Job Summary
Job title: Residential Support Worker
Location: Sowerby Bridge, Halifax
Home Name: Hulme Street
Salary: £24,850 (unqualified, no experience) - £26,300 to 28,475 (qualified/experienced)
Earnings : £28,175 - £31,675 (based on 10 sleep ins per month)
Hours: 40.5 hours per week
Shift Pattern : 1 shift on, 2 shifts off (Shifts start at 7:30m, finishing at 11pm followed by a sleep in after every shift)
Hexagon Care Services are a leading provider of children's residential, education and therapeutic services. We have over 50 Children’s Homes, 5 Crisis Intervention services, and 14 schools across England.
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.
As a Residential Support Worker you will have the following:
1. The desire and passion to safeguard, motivate, and inspire the young people in your care
2. Lead, demonstrate, and share best practice to other practitioners in your home. In addition to working closely alongside Psychologists and our specialist therapeutic services team.
3. The characteristics and personality to handle challenging behaviour effectively and professionally
4. Shift work including weekends, evenings & sleep in duties
The benefits you can expect as a Residential Support Worker working for Hexagon Care:
5. Progressive pay scale based on experience, qualifications, and performance
6. Specialist CPD certified training and accredited qualifications free of charge (Free Diploma in residential childcare)
7. First access to other RSW, and senior roles in the company before these get advertised
8. Increased annual leave for 100% attendance
9. Access to free, confidential 24/7 employee assistant programme
Please note Hexagon Care Services does not hold a sponsorship licence and as such we are unable to support any candidates requiring sponsorship. All hiring managers at Hexagon Care Services are trained by safer recruitment consortium accredited trainers, and all positions in regulated activity with children will be required to undergo safer recruitment and onboarding checks prior to commencement.
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