Job Title:
Residential Support Worker Bank Staff/Support Staff – Residential Children’s Home
Location:
Knowsley Village, L34
Salary:
£13.60 per hour
Extra Employee benefits:
Diploma Level 3/4 free of charge
Death in service/ Life insurance 3 x Salary
Employee assistance program.
Cycle to work and technology schemes
Health Cash Plan financial help towards dental, opticians, private health consultations, online GP, physiotherapy, children can be added for free.
Bonus schemes for attendance and employee of the month
Employer:
AYA Childcare Services
Job Types:
Expected hours:
As and when required
About the role:
We are seeking to appoint a Residential Support Worker Bank the role will include 24/48 hours shifts with sleep ins paid separately. All staff to join a new and motivated team to deliver high and consistent standards of care and support in our new 2 bed home for children with BESD in Knowsley
You will be responsible for working as part of a team to provide support, understanding and nurturing, and to provide a positive role model for the children and young people placed in our care.
Your duties & responsibilities will include recording, attending meetings and adhering to the policies and procedures within the Home. You will need to engage with children offering guidance, support and structure to their everyday lives and above all inspire them to reach their full potential.
Other duties would include providing transport for the children to access different provisions, education settings & days out (e.g., social events, shopping, cinema, swimming), Contacts, visits, key work meetings and therapy sessions.
You Will Have:
One year’s previous childcare experience in a residential setting is desirable.
Level 3 Diploma in residential Childcare or equivalent qualification is desirable but support and training can be provided to achieve this.
A commitment to delivering high quality care according to OFSTED regulations.
Hold a current UK Driving Licence.
In return we will offer a position where your development, views & ideas matter. As such we offer:
Extensive fully funded training including NVQ level 3/4 in Residential Child Care & diplomas to Level 5. This will allow you room to progress within the company.
Free meals whilst on shift that encourage everyone to eat together in a family setting.
Contributions to your pension through the auto-enrolment scheme.
Extensive induction programme for all new starters.
Competitive rates of pay and sleep in rates of £50.
For a full job description and to discuss in further detail please apply and we will be in touch.
Why Us?:
There is no better time to start a career within residential childcare than now!
Would you like secure employment where you can progress your career?
If you would like to build a career that gives you genuine sense of achievement and fulfilment knowing that you can have a positive impact on the young people we support, then look no further and apply today!
Our Children’s Home in Knowsley are recruiting for Bank Residential Support Workers now! We are looking for enthusiastic, caring and passionate people to become an integral part of our support team. In this role, you will support our young people and be responsible for providing compassionate care during your time with them.
Our benefits include exclusive access to reward and discount scheme, comprehensive induction, commitment to your ongoing training and career progression, pension scheme, paid for enhanced DBS, wellbeing support, cycle to work scheme and more!
As a member of our residential care team, you will strive to bring out the best in every young person by supporting and guiding them in their daily lives. This could be in the form of helping the young person at school, accompanying them to take part in an activity (walking, horse riding, trampolining, Duke of Edinburgh etc.) or simply assisting them in completion of general daily tasks, including morning and night time routines.
At Achieve Your Aspirations Children’s Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. As long as you can demonstrate the values needed for a role within residential childcare, we will give you all the training and support you need to become a qualified Residential Support Worker.
If you would like an informal chat about this exciting role, please give our helpful recruitment team a call on 07581477815 or email Mike@AchieveYourAspirations.co.uk
Experience isn’t always essential but there are a few characteristics you will need to be successful in this role:
Resilience: We support some of the most vulnerable children in society who have varying degrees of emotional behavioural difficulties, autism, ADHD and associated difficulties so there will be times where your resilience is challenged.
Communication: Communicating with our young people is vital to understand their needs. Good teamwork and communication plays a key part in ensuring important information is relayed to other staff.
Organisation: You’ll need to be confident and organised in updating care plans and reporting information that will be relevant to the care of our young people.
Caring: Our young children we require the best care we can offer. If you are a naturally caring and compassionate person, this is the role for you.
Attentive: No young person is the same so being attentive to understand them and identify areas where we can support is important.
Above all, we provide a supportive and collaborative working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most.
If you want residential childcare to be a job for life, Achieve Your Aspirations Children’s Services will help you there._
Achieve Your Aspirations is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults.
General
This post is subject to enhanced DBS criminal record disclosure and subscription with the DBS Update Service.
AYA operates within a constantly changing environment, and as such, work priorities and targets may change. AYA’s management reserves the right to make reasonable changes to the job purpose and accountabilities.
