Job Summary
Residential Support Worker Vacancy – The Limes Children’s Home, Ofsted rated OUTSTANDING.
Job title: Residential Support Worker
Location : Ashton-Under-Lyne
Salary: £24,850 - £28,475 (Effective from 1st April 2024)
Hours : 40.5 per week + 6-10 sleep ins per month
Typical Shifts : 10:00 - 23:00 followed by a sleep in
Specialist Home Bonus : £1,094 per annum
Sleep Ins: £3,625 per annum based on 7 sleep ins per month
Earnings : £29,570 - £33,195 per annum
The Limes is an Ofsted rated Outstanding service located in Ashton Under Lyne, Tameside. Located East of the centre of Manchester, this children's home is easily accessible from surrounding areas such as Oldham & Stockport.
We are seeking to appoint a Residential Support Worker for our children’s home. This is a great opportunity for someone to join a highly established and successful children’s home, learning from experienced, skilled team of likeminded individuals who share a passion for giving the children in care the very best support.
No two days will be the same supporting young people to achieve their very best. You will have a varied array of tasks whilst on shift; everything from cooking & cleaning, taking part in activities and games, taking Young People out to appointments/meetings, managing challenging behaviours, or even sitting and watching TV with the Young People.
We aim to create a positive, relaxed home environment where the young people feel safe, supported & listened to. You will be inducted by our industry leading, award winning learning & development team, and guided in your role by more senior staff members, including psychologists/therapy team to establish appropriate boundaries, manage behaviours effectively and nurture the young people in your care towards positive futures.
Experience of working in a residential home for children is advantageous, although not essential. Please bear in mind this role is shift work and requires you to work sleep ins at the home at the end of a shift before handing over to another staff team the following day, the rolling rota covers evenings, weekends, bank holidays/public holidays shared amongst the staff team.
What you’ll get in return as a Residential Support Worker at Hexagon Care Services
1. Free qualification in residential childcare (if you don’t already have it)
2. Progressive increases in pay based on performance
3. 30 days holiday per annum inclusive of bank holidays
4. Employee assistance programme
5. Cycle to work scheme
6. Increased annual leave for 100% attendance
7. Monthly prize draws
8. Additional payment for long service
Hexagon Care Services reserve the right to close this advert at any time - please apply at your earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment.
Ofsted comments:
“Young people make significant progress in relation to their individual starting points. They benefit from exceptionally well planned, highly personalised care that promotes their specific needs effectively and contributes to sustainable change and improvement to their lives.”
“Children describe the home as ‘brilliant’, ‘peaceful’, ‘inspiring’ and ‘safe’, and they say that they ‘love it’. Children are central to their care planning, so their voices are heard and needs are met. Staff are willing to ‘go above and beyond’ to support children to enjoy positive contact with their families.”
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