Residential Children's Support Worker

Role Overview & Responsibilities

What we aim to do is offer support and nurture for children and young people with emotional behaviour difficulties; and help navigate through day-to-day life using the therapeutic trauma informed PACE approach. Your role will see you as a role model to the young people, aiding in improving their overall health and well-being. We want to ensure that our staff team feel valued as that will allow them to ensure that our children receive the best care possible. This will be a home, with a warm atmosphere and requires likeminded, motivated, and compassionate support workers to continue to provide outstanding care to our children.

The role of Residential Support Worker involves:

• Providing outstanding care to children while applying their individual care plans
• Taking the children on activities
• Liaising with families and professionals to ensure the best possible care is being provided and carried out
• Taking a proactive approach in supporting the children with attending and engaging in their education
• To make and maintain accurate records of the child’s day, including any incidents that may occur
• Carry out general housekeeping duties, including cooking, cleaning, and completing health and safety checks
• Apply safeguarding knowledge to ensure the safety and wellbeing of everyone in the home
• Comply with GDPR and Health and Safety regulations
• Shifts are on a rota-basis and can involve sleep-ins
• Shifts will either start at 8am, 10am or 2pm depending on the needs of the children, and finish at either 10pm or 10:30am the following morning if on a sleep.

We are looking for staff with the following:

• Driving Licence – essential
• Experience within a childcare setting
• QCF/ NVQ L3 in Children and Young People is desirable, however if you don’t have this we will support you in working towards it
• Resilience, self-motivation and the enthusiasm to engage with active young people
• Excellent communication skills
• Teamwork skills
• Ability to navigate a challenging situation
• DBS on the Update service is desirable but not essential

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £11.00-£11.55 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Leicester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:

• Residential Childcare: 2 years (preferred)
• Support Worker: 2 years (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• NVQ Level 3 in Children & Young People (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 1004