Residential Support Worker

Job Title: Residential Support Worker – Children’s Home (Therapeutic Focus)
Location: Reading, United Kingdom

Job Description:
We are seeking a dedicated Residential Support Worker to join a children’s home team that provides professional care, guidance, and support to young people. The Residential Support Worker will play a vital role in delivering a therapeutic, scaffolding care approach aimed at fostering life skills, education, and emotional development. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals passionate about making a positive impact on children and young people in a residential setting. The Residential Support Worker role in this children’s home in the United Kingdom offers a rewarding career path with opportunities for training and progression.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide daily support to young people, encouraging high standards of personal hygiene, nutritional choices, and appearance.
• Administer medication following policies and accompany young people to medical appointments.
• Support behaviour management by following the ‘Emotional and Behavioural Response Plan’ to help young people manage challenging behaviours.
• Promote and support leisure activities, trips, and holidays tailored to individual interests.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and well-presented environment, including domestic chores and health and safety checks.
• Record incidents and progress accurately, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory standards, including Ofsted regulations.
• Act as a Key Worker for individual children, contributing to review and planning meetings.
• Participate in shift work, demonstrating flexibility and commitment to the team.
• Uphold safeguarding policies, respond to safeguarding concerns, and maintain confidentiality at all times.

Requirements:

• Commitment to achieving a Diploma Level 4 in Children and Young People Family Practitioner.
• Knowledge of child development and children’s physical and emotional needs.
• Understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Clean driving licence.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Computer literacy (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Ability to work under pressure with patience and resilience.
• Flexibility and commitment to the role.

Desirable:

• Diploma Level 3 Residential Child Care or Level 4 Children and Young People Family Practitioner.
• Experience working with children and young people in a residential setting.
• Knowledge of Children’s Home Regulations (2015).
• Creative approach to outcomes and evidence-based practice.
• Ability to prioritise workload effectively.

Additional Benefits:

• 100% funded training and comprehensive induction, including therapeutic training and consultation.
• Clear career progression opportunities.
• Benefits such as a free DBS check, refer-a-friend bonus scheme up to £500, casual dress code, and team-building events.

Vetro Recruitment acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Vetro is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merit alone.