Children's Residential Support Worker

Carestaff Solutions; London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Carestaff Solutions seeks passionate and experienced children and young people residential workers in London. The role involves promoting safety, delivering care, and engaging with young individuals. Workers will benefit from varied shifts, dedicated support, and opportunities for training, ensuring a positive impact on children's lives.

Benefits

Variety of work

Dedicated consultant support

24/7 availability for bookings

Part-funded mandatory training

5.6 weeks annual leave

Full support with CPD

Weekly pay

Qualifications

• Caring nature with good communication skills.
• Enthusiastic, friendly, and reliable.
• Experience with children in a supportive role.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe and nurturing environment for the young people.
• Monitor and maintain compliance with policies and procedures.
• Engage proactively with young people displaying challenging behavior.

Skills

Communication

Caring nature

Enthusiasm

Flexibility

Person Centred

Job description

Carestaff Solutions are looking for passionate, committed, enthusiastic, experienced children and young people residential workers.

Our clients put the care, wellbeing and education of children first and our workers reflect that child-centred approach when on shifts, so whether they are working on one shift at the last minutes or working on a rolling contract the Carestaff team member is as effective as the permanent of the team.

Here at Carestaff Solutions we know that its a privilege to work with children and young people who need our support, our aim is to improve the lives of the children and young people we work with, and in turn have a positive effect on their wider relationships.

Duties:

• Work within, and ensure effective delivery of the policies and procedures in the client environment.
• Monitor and maintain administrative requirements, ensuring that the outcome meets the standards set out in children’s legislation, and the homes working practices.
• Promote and actively encourage the delivery of a safe, structured and nurturing environment.
• Proactively engage with young people who display challenging behaviour.
• Assist young people to identify unsafe, dangerous, harmful and abusive situations, individuals and groups.
• At all times ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of the children and young people.
• Ensure a variety of intervention strategies are utilised in relation to behaviour management.
• Ensure an open culture is created with the young people in the care of the end client.
• Ensure that the child or young person is safe in terms of safeguarding protocols.

The benefits of working with Carestaff Solutions:

• Plenty of variety of work on offer.
• Your own dedicated consultant - we will look after you.
• A phone app for you to update your availability and book your work in.
• We are open 7 days a week 24 hours a day.
• Mandatory Training Part funded.
• 5.6 weeks annual leave.
• Full support with CPD.
• Weekly pay.

The requirements of an agency Support Worker for Children:

• Caring nature with good communication skills.
• Enthusiastic and friendly.
• Flexible and reliable.
• Passionate.
• Person Centred.
• Experienced.