Children's Residential & Senior Support Worker

Children's Residential Support Workers & Senior Support Workers
Location: Glossop
£24,440 - £29,452 + £66 per sleep-in, typically 2 a week
Full time, permanent
Manual Drivers required

Benefits:

• 28 - 35 days' holiday
• Fully funded NVQs and apprenticeships.
• Company Pension.
• Loyalty & referral bonuses, from £50 - £500.
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, perks & discounts.

Our client is dedicated to improving the lives of young people by providing them with the best possible experiences while they are with us and giving them the greatest opportunities to thrive after they leave our care. They offer high-quality residential care and on-site education in three beautiful, Good and Outstanding homes set in the idyllic Peak District.

What they offer:

• A nurturing, supportive environment for both young people and staff (average length of service is 10 years!)
• Opportunities for professional growth, learning, and progression.
• A culture that values each team member's contribution and promotes inclusivity and equality.

As a Residential Children's Support Worker, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring each young person's safety and effectively addressing their care, education, social, emotional, cultural, therapeutic, and health needs.
• Exercising appropriate control over children and young people at all times.
• Collaborating with parents, families, carers, and other professionals to advocate for and promote the welfare of children and young people.
• Working various shifts, including early mornings, late evenings, and sleep-ins, on weekdays, weekends, and Bank Holidays, within the Homes and on residential trips.
• Promoting an organisational culture that values every team member's contribution and is intolerant of discrimination in any form.
• Maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality.

We seek individuals with:

• A passion for improving the lives of young people and providing them with the best possible care and opportunities.
• Previous experience working in children's residential care settings (or similar) is desired.
• The ability to commit to full-time (40 hours/week) working, including sleep-ins and, potentially, short residential trips away with young people.
• A valid driver's licence for manual vehicles.
• Essential attitudes and instincts, such as ambition, enthusiasm, resilience, and empathy.

For Senior Support Workers:

• Level 3/4 in residential Childcare (or equivalents) is required.

About Our Client:

Established in 1997 and based in the High Peak, our client provides high-quality residential care and on-site education for children and young people aged 11-17 from throughout the UK and occasionally abroad. Their residents have complex and challenging needs resulting from social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties. They pride themselves on using innovative strategies to engage young people, helping them overcome early disadvantages and achieve genuine equality of opportunity in later life. As a disability-confident, age-friendly employer, they welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.

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Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

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