Senior Residential Support Worker

​Impressive salary, good work life balance, excellent staff benefits. Senior position available for someone looking to make a difference working with vulnerable children.

If you have a passion for working with children, helping them to recover, grow and develop and go on to achieve positive outcomes and are interested in learning and developing your own practice and skills, then we want to hear from you!  We welcome diverse professional and personal skills and experience as well as hobbies and interests that can be shared with the children and utilised in your work.

Key Responsibilities

·         To undertake a lead role in ensuring the care and welfare of each child in placement.

·         Give guidance and support to all Residential Workers.

·         Be responsible for the supervision of designated members of staff.

·         Raise any concerns with the Registered Manager as appropriate.

Benefits

Get a fantastic range of additional perks in your role, including:

• Additional Holiday entitlement! Get an incredible package of between 23 and 32 days, increasingwith length of service and opportunity to purchase additional leave.

• Leading Company Pension

• Flexible working options, depending on your job role

• Staff discounts on hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers.

• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres.

Senior Support Worker Role

• Planning, managing and leading shifts ensuring children are kept safe and engaged throughout the day.

• Ensuring the Care Planning documents for each child is always followed and adhered to.

• Promoting education and ensuring that each child’s attendance in education is maintained.

• Dealing with challenging behaviour (verbally abusive, possibly threatening behaviour)

• Being a positive role model at all times and maintaining a consistency of approach

• Dealing with constantly changing guidelines, procedures etc, that are being presented by our Governing Body

• Developing a functional approach in young people who are likely to have been rejected or have serious issues in coming to terms with their behaviour

• Supporting the young people to have equal opportunities to develop their independence & social skills in preparation for adult life.

• Liaising with parents, carers, other 3rd parties and the staff team.

• To safeguard and promote the welfare of young people.

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About

Shifts are made up of earlies, lates and some long days on a rota basis. Some shifts will include sleep ins.

What we need from you?

• Should have over 2 years of experience working with young people in a residential setting or similar.

• An NVQ3 or above in social care or equivalent is essential.

• An understanding of the principles of safeguarding and Child Protection legislation

• The ability to form professional and positive relationships.

• Good physical health and high level of emotional resilience

• Experience and understanding in dealing with challenging situations.

Please send across your CV now to be considered for this exciting opportunity and we will be in touch for a friendly chat.