Day Residential Support Workers

Witham Prospect School; Brighton; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded DBS Checks

Flexible working patterns

Death in Service Insurance Scheme

Private HealthCare Insurance Scheme

Overtime pay: Time and a Quarter/Time

Meals provided for day shifts

Paid induction and training days

Refer a Friend £500 bonus

Employee Assistance Programme

Paid training to QR/level 3

Job summary

Witham Prospect School is seeking Day Residential Support Workers to support children and young people with Severe Learning Disabilities, Autism and Complex Care. You will work an average of 38.5 hours per week on a three-week rolling rota, with early shifts (7.00am – 2.30pm, 7.00am – 3.30pm) and late shifts (2.00pm – 10.00pm).

A full training day is included every three weeks. Pay rate is £13.49-£13.83 per hour, depending on qualification.

Qualifications

• Support workers must be enthusiastic, dedicated and caring to help children and young people with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Support children and young people to meet their needs according to individual care plans and positive behaviour support plans.
• Promote choice, independence, dignity, privacy and rights.
• Maintain a safe, caring environment and assist with domestic duties.
• Work with the staff team to safeguard the children and young people in our care.
• Support learning during residential, leisure and educational activities.
• Assist with managing challenging behaviour using approved strategies.

Skills

Caring

Enthusiastic

Dedicated

Motivated

Job description

Witham Prospect School is looking to appoint Day Residential Support Workers who are enthusiastic, dedicated, caring and highly motivated to support children and young people who have Severe Learning Disabilities, Autism and Complex Care to achieve their full potential.

Day Residential Support Workers- working on average of 38.5 hours per week.

To work on a three-week rolling rota, with a combination of early shifts between the hours of (7.00am – 2.30pm, 7.00am- -3.30pm) and late shifts (2.00pm – 10.00pm). Your rota will include one full day for training every three weeks.

Pay Rate for Support Workers: £13.49- £13.83 per hour depending on your qualification.

Note:

Please kindly note that Witham Prospect School has frozen the Skilled Worker Sponsorship Scheme, as such the organisation will not be able to sponsor any candidate who is requiring to be sponsored.

Mandatory Training Requirement:

Before working with our children and young people, all Support Workers must complete a mandatory, fully paid two-week induction programme, covering both the knowledge and the physical intervention (positive handling) skills needed to keep everyone safe. Because the safe use of approved physical intervention techniques is fundamental to safeguarding within our service, successful completion of all aspects of this training is a genuine occupational requirement of the role. Where a candidate is unable to demonstrate these skills, we will consider whether reasonable adjustments can be made in line with the Equality Act 2010; however, if the physical requirements of the role cannot be met even with adjustments, we may be unable to confirm or continue the appointment.

As an Employee you will Benefit from:

• Fully funded DBS Checks.
• Flexible working patterns.
• Death in Service Insurance Scheme.
• Private HealthCare Insurance Scheme.
• Time and a Quarter from Monday -Friday and Time and Half for Weekend and Bank Holiday Overtime
• Enhanced rates of pay for relevant RQF/NVQ/QCF qualifications.
• Meals provided for staff on Day Shifts if they are working with children and the young people.
• A fully paid two-week induction prior to working with children and young people (see Mandatory Training Requirement above).
• Refer a Friend Scheme Bonus (payment of £500 on successful completion of 6 months).
• 24 Hours access to our Employee Counselling Support through our Employee Assistance Programme (Health Assured).
• Extensive training aimed at developing and enhancing skills further through the completion of fully Paid training day as part of your rota.
• Fully Funded a minimum of RQF level 3 or Equivalent diploma award in Health and Social Care - Residential Childcare (if not already achieved).
• Loyalty Bonus (£500 annual salary length of service award upon completion of each 5 years).
• Fully paid day off on staff Birthday (subject to satisfactory attendance in the preceding 12 months).
• Professional Health Services for Injuries sustained at work (subject to satisfying criteria as set out in the staff absence policy).

Responsibilities for the Care Role Includes:

• To support the children and young people to meet their needs in the most appropriate way by following individual care plans and positive behaviour support plans set by our highly qualified therapist team.
• Promote children and young people’s choice, independence, dignity, privacy and fulfilment of other rights.
• Maintain a stable, happy and caring environment that puts the health, safety and welfare of our children and young people first, this will involve domestic duties.
• Working with the staff team across all settings to always safeguard the children and young people in our care.
• Actively promote learning during all programmes and activities during residential, leisure and educational situations.
• Effectively support the children/young people and staff to manage challenging behaviour as and when this arises, using the approved approaches defined within their Positive Behaviour Support plan and Sherwood training.

About Witham Prospect School

Witham Prospect School is an independent specialist residential care and education organisation that provides exceptional residential care and education to meet the needs of children and young people aged between 11 and 19 years who have severe and profound learning disabilities and who may also be on the autism spectrum, have complex care needs and behavioural concerns. We are situated on the outskirts of Norton Disney in Lincolnshire. Our ethos is to provide warm, safe and nurturing environments where children and young people entrusted to us are supported and enabled to achieve their full potential in all areas of their social, emotional, physical and academic development.