SUPPORT WORKER
Job Title: Support Worker
Pay Rate: £28,080 - £29,016 depending on qualifications and experience (scale based on qualifications and, inclusive of sleep in at £50 per sleep - Minimum of 4 sleeps per month)
Waking Night Enhancement Allowance £40.00
Culina Roc is a Small Children's Residential provider which is committed to providing quality therapeutic residential care to children & young people.
What we have to offer
* Competitive rate of pay (incremental increase based on experience and length of service)
* Allowance for Sleep-in shift £50
* Birthday Bonus
* Extra on bank holidays
* Pension
* We pay for your Enhanced DBS
* Annual Leave starting at 28 days
* Real opportunities for progression with the majority of our senior roles filled internally
* Paid-for and industry-leading training and support, including the QCF Level 4 qualification
* Refer a friend bonus
* Lengh of service bonus
* Further Benefits to be discussed at interview
What will I do as a Residential Support worker
As a Residential support worker you will provide advice, assistance and support to young people and safeguards their welfare at all times. Attend to their practical, physical and emotional needs. Act as an appropriate role model and work closely with them to enable them to address their difficulties and achieve their optimum potential.
You will
* Attend to practical matters in relation to childcare (cooking, cleaning etc)
* Establishing positive relationships with young people and always offering them unconditional and positive regard
* Act as a role model and demonstrating appropriate pro-social ways of dealing with problems
* Help young people gain self-control by challenging unacceptable behaviour and rewarding acceptable, pro-social conduct.
* Ensure that each young person's care plan is followed and amended as appropriate to reflect their changing needs
* Take responsibility for a small number of young people and ensuring that their needs are fully met
* Establish relationships which young people perceive to be positive, warm and rewarding
* Provide advice, assistance and support on a 1:1 basis to enable young people to address past and present difficulties
* Provide emotional support at times of difficulty or stress
* Be ambitious for young people, helping them achieve their goals and optimise their potential
* Keep accurate records and providing written reports on young people for planning meetings, reviews or any other meetings as directed by the line manager
* Empower young people and facilitating their active involvement in the decision making about their lives and future
* Act as an advocate at meetings
* Follow policies and procudures
To be consider to work for us, you must have
* Secondary Education, Maths & English
* You must be over 21 years old.
* Experience working in a setting where skills and knowledge are transferable in a therapeutic job role. (parental role, care work – care giving role)
* Candidates must be suitable to work with children & young people within a care setting (pre-employment checks)
* Ability to relate to and communicate with young people forming and maintaining appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with young people.
* Childcare qualification - Diploma Level 3 /4 or equivalent or willingness to work towards this.
* Awareness of safeguarding issues and ability to safeguard the welfare of young people.
* Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours
* Hold a full UK Driving Licence
Please Note this postion cannot consider oversees applications. No Visa sponsorship available.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £28,080.00-£29,016.00 per year
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Discounted or free food
* On-site parking
* Referral programme
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Hyde SK14: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Language:
* English native level both written & Verbal (required)
Licence/Certification:
* Full UK Driving Licence and Own transport (required)
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person