Support Worker

Do you want to enable children and young people who have been taken into care to have the best possible start in life? Are you enthusiastic, resilient, and driven to enrich and make a difference in the lives of young people? Are you someone that wants to make a difference to the lives of young people; to enable them to develop socially, emotionally and behaviorally in a setting where they feel safe and cared for.

Residential Children’s Workers required to join a fantastic 3 bedded Children’s Residential service in Stoke-On-Trent, supporting young people between the ages of 8 – 18 with Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties (EBD) and other challenging needs.

Overview:

● Title: Residential Children’s Worker ● Salary: £27,000 (sleeps included) ● Location: Stoke-On-Trent ● Hours: Full time ● Shift Pattern: 2 on 4 off Varied, but you must be able to work some weekends and sleep-ins

Benefits:

● Pension Auto-enrolment. ● ‘Pay Care Scheme’, this is a company health care benefit. ● ‘Perk Box’, this allows the employees to get discounts or free offers on hundreds of well-known high street brands. ● Annual Leave Service Award – 1 days extra holiday every year up to 5 years. ● Long Service Bonus of £750 given after 5 continuous full time years of employment. ● NVQ Bonus when complete Level 3 (£500 in total) or Level 5 (£750 in total) in instalments, initial after completion and remainder 18 months following. ● Refer a friend scheme for both qualified and unqualified ● Free meals on shift (for residential roles) ● Company pays for DBS as well as reimburses cost for update service each year. ● Company reimburses staff for Social Care Wales registration each year

The role:

What you will be doing as a Residential Children’s Worker

● To encourage the young people to do activities and take responsibility for their own lives depending on their age. ● To keep the homely, friendly culture and environment of the homes. ● To be able to deal with challenging behaviours when needed. ● Protect children and young people from risks to their health and welfare. ● Provide support for the children and young people in the home and to promote their independence and well-being. ● Maintain a safe environment for the young people. ● Ensuring the safety of the students and maintaining an up to date knowledge of the individual’s; care plan, guidelines, reward system and preferred method of communication. ● Supporting poor behaviour safely and sympathetically. ● Develop and maintain good working relationships with the staff, parents, Social Workers and other professionals that may be involved in the young people’s lives such as Psychologists.

The successful candidate:

What you will need to be a successful Residential Children’s Worker

● Experience as a Children’s Support Worker, or within a similar social care setting or with Young People is desirable but not essential. ● Ideally have a Level 3 in children and young people OR childcare ● MUST be a driver as you will be required to transport the young people from time to time ● You must be over the age of 21

Do you want to make a real, measurable difference to the lives of young people? If this sounds like your dream role, we would love to hear from you. If you think you’re right for this Residential Children’s Worker role, then click the ‘apply’ button below.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Up to £27,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Flexitime
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Sick pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: One location