Children's Residential Support Worker
Salary £35,809.49 per annum (inclusive of sleeps), rising to £36,303.06 on completion of a successful probation period
Company Benefits include:
* Auto enrolment into NEST pension Scheme – criteria dependent, opt out available.
* 360 hours Annual Leave Entitlement
* Life Insurance
* Medicash cash back plan, giving you high street discounts and cash back on dental and optical costs.
* Eligibility to apply for a Blue Light Card, giving you high street and online discounts
* Comprehensive induction and full training provided and access to nationally recognised vocational qualifications.
* Career progression for all roles
* Team building events
* Free DBS application and yearly checks
* Enhanced annual leave
* Easter Egg
* £50 Christmas Voucher
* Additional rates paid on Christmas and New Years day, overtime rate paid after completion of fulltime contractual hours
About Us
Affinity Children’s Care is a theraputic residential childcare provider, offering a variety of residential placements to young people between the ages of 8 – 18 and who may display emotional and challenging behaviours. The young people who are placed within our services have often experienced significant adversity and trauma in their young lives and may no longer able to reside within their familial / foster home.
Our aim is to create a safe and sustainable nurturing environment for our young people and a developmental and rewarding workplace for our care team. We ensure our team(s) adhere to Ofsted standards and guidelines referencing the Children’s Act and Children’s Care Standards, Ofsted is the looked after children’s regulatory body.
Affinity Children's Care vision is to open another 3 - 4 homes over the next 2 - 3 years, where there will be plenty of scope for progression for those who demonstrate a wish to progress and a caring/development environment for our looked after young people.
Job Role
We have an open opportunity for the right candidate to join our team as a Residential Support Worker, working with young people between the ages of 8 -18. Our positions offer an attractive salary above the governement minimum wage together with 360 hours annual leave entitlement. The role is open to experienced candidates or those with transferable skills, as full comprehensive face to face training is offered.
Working on a 3 week-rolling rota basis, based on 56.4 hours per week (07:00 am to 10:30 pm plus sleeps), working pattern is 1 day on, 2 days off. Sleep shifts are included in the annual salary and payment of which is guaranteed when on annual leave.
We are looking for someone who has a passion for working with young people and really want to make a difference to their lives. In return we can provide access to opportunities for development both personally and professionally and progression within the company, as well as training and access to CPD. You will be a positive role model for the young people and encourage them to develop meaningful relationships and attachments, whilst contributing to their development, enabling them to reach their full potential.
Idealy the qualification we require is either working towards or hold a level 3 diploma in Health and Social Care, Children's Residential or Level 4 diploma in Children’s and Young People. A minimum of 2 years’ experience in childcare or youth setting at a Residential Childcare worker level and an understanding of the challenges young people and carers face within a residential care setting.
A Full UK driving licence is required.
For more information and to receive an application form, please forward your CV to our recruitment team via email at: (email address removed)