About the role
Children’s Residential Support Worker
Mansfield
£13.68 per hour. 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Sunday. on a 4 weekly rota basis, plus sleep in bonus of £55 (if required)
Temporary – Permanent options available
Start: ASAP (Flexible start dates available, pending vetting checks)
Vision For Education are seeking Children’s Residential Support Workers within a children’s residential care setting in Mansfield.
The role
The role of a Residential Children’s Support Worker will involve working within a Children’s residential setting with LAC children. The setting supports young children with Learning Disability and Autism. The children and young people may have additional diagnosis including but not inclusive of, Sensory Processing Difficulties, Demand Avoidance, Obsessiveness, ADHD, and behavioural difficulties.
This role requires a committed, enthusiastic and resilient individual, with excellent communication skills as well as experience of report writing and record keeping, with emotional intelligence and the ability to react calmly in stressful situations.
This is a full time temporary to permanent role. However, we do offer day to day cover as well.
The Setting
This setting caters for young people between the ages of 7 to 18 years of age within a residential setting based in the Mansfield area.
Requirements
To be considered for the Support worker position, you will:
Full clean Driving Licence is essential
1. Own transport is essential and full driving license held for over 3 years
2. Have a minimum of 6 months experience in one relevant setting i.e. school, youth centre, sports coaching, residential setting, respite centre
3. Previous experience of working with behaviours that challenge is highly desirable
4. An enhanced DBS registered to the update service or the willingness to apply for one
5. The ability to work on initiative and proactively
6. Able to work Monday – Sunday on a rota basis
7. The desire to work with young people with special educational needs
8. A NVQ 3 in Health and Social Work would be desired but not essential
About us
We are a market-leading education supply agency committed to the development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high quality educators.
We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
What we offer
9. Excellent daily rates paid using the PAYE system. (Daily rate is subject to your scale rate, experience in role and qualifications which will be discussed at the point of registration).
10. Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability).
11. Social and networking events.
12. Pension contributions.
13. CPD to help with your professional development.
14. Access to a dedicated consultant