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Children's Residential Support Worker

Nightingale Hammerson

Walkden

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GBP 24,000 - 29,000

Full time

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Job summary

A community charity organization in Walkden is seeking a Children's Residential Support Worker to provide care for vulnerable young people. The role involves creating a nurturing environment, supporting educational needs, and undertaking personal care responsibilities. Ideal candidates will have experience in a residential setting and demonstrate excellent communication skills. The position includes a competitive salary and additional benefits.

Benefits

Generous annual leave
Pension scheme
Comprehensive training opportunities
Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

  • Experience of working in a residential setting.
  • Ability to write reports.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

  • Provide a caring, safe environment for young people.
  • Support educational opportunities for young people.
  • Undertake personal care needs and domestic duties.

Skills

Experience in a residential setting
Flexibility
Good communication and interpersonal skills
Organisational and time management skills
Ability to work on your own initiative
Job description
Overview

Have you ever wanted to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable Children and Young People? Our children’s home in Walkden, Salford, provides residential care for Children and Young People with Autism and Learning Difficulties. We have a vacancy for a Children's Residential Support Worker in our Walkden, Salford service to be part of our experienced team. You will work in a caring home environment with the wider team under the leadership of the Registered Manager, nurturing and supporting the young people providing them with all the care, love and support they would receive as if it was their family home.

The Together Trust is one of the North West’s leading charities, offering individual care, support, and education to hundreds of children, young people, and adults each year. We are a not-for-profit charitable trust, so every penny goes back into benefiting the people that we support. Together we make a difference, develop and learn, and support each other. Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same: To champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support - they are at the heart of everything we do. We stand by them, and we work together for change.

The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people that we support and expects all of our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The hours are 37.5 per week worked over 5 shifts per week on a rota system which includes weekend working.

The annual salary for this role is £24,700.00 (£12.67 ph.) per year plus biennial increments.

Additional Enhancements: Weekends paid at 25% premium on the hourly rate and Sleep in payments of £100.80 per sleep.

Responsibilities
  • As a Children’s Residential Support Worker, provide a caring, safe, secure and accepting environment that meets the physical, health, social needs and rights of the young people.
  • Maximise educational opportunities and achievements for the young people by assisting in identifying, establishing and supporting educational provision and contributing to educational reviews.
  • Undertake direct work designed to meet the young person’s needs as identified within the care plan, enabling them to reach their potential. Support the young person’s significant relationships as part of this task.
  • Under close supervision, take responsibility for key working at least for one young person.
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of the work undertaken with the young people and complete written reports for planning meetings and statutory reviews as necessary.
  • Support young people with their individual personal care needs, including guidance to promote independence as appropriate.
  • Undertake a range of domestic duties, including cooking and some cleaning, to a good standard, ensuring compliance with health and safety policies and guidelines for young people and staff.
What can you bring to the team
  • Experience of working in a residential setting, undertaking a full range of duties in a well-planned way that respects and values the young people as individuals.
  • Flexibility to respond to the needs of the unit and young people.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to write reports.
  • Good organisational and time management skills.
  • Ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team, taking the lead when required, maintaining and encouraging open and honest communication.
  • If you don’t have direct experience of working with children you may have transferable skills to bring to the role.
Benefits
  • Annual Leave: 27 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 after 10 years.
  • Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit, up to 7% company pension contributions and up to 6 x basic salary death in service.
  • Occupational sick pay and family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
  • Reward and Discount platform offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
  • Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card.
  • Proud to be a real living wage employer.
  • Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us.
  • Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications.
  • Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday.
  • Promotion of Wellbeing across the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleagues and free weekly yoga sessions in person or online.
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home.
Additional information

Here at Together Trust our vision is to champion a better future for the people we support.

If this sounds like the place for you and you think you have the relevant skills and experience we are looking for, please apply now.

Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself).

This role will involve regulated activity.

Together Trust has committed to paying all staff a significantly higher wage than the government minimum. By officially registering as a Living Wage employer, we are showing our commitment to our employees, now and in the future.

We welcome applications from those with a right to work in the UK. We do not currently sponsor overseas staff.

We may remove this vacancy prior to the expiry date if a suitable candidate is found therefore early applications are encouraged.

Shortlisting will take place throughout the duration of the advert as we are seeking more than one individual.

Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.

If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you.

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