Children's Residential Support Worker

FRONTrunner Recruitment Ltd; St Helens; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Sleep-in pay

Annual leave 224h + extra 2 days

Bank holiday pay

Petrol allowance

Training & development

Job summary

FRONTrunner Recruitment Ltd in St Helens is seeking a Children's Home Residential Support Worker to help care for children and teenagers with challenging behaviour in a residential setting.

You will work 2 full days and nights, then 4 days off, assisting with daily routines, meals, bathing and bedtime, while providing emotional support and helping their learning and development.

Qualifications

• Living within travelling distance to the St Helens children's home.
• Must have a full UK driving licence (own vehicle preferred).
• NVQ Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People’s Workforce would be very beneficial.
• Experience working within children's homes with children.

Responsibilities

• Support children with breakfast, getting dressed and school routines.
• Assist with washing, laundry, and bedtime routines.
• Collect from school and prepare dinner.
• Provide emotional support and aid learning and development.

Skills

Emotional support

Learning support

Education

NVQ Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People’s Workforce

Tools

Full UK driving licence

Job description

A great opportunity to work with an established and growing care company providing residential live in support for children and teenagers with challenging behaviour. They are always growing and take pride in the support they give the children - they believe that setting them up with the life skills now will help them turn into well rounded members of the community. Their staff are always on hand to provide emotional support as well as helping to teach and develop the children for the future.

They are recruiting for a Children's Home Residential Support Worker, you will be:

• Based in a children's residential home in St Helens on Merseyside
• Working 2 full days and nights and then having 4 days and nights off
• Supporting the child with making them breakfast, helping getting them dressed and to school, putting on washing, pick up's from school, cooking dinner, getting them bathed and to bed
• Making sure they are supported emotionally and aiding their learning and development to give them a stable and loving environment

Benefits and salary of a Children's Home Support Worker

• £15.02 if you have your Level 3, £13.49 if you don't have it
• £60 per sleep in
• 224 hours holiday per year - you get an extra 2 days when you have been there 2 years
• Bank holidays paid at x1.5
• Private health care
• A great support network with further training and development
• Claim petrol back for 40p per mile

Qualifications/Experience/Requirements to be a Children's Home Support Worker

• Living within travelling distance to the St Helens children's home
• You must have a full UK driving licence and ideally your own vehicle
• NVQ level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce would be very beneficial but would consider someone who is working towards their Level 3 qualification
• You will ideally need experience working within children's homes dealing with children