Do you want to make a difference to a child’s life? Then become a highly valued Children's Residential Support Worker and start a truly rewarding career!
Hours: 2 days on, 4 days off (with sleep nights). We are a 365 day a year service due to the nature of our work. Rotas given in advance
Pay rate: £31,917 to £32,540 per annum* (depending on qualification) with opportunities to pick up overtime at an enhanced rate
Esland are driven to changing children’s’ lives for the better by providing best-in-class specialist services.
We are looking for nurturing and supportive people, who can provide outstanding childcare and help our young people to achieve amazing outcomes.
Our Morecambe home is a solo service that offers a smaller setting for young people who need therapeutic placements. Our team support their young person with all of their domestic needs, education, socialisation skills while learning new things and experiencing fun activities and excursions together.
What we can offer a Children's Residential Support Worker:
We offer routes for progression and the opportunity undergo a qualification once employed
We offer BILD accredited, paid induction training
You will have access to a company app that provides high street discounts, online medical support, financial advise and counselling
A day off for your birthday (in addition to your holiday entitlement)
Access to a holiday home based in the Peak District where you can stay for free, on the company and much more!
*90 per hour for days (depending on qualifications held) and working 8 sleep-nights per month on average (at £60 per sleep night).
Requirements for a Children's Residential Support Worker:
Experience in a children's residential care home (desirable)
A level 3 (or above) diploma in residential childcare (desirable)
A full driving licence issued in the UK (essential)
Values in line with Esland's, such as taking a therapeutic, person-centred approach to childcare (essential)
All young people are equally entitled to have their needs met in a fair and balanced way. Esland employees are responsible for promoting equal opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any young person or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, or any other perceived difference.
With over 35 years of residential childcare experience, the Esland group now has more than 65 residential children’s and assessment homes, and five schools, that are spread across the Kent, Hertfordshire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, Bedfordshire, Nottinghamshire, West Midlands and Northamptonshire regions of England.
This also includes our Esland online school accessible to children throughout the UK which helps to deliver education to children missing education by utilising our specialised Turning the Curve education programme.
With over 800 team members and over 200 young people supported we strive to help our children achieve their very best outcomes, through our bespoke residential care, education, therapeutic and activity-led wraparound services.