Role: Children’s Residential Support Worker (Waking Nights)
Based: Leicestershire (Mountsorrel)
Rate: £26,000 - £29,000 + Night Shift Premium allowance
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Hours: 10 pm – 8:15 am (4 shifts on, 4 shifts off)
Our client, one of the UK’s leading Children’s Charities, is looking to recruit Waking Night Children’s Residential Workers to work across their new Children’s Homes in Leicestershire.
They are working in partnership with the County Council to increase children’s residential provisions across the county and provide high-quality support and care to some of Leicestershire's most vulnerable children.
They are recruiting for a number of homes across the county, including Emotional Well Being Assessment, Contextual Safeguarding, Mental Health, Family Assessment, and SEN.
Role synopsis below:
Supporting children and young people in a 3-bed home in a trauma-responsive way
Key working young people with complex needs and behaviours, including those who have experienced Child Sexual Exploitation/ Abuse, Domestic Abuse, and Family/ Placement Breakdown
Working collaboratively with a range of partner agencies, service,s and professionals (including Social Services, CAMHS, Schools, and the Police) to best safeguard and meet the needs of the young person
Enabling young people to gain confidence and resilience and find ways to respond to and manage their self in relation to challenging behaviour
Working to establish strong, positive, and consistent relationships and working
Creating a warm and homely environment and supporting with general upkeep, cooking, and teaching the young people daily living skills
Safeguarding and protecting the young people and demonstrating a good understanding of themes relating to child sexual and criminal exploitation
Encouraging and enabling young people to attend education, training, activities, and work, and supporting them to identify, work towards, and achieve their goalsThey encourage Residential Workers to work in a flexible and adaptable manner and use their own hobbies and interests (i.e,. baking, yoga, football, gardening, fixing cars, etc) to engage and work creatively with the young people. You will also work to encourage and foster the young person’s own interests and hobbies and ultimately help to shape the young person’s life.
You will be working for a fantastic charity that truly places the children at the heart of their service and values their employees. They offer excellent benefits and training, and development opportunities, and have been a joy to work with in the past.
Essential Requirements:
Must hold the Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare, OR be willing to successfully achieve this within the required timeframe
Proactive and positive attitude, and a willingness to work flexibly and adapt to the needs of the young person and the service
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Experience of working/ volunteering with children and young people
Flexibility to commit to shift work, including weekends and bank holidays
Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection would be highly desirableSupporting Futures Consulting is an employer and an agency