support worker disabled children Work, Jobs in london (with Salaries)

Support Worker - Hackney
Kids Charity —London
- £10,360 a year
- Part-time
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Work from home
Residential Care Support Night Worker - Children's
London Borough of Sutton —Sutton
- £38,256 - £46,968 a year
- Full-time
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
3d
Group Leader (Autism)
Resources for Autism —Southwark
- £17.58 an hour
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Childcare
- Care experience
- Mentoring
- Employee assistance programme
- Flexible schedule
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8d
Summer Sessional Play Worker - Hackney
Kids Charity —London
- £14.80 - £16.59 an hour
- Part-time
- Childcare
- Working with children
- Communication skills
- Flexible schedule
Short Breaks Worker - Waltham Forest
Kids Charity —Walthamstow
- £14.80 - £16.59 an hour
- Part-time
- Communication skills
Youth Justice Service - Education Worker
Sefton Council —London
- £32,597 - £36,363 a year
- Part-time
- School
2d
Play Worker
ELHAP (Every Life Has A Purpose) —Woodford Green
- From £13.15 an hour
- Part-time
- Childcare
- English
- In-person
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7d
Prisoner Custody Officer
Serco Plc —Westminster
- £27,318 - £30,935 a year
- Full-time
- IT
- Communication skills
- Paid training
- Employee assistance programme
My SPACE CE Intervention Worker
Sefton Council —London
- £32,597 - £36,363 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Office
7d
Youth Support Worker (23101)
Barnardo's —Brent
- £17,324 - £22,864 a year
- Weekend availability
- Hybrid work
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
7d
Prisoner Escort & Custody Driver
Serco Plc —New Southgate
- £27,220 - £39,904 a year
- Overtime
- IT
- Communication skills
- Paid training
- Employee assistance programme
Assistant Education Psychologist
Lambeth Council —London
- £37,265 a year
- Full-time
- Childcare
- Doctoral degree
- Working with children
3d
Pharmacy Support Worker - Systems
Bupa —South West London
- £13.50 an hour
- Part-time
- Microsoft Excel
- Hospital
- Customer service
- Gym membership
- Referral programme
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9d
Specialist Support Worker
The Salvation Army —London
- £34,985 a year
- Full-time
13d
Residential Children and Young Person Worker (23033)
Barnardo's —Bromley
- £27,844 - £28,915 a year
- Weekend availability
- Hybrid work
- Childcare
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
8d
Prisoner Escort and Driver
Serco Plc —London
- £27,220 - £34,482 a year
- Overtime
- Driving
- IT
- Communication skills
- Paid training
- Employee assistance programme
Social Worker - Family First Contact Point
Lewisham Council —London
- £45,852 - £47,925 a year
- Full-time
- Communication skills
- Time management
- Employee discount
Social Worker (Children With Disabilities)
Brent Council —Brent
- £44,685 - £51,138 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Care plans
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Social Worker (Family Support & Child Protection)
LondonBoroughofBexley —Bexleyheath
- £41,526 - £51,684 a year
- English
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Community Outreach Officer - Waltham Forest, London
Outward —London
- £29,334 a year
- Weekend availability
- Hybrid work
- IT
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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Support Worker - Hackney

Kids Charity -
London

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Job details

Part-time
£10,360 a year

Benefits

Work from home

Qualifications

Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Office
Organisational skills
Communication skills

Full job description

Support Worker

Location – Hackney Adventure Playground, Spring Lane, Big Hill, Hackney, London E5 9HQ

Hours – 15 hours per week worked across Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Contract: Fixed term until February 2027.

Salary - £10,360 per annum

Role Overview

Supporting the Play Service Manager of a specialist Adventure Playground, which is part of a National Charity. Working to a strengths-based paradigm, the Support Worker will take a neuro‑affirming approach to autism and ADHD, valuing lived experience and recognising AuDHD traits as valid differences rather than deficits. The role focuses on reducing barriers, meeting physical needs, and enabling the manager to work effectively and sustainably in ways that align with their strengths, energy, and communication style.

