Senior Residential Care Worker - Children

Senior Children's Residential Care Workers

£27,590K + £96 sleep bonus

25% enhanced pay for weekends + excellent benefits

Partners in Care Recruitment is working with a local trust who are growing their services and recruiting for a Senior Children’s Residential Care Worker to support young people with a range of additional needs and learning difficulties.

Senior Children's Residential Care Workers Responsibilities

• As a Senior 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 Senior 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

• You will possess significant experience in a similar background, working with young people with complex care needs and learning difficulties.
• Have completed Level 4 in Children, Young People and families practitioner or equivalent.
• 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, taking the lead when required, maintaining and encouraging open and honest communication.
• You’ll be writing reports, so a good standard of written English and IT skills would be essential.
• Transporting children / young people to an activity or school is a requirement. A driving licence that has been held for 12 months would be desirable.

More Information/Benefits include:

Starting salary £27,590 per annum. Two increments a year. In addition to this basic salary, you can also earn £96 per each sleep in and an additional 25% enhancement for all weekend hours worked. 37.5 hours per week

· 27 days annual leave rising to 30 after 5 years and 33 after 10 years plus bank holidays.

· Company pension plan with 7% employer contribution.

· Many onsite services have free onsite parking

· Comprehensive training and continuing development opportunities.

· Flexible working encouraged.

· Full & Part time opportunities available