Details:
- Salary: £24,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Leek Staffordshire
- Date: 2 weeks ago
Description:
We are seeking a Children's Support Worker to join a Children's Residential service in Leek. You will be Supporting young people between the ages of 6-16 with Learning / Physical disabilities, complex health needs and autism.
Overview:
Title: Children's Residential Support Worker in Health and Social Care
Salary: £24,000 - £25,000 (depending on qualifications) PLUS plenty of overtime available!!
Location: Leek
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-Time
Benefits:
Free meals whilst on shift
Getting paid to go Shopping, Theme Parks, Zoos, swimming & many more activities!
Casual dress code
Company pension
Access to discounts for shopping outlets, restaurants and cinemas
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 of a Children's Support Worker
What you will be doing as a Children's Residential Support Worker:
To ensure that the children are safe and protect them from risks to their health and welfare
All aspects of care including personal care
To keep the homely, friendly culture and environment of the homes.
Keeping on top of household chores such as cleaning & doing laundry
To be able to deal with challenging behaviours when needed.
Provide support for the children and young people in the home and promote their independence and well-being.
Maintaining 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.
What you will need to be a successful Children's Support Worker
You MUST be willing to carry out personal care duties
Ideally, be a driver as you will be required to transport the young people from time to time
You MUST be an empathetic and relatable person, have good listening and communication skills, and an instinct to help others
You MUST be able to commute to Leek