All support will be collaborative, consent‑led, and responsive, with approaches agreed together, adjusted as needed, and reviewed regularly to ensure they reflect changing needs.

Key Responsibilities

Physical and sensory support

Adjusting the environment to support regulation, focus, reduce sensory overload and reduce the risk of compromising back health/movement
Proactive planning to have systems and responses in place in case of overwhelm, anxiety or stress
Provide support when signs of overwhelm appear, including supporting regulation, reducing demands, or adjusting the environment.
Offering practical support with mobility, care and back-related needs during periods of pain.
Prompting and supporting regular breaks (e.g., comfort breaks, movement, hydration and food) in ways that feel helpful rather than interruptive.

Communication support

Support facilitating effective, clear, respectful communication within the core and wider staff teams and with external partners.
Helping interpret or clarify others' communication when it may be indirect, ambiguous, or challenging to process.
Supporting others in understanding the manager's communication style, tone, and intent. Including times when they have difficulty framing words and have reduced language capacity.
Working in ways that reduce the impact of rejection sensitivity, including careful framing of feedback, expectations, and challenging information
Adapting information and new materials into formats and learning styles that are accessible and meaningful for them.
Providing support with tasks involving potential conflict or heightened emotional load e.g. staff appraisals, performance management discussions, responding to queries
Gently supporting awareness of rigid or fixed patterns of thinking when these create barriers and exploring alternative perspectives collaboratively rather than prescriptively.
Hearing/ auditory processing

Organisation, data handling and administrative support

Support in creating and maintaining consistent, logical filing systems (physical and digital)
Supporting the review, restructuring, and recategorisation of existing organisational systems
Collaboratively building in regular review points for organisational systems, documenting processes clearly, and supporting others to follow them.
Assisting in identifying and exploring software/ tools to support work.
Excel/MS Office systems
Supporting financial administration, such as petty cash, expense reports, and invoices.
Taking minutes for meetings and supporting accurate record-keeping
Assist in collating information for reports
Supporting the development of systems for staff training and education eg videos, site-based training, accessible resources

Scheduling, prioritising and task support

Managing schedules, diaries and appointments.
Helping co-ordinate site rotas, meetings and team schedules
Reminding and supporting attendance at personal appointments that impact work
Answering and screening phone calls, when appropriate
Collaboratively drafting, sending and managing emails and letters.
Supporting task completion by providing ongoing prompts and reminders where needed, recognising that one-off prompts may not be sufficient
Working together to identify priorities and set aside protected time for key tasks.
Supporting awareness of organisational changes, administrative requirements, and new policies relevant to the playground.
Exploring and reviewing task-management tools and software together.
Identifying personal triggers or pressure points in advance and planning supportive strategies.

Person Specification (abilities, experience, attitude, and behaviours required for the post)

Empathy and Patience
Adaptability
Creativity and Initiative
Professional Integrity
Resilience
This is a play-based role in an Adventure Playground environment; you’ll be comfortable around active, outdoor and creative play.

Essential criteria

Being a confident IT user, with the ability to navigate bespoke database systems; MS Outlook; MS Excel and MS Word
Strong organisational skills - Ability to manage time, tasks, and priorities efficiently and calmly
Ability to work as part of a Team demonstrating a cooperative, positive approach to working within a group
Being a confident and effective communicator, with understanding and practical experience of different communication styles
Experience of working in a collaborative, consensual and supportive manner with a flexible, non-confrontational and personalised approach
Understanding of the presentation of stimming, masking, of demand avoidance and AUdhd profiles

Desirable Criteria

Experience of working with/supporting disabled children and young people
Experience working within the disability, SEND, Social Care, Play or youth sectors. Therapeutic/ arts
Confident with different forms of social media
Knowledge around neurodiversity issues and of current and emerging theories e.g. Monotropism, Double Empathy, Language hypothesis, Neurodiversity paradigm

Location

Most work will be on-site in Hackney, but there will sometimes be meetings/training/visits off-site.
There may occasionally be travel outside London
When the manager is physically unable to get to the site, then work from home options may be available

This role will require an enhanced DBS for Child and Adult workforce.

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support worker disabled children jobs in london

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