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SalaryChildren's Residential Care Worker - EBD
£23,412k - £96 per sleep bonus + 25% enhanced pay for weekends + excellent benefits.
One of Partners in Care leading clients is a local trust who are growing their services and recruiting Children's Residential Care Workers to support young people with a range of additional needs with emotional and behavioural difficulties in a small 3 bed children’s home in the suburbs of Stockport.
Children's Residential Care Workers Responsibilities
- As the Children’s Residential Support Worker, you will work as part of a residential childcare team providing support for individuals with their physical, emotional, and social needs with an emphasis on promoting independence.
- Working on your own initiative and as part of a team, your role as Children’s Residential Support Worker will be to prepare, assist and enable the young people to fulfil the aims of their person-centred plan. You will support the children and young people with communication and work closely in a team that has a passion to enhance the young people’s lives whilst accessing the service.
- You will work flexibly to undertake the full range of duties in a well-planned way that respects and values the children and young people as individuals.
- You will be expected to key work children and young people.
- You will support children and young people with a range of communication methods to promote choices, fulfilment, and achievement.
About you & Qualifications
- Ideally, we’re looking for someone with experience in a similar background, working with young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties but it’s not essential as full training will be provided.
- Following a successful 6-month probation period, you will undertake a QCF level 3 or 4 qualification with support from an assessor and supervision.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills. You’ll be expected to liaise with other staff, parents/carers and professionals.
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team, maintaining & encouraging open and honest communication.
- Report writing to good standards of English and IT skills would be essential.
- A driving licence that has been held for 12 months would be desirable as you will be escorting children to and from school and appointments.
More Information/Benefits include:
- Hours: 37.5 hours per week
- Starting salary £23,412.00 you can also earn £96.00 per each sleep in and an additional 25% enhancement for all weekend hours worked.
- 27 days annual plus bank holidays.
- Full & Part time opportunities available
