Waking Night Support Worker

We have an exciting opportunity for a Waking Night Children’s Residential Support Worker to join a specialist Emergency Placement Residential service for children aged 8-18 with EBD. The service is based in Tile Cross and will support up to 3 young people for a period of up to 12 weeks at a time. Our client’s Specialist Emergency Placement service provide friendships, independence, fun experiences and opportunities for children and young people.

This is a full time position working on a rolling rota of 3 nights on, 3 nights off with shift times operating between 21:30 to 07:30.

Duties and responsibilities:

• To maintain a high quality of care and support which meets the physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and cultural needs of the children and young people.
• Establishing positive relationships with the young people and always offering them unconditional and positive regard.
• Keeping accurate records and providing written reports on young people for planning meetings, reviews, or any other meetings, as directed by the line manager.
• Being aware of childcare plans for all young people and providing support for colleagues by maintaining consistency in the execution of those plans.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A minimum of 1 years experience working in a residential setting with children and young people.
• A QCF Level 3 or 4 in Children and Young People is preferred.

Benefits include:

• 37 days paid annual leave.
• Pension contribution of 19.4%.
• Salary sacrifice scheme (for purchase of a vehicle).

Interested in this role? Apply now!