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Job Description
Job Description
🌈 Short Break Worker (SEND) × 3
Wakefield District • Children & Young People’s Services • Immediate Start
Give families breathing-space and help children with complex needs enjoy fun, safe short breaks. We’re hiring three compassionate, hands-on staff to join our specialist SEND Short Break Service.
What you’ll be doing
Support children & young people (some 18+) with severe learning and/or physical disabilities during their short-break stays
Use creative play, basic signing and alternative communication to engage non-verbal guests
Deliver personal care with dignity, using safe manual-handling techniques
Keep detailed records, follow individual care plans and champion every child’s progress
Work rota’d shifts: 07:00-10:30 • 14:30-22:00 • 14:30-19:30<...