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We are always happy to hear from potential employees
Are you encouraging, flexible, supportive, honest, dependable, and reliable?
Do you have a natural ability to encourage people to believe in their abilities and help them become the best parents they can be?
Can you objectively support people without letting their history influence your opinion?
Can you reliably and accurately record events in our daily logs, which are an important part of our final assessment? These entries must be accurate and objective, so good interpersonal and communication skills are essential.
Would you feel comfortable supporting our parents by observing various appointments, groups, or activities?
Will you keep on top of changes to current NHS England Guidelines, legislation, or best practices?
What Amber Family can offer you:
- An amazing rewards scheme and regular team events.
- An extremely competitive rate of pay, which is subject to ongoing review.
- Outstanding training and development opportunities, such as degree-level qualifications, are funded by the company.
- Progression opportunities.
- Workplace pension.
- A loving and supportive team of colleagues who always go above and beyond for each other.
As our service is unique, previous experience in a similar setting is unnecessary. You will be given the highest calibre of training and support until you feel confident in your role. All we require from you is a caring nature and the ability to hold, feed, and change a baby. You will need to understand that some of our parents present with challenges and be mindful and supportive of this.
View our Support Worker job description here.
Learn about the onboarding journey at Amber Family
Q: Tell us how you found out about Amber Family?
"I found out about Amber from a work colleague who was telling me about his wife’s job and how much she loved it. I thought it sounded like an amazing place to work so went home and looked Amber up online, they were recruiting so I applied."
"I had in the past kept looking for vacancies from time to time as it was somewhere I had always thought would be an employer that would be perfect for me as I had loved working with children and adults in previous jobs, but I actually got told Amber Family were looking for new staff by word of mouth and I applied straight away."
"I heard about the job from current employees of Amber who had told me how much they enjoyed the job and that it was family-friendly, which was key to me with having young children."
Q: How did you find the interview process?
"The interview process was good it was relaxed and friendly not at all like other more formal interviews and I immediately felt at ease. I found it was more like a general chat rather than questions fired at you, which was a good way to get to know each other. There was lots of information given about what the role involved and I felt relaxed enough to ask questions of my own."
"It’s probably the only time I have ever enjoyed a job interview but I did enjoy my interview with Gill and Lauren. They put me at ease straight away and I liked the fact they gave me the opportunity to ask them questions instead of the other way around, I left my interview feeling like I had been given plenty of information about the role I was applying for."
"I found the application form straightforward to fill out and the interview process was informal but was keen for me to have an understanding of Amber Family and what, as a company their expectations are, Carol and Lauren were reassuring and understanding towards my personal needs."
Q: What did you feel about the shadow shifts?
"I enjoyed the shadow shifts, it is a good way of seeing the day-to-day running of Amber Family, staff were friendly and I felt able to ask lots of questions I liked the fact I was not thrown in at the deep end and as it was relaxed I took in more information. I always left a shadow shift thinking I was looking forward to the next one I had enjoyed it so much. In the interview it was explained that the shadow shift was not only a good way to see if I would be right for the role but for me to also see if it was something I would like to go forward with too, which was a good way and took the pressure off. Unfortunately, the Covid lockdown happened so it took a while to start properly."
"I found doing shadow shifts a great experience, it gave me the chance to see first-hand what being a support worker is like on a day-to-day basis. It was a fantastic taster of the job and gave me the opportunity to make sure it was right for me before committing to the role, at the same time giving Amber the chance to see if I was right for them."
"After the interview, I received an email a few days later informing me that I was invited to complete 3 shadow shifts consisting of a 4, 8 and 12-hour shifts, working a shift in each of the settings. On arrival for my shift, I found the Support staff welcoming and approachable, at times it was hard to receive the information needed due to staff having to deal with the parent’s needs but the staff I worked with on the shadow shifts helped me a lot."
Q: Tell us about your induction?
"The induction was fine the process was straightforward forward the only thing I would say is I did not get shown the fire safety drill key was, so such a small thing but that was all."
"I feel my induction session with Amber was done well. The individual induction folder I was given had all the information I needed about working at Amber, their policies and procedures and training, it even included the latest NHS guidelines. During my induction, I got to meet other colleagues who were starting at the same time as me along with several different members of staff who delivered the induction."
"I found the induction really helpful, lots and lots of information was provided. I feel I have found that different setting relay slightly different variations of the information."
Q: Share your journey so far of working for Amber Family.
"I love my job and as I prefer nights I don’t think I miss out on getting to know the families on a day-to-day basis as I find that the times when it’s quiet and everyone is asleep I have the time to sit and talk to a mum one to one in the middle of the night feeding or if they need anything or just a chat so in some ways I get to know them better I suppose."
"I absolutely love my job as a support worker for Amber. No shift is ever the same and I love getting to know and supporting the families. I think it’s really lovely working for a company that appreciates and treats their staff well. I look forward to coming to work each shift which is not something I’ve felt for a long time before starting at Amber."
"Since working for Amber I have found the staff welcoming and happy to help with queries and support. Amber Family is a lovely place to work whether you have children or not, I have found through the time I have been within the company Lauren to be very accommodating with personal requests. The communication process from when requesting an application right through to working shifts has been very helpful and thorough."
