Residential Support Worker

The Shaw Education Trust; Lichfield; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading Trust as a Residential Support Worker at Saxon Hill Academy, specializing in supporting children with profound learning difficulties. You’ll be integral in providing personalized care and creating a nurturing environment that encourages development. This role offers a fulfilling opportunity to work within a dedicated team focusing on the emotional and social needs of children and young people.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement (37 days) from day one

Electric Car Scheme

Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan

Discount for Teachers Scheme

Free Eye Tests

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Ability to provide personal care and support.
• Excellent communication skills with children.
• Experience with children having complex needs is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily support with personal care and well-being.
• Create a nurtured environment for emotional and social development.
• Engage pupils through tailored planned activities.

Skills

Empathy

Teamwork

Energy

Job description

Join Our Team as a Residential Support Worker at Saxon Hill Academy; Where Every Child’s Potential is Nurtured with Care and Expertise.

We are an all-age special school (2–19) based in Staffordshire, supporting children with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD), Complex Medical Needs, and Physical Disabilities. Our holistic approach includes onsite medical, physiotherapy, sensory, and communication support, ensuring every child receives personalised, high-quality care.

As a Residential Support Worker, you will:

• Provide hands-on support with daily routines, personal care, and wellbeing
• Create a safe, nurturing environment that promotes emotional, physical, and social development
• Use appropriate communication methods to engage effectively with pupils
• Support pupils through planned activities tailored to their individual needs

If you’re a team player with empathy, energy, and a passion for supporting children with complex needs—we’d love to hear from you.

Saxon Hill Academy is a unique school for children and young people aged 2 to 19 who have complex needs and physical disabilities. We pride ourselves on providing an excellent all-round education which prepares our young people for independent living, as well as the world of work. Those who know our school, often complement its positive family atmosphere, the progress that we help our students to achieve and the happiness they see amongst all our students and staff. They also point to the fact that students are actively focused on supporting each other to do their best.

Shaw Education Trust are a thriving mix of diverse and growing schools including Primary, Secondary and Special Schools all working together to improve the lives of young people in our communities. We are sponsored by Shaw Trust a charity organisation that focuses on transforming lives. We’re a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staff across our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point in life.

Our Special settings cater for children and young people with a wide range of Special Educational Needs from children with profound medical needs and life limiting conditions, those with severe, moderate and sensory needs through to young people with social emotional and mental health needs that require support and understanding to help them to navigate their world.

Whether you are a teacher, a teaching assistant, a healthcare professional or work in facilities, admin or operations all our Special Schools offer you the opportunity to work within an establishment that has a ‘family’ feel that puts the children, young people and their families at the heart of what they do.

All the pupils within our Special Schools have an individualised education and are educated in small classes and groups with enhanced support to ensure that all their needs are met. There is nothing more rewarding than being part of a team that supports a child or young person with Special Educational Needs to reach their goals. You truly will make a difference to the life of a young person and their family.

Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:

• Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
• Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
• Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
• Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
• Free Eye Tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.

We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.

Working hours: 28.5 hrs per week (Term time only plus 5 inset days, working 39 weeks)

Working hours are - Monday 15:30 – 20:00, Tuesday 07:30 – 09:15 15:30 – 20:00, Wednesday 07:00 – 09:15 15:30 – 20:00, Thursday 07:15 – 09:30 15:15 – 21:00, Friday 09:15 – 10:15

Total: 26 ½ plus 2 non-contacts = 28 ½ hours

Saxon Hill Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including an online checks and criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions.

All shortlisted candidates will undergo an online search as part of Trust safer recruitment.

We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date as we review applications on an on-going basis and interviews may be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, therefore, we encourage early applications.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CV’s alone will not be accepted.

We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date, therefore, we encourage early applications.

Successful candidates will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks.