Senior Residential Support Worker in Hawkinge, Kent
Posted by Bluelight Healthcare
£12 – £13 an hour
Hawkinge · Part Time
Senior Residential Support Worker
Full-time: 40 hours | Part-time: 20 hours per week | Bank staff: Flexible hours
We are recruiting experienced Senior Residential Support Workers to join our children's residential home.
The successful candidates will provide high-quality, therapeutic care to children with complex emotional and behavioural needs, lead shifts and support the residential care team.
Key Requirements:
- Substantial experience in children's residential care.
- Experience supporting children with trauma, attachment difficulties and challenging behaviours.
- Strong safeguarding knowledge and shift leadership skills.
- Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent preferred.
- Ability to work days, nights, weekends and bank holidays.
- Enhanced DBS (children's barred list), satisfactory references and right-to-work checks.
Training: Candidates must complete mandatory training in safeguarding, PBS, PACE, trauma-informed care, de-escalation, first aid and medication management.
What We Offer: Permanent employment, ongoing training, career development and a supportive working environment.
Please note: Experience in an Ofsted-regulated children's residential home is strongly preferred. Adult or elderly care experience alone will not meet our recruitment requirements.
Application opens at the source listing. Free for jobseekers.