Children's Residential Support Worker

Have you always wanted to work as a Children's Residential Support Worker but never had the chance?

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?

We have an AMAZING opportunity for a Children's Residential Support Worker to join a 4- bed children’s residential service in Yeovil, Somerset, supporting young people between the ages of 8 -17with Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties (EBD) and challenging behaviours.

You will be committed, passionate and able to engage, encourage and mentor the young people, whilst having a whole lot of fun! Getting paid to play computer games, have movie nights & do arts and crafts

**Due to the nature of the job and the activities involved, we are only able to consider applicants who have a full driver's licence and a car**

 Overview:

• Title: Children's Residential Support Worker  

•  £30,062 - £34,488 inclusive of sleep in's

• Location: Yeovil

• Hours: Full-time,39 hours per week

• Shift Pattern: Long day shifts and sleep ins required

Benefits:

• Free meals whilst on shift

• Getting paid to go fishing and play football!!

• Casual dress code

• Company pension

• Access to discounts for shopping outlets, restaurants and cinema’s

• Comprehensive Training Package including scheduled ongoing face-to-face training and CPD planning

• Plenty of opportunities to maximise earnings and career development

• Enhanced disclosure cost coverage

The role: 

What you will be doing as a Children's Residential Support 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 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 Children's Residential Support Worker

• Experience as a Children’s Support Worker, or within a similar social care setting or with Young People is desirable but not essential.

• 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

• You MUST be an empathetic and relatable person, have good listening and communication skills, and a natural instinct to help others 

Do you want to make a real, measurable difference in 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 Children's Residential Support Worker role, then click the ‘apply’ button below.