Residential Support Worker

Residential Support Worker – Children’s Home

Pay: £29,692.50-£37,935.00 per year

Job Description:

Are you looking to start a rewarding career as a Qualified Residential Support Worker?

Recruit Me Care is recruiting for exciting opportunity for a Level 3/4 Qualified Residential Support Worker.

The Company we are Recruiting for pride themselves on being an inclusive, person-centred organisation. The organisation supports young people to navigate their life journey to reach their full potential socially, emotionally, and academically by providing a scaffolded care approach. They promote independence for our young people within a friendly, caring home environment.

Registered EBD Children's Home in the local area of Ramsgate. We are currently in the process of working on the opening a second Registered EBD Children's Home which will also be based in Ramsgate.

We are looking for a caring and motivated Level 3/4 Qualified Residential Support Worker to work with children who have emotional and behavioural difficulties. The role can be challenging, but rewarding so the successful candidate will require resilience, patience, understanding and good parental values.

We are looking to welcome new members to join our small friendly team who can uphold the organisational values of being person-centred, nurturing, collaborative working and family orientated, to contribute to the creation of our family-feel children’s homes.

Your Role

As a Level 3/4 Qualified Residential Support Worker, you will be integral in protecting and safeguarding the welfare, growth and development of all children & young people placed in our care. You will be required to support young people in achieving positive outcomes; every day will be varied, interesting and at times challenging. You will follow a planned structure daily, ensuring you are given clear direction with daily tasks you will be required to complete. You will support young people to make positive choices, learn healthy routines, take them to school and appointments, participate in activities, help with education, complete household tasks, and ensure records are up-to-date. If you are unqualified, then a commitment to work towards your NVQ Level 3 qualification will be required.

Requirements:

• We are looking for a someone who:
• Is flexible and able to work varying shifts including sleep-ins as required
• 1 Year's experience of working within children's residential care work
• Has a Level 3/4 qualification in children's residential care work
• Has good levels of numeracy and literacy with qualifications at Level 2 and above
• Is passionate about helping young people achieve their full potential
• Has excellent communication and social skills
• Has good IT skills
• Is able to work well autonomously on own initiative
• Is positive, with a ‘glass half full’ attitude
• Is down-to-earth, friendly, and approachable
• Is motivated and able to motivate others
• Is professional, well-presented and a positive role model
• Is empathetic, compassionate, patient and non-judgemental
• Is a team player
• Is committed to the Safeguarding of young people

Basic Contracted Hours: 37.5 per week. Extra shifts & sleeps regularly available as over time when the needs of the business dictates to cover annual leave and sickness

Potential Salary:

Qualified Support Worker Rate: £29,692.50 estimated earnings based basic of 37.5 hours per week and one sleep

Qualified Support Worker Rate: £37,935 estimated earnings based on 45 hours and two sleeps per week

Shift Rates: £13.75 per hour for qualified (unqualified rate per hour £12.25)

Sleep Pay Rate: £60 per night for sleep-ins

Benefits:

· 33 days annual leave

· Automatic enrolment into a pension scheme

· Free access to the Employee Assistance Program - including counselling & welfare

· Bright Exchange

· Full induction programme

· Free DBS & Update Service (Update Service signup fee to be reimbursed after probationary period passed)

· Blue Light Card

· Half day leave for your birthday

· Staff Christmas meal funded by the Company

· Commitment to individual career progression

· Employee incentive referral scheme

· Safer Recruitment

All job offers are subject to successful DBS checks and satisfactory references, an individual not being listed on the POVA register, and are subject to a final offer of employment being made by Ohana Homes.

Appointments will be subject to satisfactory recruitment and vetting checks, including two references, one of which must be your current or most recent employer. As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, we will ask for references prior to interview (subject to consent being given).

Please note: full application form must be completed

Once successful, all staff will undertake training and development to support their professional qualifications with long-term career and promotion prospects.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offender’s Act

Children’s Regulations - applicants must be over 22 years of age

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Ramsgate CT11: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

GCSE or equivalent (required)

Experience:

Residential Childcare: 1 year (preferred)

Language:

fluent English (required)

Licence/Certification:

Driving Licence (required)

NVQ L3 or 4 qualification in Children's Residential Care (required)

• Work authorisation: United Kingdom (required)

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension

Work Location: In person