Job Advert: Child Care Support Worker
Location: Ystrad Mynach
Employment Type: Temporary (12 weeks with chance of extension)
Number of Posts: 2
Start Date: Monday 8 December 2025
**Hours: 37 hours per week (flexible – includes some evenings & occasional weekends)
Salary: PAYE: £14.36+ per hour | Umbrella: £18.80 per hour
The Team
Busy, supportive 16+ / Leaving Care Team working with care leavers, looked-after young people aged 16–25 and Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC).
This is hands-on, direct work – helping young people move towards independence, managing crisis, pathway planning, personal advisor tasks and cultural/language-sensitive support for UASC.
Day-to-day you’ll be
- Carrying out needs assessments & pathway plans
- Direct 1-1 support, life-skills sessions, appointments, crisis intervention
- Transporting young people (pool cars available)
- Recording on WCCIS, contributing to reviews & court reports
- Working alongside social workers, foster carers, housing & education
You must have
- Level 2 Health & Social Care/Children & Young People (or equivalent)
- Proven experience working with care-experienced teenagers/young adults or UASC
- Confident carrying out assessments & direct work in crisis situations
- Full UK driving licence + own car (business insurance required – mileage paid)
- Enhanced DBS on the Update Service (or willing to apply immediately)
You’ll love
- Real variety – no two days the same
- Proper team support & regular supervision
- Making a massive difference to vulnerable young people
- Very high chance of rolling extensions – they struggle to recruit
Essential documents
- Full UK driving licence
- Enhanced DBS (child workforce)
- 5 years references/work history
- Health questionnaire & Criminal Convictions Declaration
How to Apply
Got solid experience with 16+ care leavers or UASC and available from 8 December?
Send your CV immediately – these will go very quickly!
Call 01443 230222 | Email enquiries@nrwpeople.co.uk
Web:
https://www.nrwpeople.co.uk
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