Children's Residential Support Worker

Job Title: Children’s Residential Support Worker

Location: Greater Manchester

Salary: £29,120 per annum (inclusive of 2 sleeps)

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Next Steps: Apply now or contact Brooklea at Liquid Personnel for more information

About the role: 

We have an exciting opportunity for a Residential Support Worker to join a fantastic home for children and young people aged 11 – 17 with backgrounds of trauma and emotional behavioural difficulties. You will be working for an incredible local Children’s Homes provider who works across the greater Manchester area.

Your key responsibilities as the Residential Support Worker:

As the Residential Support worker, you will provide a high standard of care and support to vulnerable young people with emotional behaviour difficulties and/or self-esteem issues in order to maximise individual potential. You will demonstrate positive attitudes, patience, understanding and respect in providing care to the children and young people. To maintain a flexible, caring, and sensitive approach to service delivery, regardless of young peoples’ individual cultural, religious and/or sexual diversity. To work in a professional manner, and to develop a good working relationship with both children and young people and other outside agencies. You will create positive relationships with the children, meeting their needs and safeguarding them at all times. You will create timetables, setting boundaries and expectations for the young people. Consistency and organisation skills are key.

Essential Requirement:

• Hold a Level 3 or 4 in Residential Childcare or be working towards this
• Good knowledge around Children’s Homes regulations (2015), Children’s Homes Regulations including the quality standards
• Ideally hold at least 1 years’ experience within a children’s residential homes
• Hold a Full UK driving licence

Benefits:

• Comprehensive training
• A funded QCF qualification
• Employment assistance programme, i.e. access to counselling and support
• A career pathway for progression
• Additional pay for sleep-ins’
• Generous Annual entitlement