Residential Children's Support Worker

*No experience needed*

Are you looking to make a real difference to the lives of Children & Young people?

We are seeking appropriate residential suport workers to join our team at our Residential Childrens Home. We are looking for you to join us in making a positive impact on the lives of the young people in our care.

The children in our care are between 11-16 years of age and have a range of complex needs - which may include emotional and behavioural difficulties. You will be asked to work alongside qualified care givers and clinicians in homely settings that care for no more than 2 young people at a time.

You will be involved in all aspects of their everyday life, such as household duties, transporting the children to school and other provisions, maintaining paperwork and enriching their lives through activities and supporting hobbies. This package of care, which you will play an important part, is aimed to support the development and the emotional wellbeing of the children in our care.

Example of our shifts:

Three week rolling rota shared equally between the team, this will consist of a mixture of early, late, and sleeps of 24hour shifts

Flexible working options are available (full time, part time & bank shifts)

There is of course some flexibility and our managers know how important a good work life balance is for their team. Having every third weekend off and splitting up the Saturday and Sunday shifts for a work life balance.

Duties:

• Providing transport for the young people to access different provisions
• Helping the young people access education
• Household duties
• Paperwork
• Days out (e.g. social events, shopping, cinema, swimming)
• Contacts, visit, key work meeting and therapy sessions
• Offering guidance, support and structure to their everyday lives

The day can be very unpredictable and quite easily you could spend the entire afternoon providing 1:1 support managing extremely challenging behaviour, the right type of person needs to be flexible, adaptable and able to read situations and help our young people make positive choices.

Desires

• Must hold a full UK driving licence
• Level 3 NVQ in Residential Childcare or equivalent - desirable

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary: £10.00-£11.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexitime

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme
• Commission pay
• Performance bonus
• Tips
• Yearly bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Birmingham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:

• Residential Childcare: 1 year (preferred)
• Support Environment: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)

Work Location: One location

Expected start date: 06/03/2023