Overview
Senior Residential Support Worker. The vacancy is subject to a ‘Welcome Bonus’. The successful applicant will receive a one-off payment of £1,500 on completion of six-month probation. We are currently recruiting for a Senior Residential Support Worker in Darlington.
Responsibilities
* Supervision of allocated Residential Support Workers to implement the daily operational needs of a safe residential house whilst ensuring there is a high quality of care in a homely environment and appropriate levels of supervision for the young people in residence.
* Input into the preparation and implementation of PBS plans of the young people and their progress reports, keeping accurate and high quality records.
* To be line manager for a number of Residential Support Workers, providing induction, training and formal supervision for residential support workers in their team.
Qualifications
* A QCF level 3 in Care or equivalent qualifications and a supervisory/ team leading qualification and experience of first line management is desirable.
* Ideally, you will be an experienced support worker who has worked in a residential setting and/ or worked with children and young people with challenging behaviours.
* You may be required to provide personal care, therefore it would be beneficial for you to have experience of this as well as medication handling experience.
* You will have excellent communication skills, as well as experience of report writing and record keeping.
Benefits
* 33-38 days annual leave (including bank holidays) increasing with length of service
* Free lunches during term time
* Free onsite parking
* A comprehensive induction enabling you to completely experience the crafts within the curriculum and experience the student journey
* Company Pension Scheme
* Enhanced family friendly procedures
* Salary Range: £21,524.99 – £23,273.93 per annum including a market supplement.
* Sleep-ins paid an extra £78.48 per night. This equates to approximately £3,500 additional payment when working 1 sleep-in shift per week.
* 40 hours per week for 52 weeks per year
Vaccination requirement
From 11 November 2021, it is a mandatory requirement that anyone who works inside a Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered care home in England must be fully vaccinated against coronavirus (COVID-19), unless they are exempt under the regulations. Therefore this role is only available for those who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or those who are exempt.
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