Residential Support Worker

Compass Community; England; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£50 per sleep-in

224 hours holiday increasing to 248 hours

Additional leave for birthday and wellbeing

Service awards for tenure

MediCash cashback for medical appointments

Monthly REACH award up to £150

Company pension scheme

Job summary

A children's care provider in the United Kingdom is seeking compassionate individuals to become significant adults in children's lives. This role involves facilitating activities, ensuring health and wellbeing, and supporting children with high supervision needs. The ideal candidates are caring and committed, with training provided for those without prior experience. Benefits include holiday leave and awards for service recognition.

Qualifications

• Age 22 years or above to meet Ofsted regulations.
• Previous experience not essential, training provided.
• Valid manual driving licence.
• Ability to remain calm in challenging situations.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate children's activities and appointments, ensuring their wellbeing.
• Support children who require high levels of supervision.
• Assist with domestic tasks including cleaning and cooking.
• Manage paperwork and write reports.

Skills

Caring and compassionate

Ability to build positive relationships

Calm in challenging situations

Valid manual driving licence

Job description

About The Role

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 fix what needs fixing, together.

This is the work. And we’d 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.

Qualifications

• Age 22 years or above (to meet Ofsted regulations).
• Caring, compassionate and able to build positive relationships with others.
• Valid manual driving licence.
• Ability to remain calm in challenging situations.

Previous experience is not essential for this role. Our Skills to Care induction includes 2 separate weeks of classroom-based training and a week of shadow shifts to prepare for the new role.

Responsibilities

• Help facilitate children’s activities and appointments, supporting them in all aspects of their lives. Ensure their health and wellbeing, safeguarding them at all times.
• Meet a variety of children and young people, some of whom may require high levels of supervision and support.
• Support the wider team with a range of domestic tasks such as cleaning, cooking, and food shopping.
• Create timetables, manage paperwork and write reports.

Benefits

• £50 per sleep-in.
• 224 hours holiday, gradually increasing to 248 hours after 4 years working with us.
• Additional 3.5 days of leave (one for your birthday, one for health and wellbeing, one to volunteer and a half day for festive celebrations).
• Service awards: £200 (2 years), £400 (5 years) and £600 (10 years) plus up to £500 special recognition award for outstanding practice.
• MediCash cashback for medical and wellbeing appointments such as dental treatment/check-ups, optical care, physiotherapy and more.
• Monthly REACH award up to £150.
• Company pension scheme.

The successful applicants will be appointed subject to references and enhanced DBS check.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Compass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Above all we thrive on our ethos “Potential Not Perfection”, meaning we will consider all applications.