LD Night time Residential Worker

Compass Community Limited; Larkhill; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Compass Community Limited is recruiting for a Night-time Residential Worker to support children in our learning-disability-focused homes. You will be at the heart of daily life, helping with education, hobbies and activities while safeguarding and building trust.

We offer comprehensive training, a supportive team, and opportunities for career development in therapeutic practice. Prioritise kindness, consistency and empathy to help children grow into confident young people.

Responsibilities

• Your day-to-day role will involve supporting children in care with educational pursuits, hobbies and activities.
• All homes adopt therapeutic practice and involve reflective practice to continually improve care.
• You will build positive relationships with the children, meet their needs and safeguard them.
• You will create timetables, set boundaries and maintain consistency and organisation.
• You may oversee children with varying levels of supervision as needed.

Job description

Are you a Life Changer? Do you want to lean in and transform the life of a child?

Compass Community puts children first through our therapeutic, innovative approach. Integrity, Courage and Care shape how we work. We listen deeply, challenge each other and fixing what needs fixing, together.

This is the work. And we'll like you to be part of it.

Work in a children’s home that makes a positive, lasting difference to children’s lives. This role is ideal for experienced Residential Workers or Youth Workers, as well as those with no previous experience who are looking to build a career in residential care.

We are looking for determined, caring and thoughtful people to become long-lasting, significant adults in a child’s life, and this could be the role for you.

This is a residential home for children and young people with learning disabilities.

Compass Homes are built around accepting a child as they are in a non-judgemental way. You will teach them to build self-esteem and accept themselves, helping their journey into adulthood.

Your responsibilities as a Night time Residential Worker will include:

Your job role will involve you working closely with children in care with you putting them at the centre of everything you do. Your day-to-day role will require you to support them in all aspects of their lives such as educational pursuits, hobbies, and activities.

• Using your experience and skills (further developed with our support and training), you will assist with the care of our children and young people.
• All our homes adopt therapeutic practise, giving you the opportunity to develop into a specialist care provider. Training also includes reflective practise to consistently improve the way we care for children.
• You will create positive relationships with the children, meeting their needs and always safeguarding them.
• You will create timetables, setting boundaries and expectations for the young people. Consistency and organisation skills are key.
• You will meet a variety of children and young people, some of whom may require high levels of supervision and support.

What makes us different?

You will be part of the compass community of over 30 homes, you will be supported in your day-to-day job role by a friendly and supportive management team. We will supply you with extensive and relevant training to support you and ensure your career development.

• We make a house a home - We invest heavily in ensuring homes are beautifully decorated and looked after, so children can express their characters, feel safe, and enrich their lives.
• Generous budgets devoted to children - Each of our homes are given substantial investment to allow for all children to really experience a childhood. This includes holidays abroad, recreational activities, and special events.
• Direct therapeutic work with children - We aim to provide all children with therapy, driven by industry leading psychologists and practise. This will include therapeutic training for all staff.
• Bespoke systems - You'll spend more time working directly with children rather than duplicating reports and paperwork with our bespoke, time saving incident reporting system.
• Detailed and supportive training - We give you a 'Skills to Care' induction. All new starters complete 2 separate weeks of classroom-based training as well as a week of shadow shifts to best prepare you for your new role.

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We embrace diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We have excellent internal frameworks including REACH and GRACE which all contribute towards your day-to-day job role. Above all we thrive on our ethos "Potential Not Perfection" meaning we will consider ALL applications, so if you have limited or no experience please get in touch, we would love to hear from you!

Please note that you must be 22 years old or above to apply as per children’s homes regulations. You must also have a valid driving licence.

The recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicants will be appointed subject to references and enhanced DBS check. To be successful in your application you will be subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process and must always adhere to a strict code of conduct regarding your behaviour.

The Compass Community values equality and diversity across our workforce and aims to ensure our staff community is reflective of the diversity of the children and young people within our care. In support of this commitment, we welcome applications from individuals of Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds.