Welfare Support Officer

Welfare Support Officer

Location: Shrewsbury

Pay: £14.00 an hour

Start date: ASAP

40 Hours per week (Monday – Friday)

Are you passionate about making a positive impact in the lives of people? Do you have experience in providing support and guidance to vulnerable individuals? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a Welfare Support Officer at one of our centres.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring the effective and safe support of service users
• Providing practical and emotional support to service users
• Facilitating cultural inductions
• Organising recreational activities
• Providing information and ensuring all service users have access to healthcare, and other essential services.

To excel in this role, you will need:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to work collaboratively in a team and independently when necessary.
• An empathetic and non-judgmental approach to supporting vulnerable individuals.

Benefits of working with Monarch Education:

• You will be paid a competitive daily wage, based on your experience.
• You will receive free, up to date safeguarding training
• Dedicated consultant allocated to support you with any questions or concerns
• CV writing support
• Fast, effective compliance service
• £200 for any successful referral
• Training workshops and CPD courses to provide professional development

To apply for this position, please send your CV and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience and why you are the ideal candidate for this role. We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming you to our team of dedicated welfare support officers.

Your application will be subject to an enhanced DBS and two references, so it is essential that you have previous experience of working an Education or Childcare Setting.

Affinity Workforce Solutions and Monarch Education are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its temporary workers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive pre-employment checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, an enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list. This role involves working with children on a daily basis and is therefore in regulated activity.

Monarch Education is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications regardless of sex, age, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity or disability.

This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Monarch Education operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, due to the high volume of applications we regret that this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification from us within 30 days please take your application as not being successful this time but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities.

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