Residential Youth Support Worker

Some days I go home laughing. Some days I go home exhausted. Every day I go home so grateful that I took the job as a Residential Youth Support worker for a children’s home in East Sussex.

When I saw the advert initially, I questioned if I would be suitable. My experience was as a mother to three children and a bit of TA work in the past. Despite this, I sent in my CV and a cover letter highlighting my experience with Children, my understanding of child development (which with hindsight was far less than I realised) and my experience of working as part of a team.

To my surprise I was invited to an interview and rather than the formal anxiety inducing interviews I have attended in the past, it was more of a conversation around my values and me as a person and I was offered the job. When I started, I was nervous, but full training was given to me and I soon grew into the role and now my colleagues and the children we look after are like a second family to me.

‘Amy, Residential Youth Support Worker’

Like Amy, you might be a lot more suited to a role as a Residential Youth Support worker than you realise. The key task is to Deliver high quality direct care and support to children and their families.If you are able to judge Children on their best days, not their worst, and want an unbelievably rewarding job, we’d like to hear from you. Please send in a CV and cover letter, highlighting.

· Experience with children

· Understanding of child development

· Experience working as part of a team.

We know that excellent childcare needs excellent people, so we are dedicated to supporting our staff in whatever way suits them. It might be a defined career path with excellent training, flexibility to work around other commitments or a great pension & benefits package, we offer them all. Have a look on our website for the full benefits on offer.

We have jobs available for full time, part time and relief work in Eastbourne, Bexhill, Seaford and St Leonards. Let us know what your preferences are.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Temp to perm

Salary: £27,861.00-£31,813.00 per year

Expected hours: 8 – 37 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Store discount

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Seaford: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Res Youth Support