Experience: Minimum 6 months of paid support work experience inside the UK social care or education sector.
- Approach: A compassionate, low ego, and deeply resilient approach to managing physical aggression or absconding risks.
- Transport: Full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle is required due to the geographic layout of the packages.
Pass It On
If you know an experienced youth worker or residential carer looking for premium weekly pay, pass our details on to them. For every candidate you refer who completes their initial shift milestones, you will pocket a £300 Love2Shop voucher to spend at hundreds of major high street retailers.
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