Residential Support Worker

Aspris; Meopham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspris is seeking a Residential Support Worker to engage with children and young people aged 8–18 who have EBD and complex behaviours. The role involves supporting daily activities, outings, and personalised care planning within a multi-agency framework.

You will work to build positive attachments, encourage independence, and participate in continuous CPD to develop your skills in safeguarding and care provision. A Full UK Driving Licence is essential.

Qualifications

• Must hold a Full UK Driving Licence.

Responsibilities

• Engage with children and young people aged 8–18 years with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD), complex and challenging behaviours.
• Take young people to social activities such as seeing friends, cinema trips, and community events like fundraisers and galas.
• Teach practical life skills, such as cooking, and encourage independence.
• Contribute to personalised care planning and multi-agency work to achieve positive outcomes for young people.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Job description

Our childrens home is beautiful 3 bed childrens home, Our Residential Support Workers engage with children and young people aged 8 - 18 years with EBD, complex and challenging behaviours. The overall focus of the home is to achieve positive outcomes for young people, we do this through multi-agency working, personalised care planning and creating positive attachments.

Due to the nature of the role, we are only able to consider candidates who currently hold a Full UK Driving Licence.

At Aspris, we want every young person to feel understood, supported, and ready to take on the world. That’s why our homes are shaped around the needs of each child - this ensures that all of our young people get the support that’s shaped around their strengths, challenges, and goals.

As a Residential Support Worker, you will be at the centre of the fun! Taking young people to see their friends, trips to the cinema, partaking in community events such as fundraisers and galas, teaching the young people to cook, encouraging them to be independent and many other brand new opportunities that they may never have had the chance to do previously. This role allows you to really make a difference to the lives of those under our care and to build strong relationships with the young people and staff alike.

At Aspris, learning never stops - and that’s something we truly value. As a growing organisation, we rely on accurate, detailed data, which can include sensitive information such as incident reports and disclosures from young people. High attention to detail is essential to the role.

To support you, we offer continuous CPD and development opportunities, helping you grow and become the best version of yourself.

What does this mean?

• Automatic enrollment onto NVQ/SVQ qualifications within 6-months of starting a Residential Support role
• The opportunity to be qualified to degree level
• A clear pathway for you to progress in your role

We believe every child and young person has potential.

We work in partnership with parents and guardians to unlock this potential through specialist care, support and education. Tailoring our care and education provisions to meet the diverse needs of children and young people ensuring that they always receive the right support, at the right time, and in the right setting. Even when the journey seems hard, we use courage, resilience, kindness and dedication.

Our team of experts work together to deliver safe, nurturing environments where children can thrive. When a young person’s confidence grows, they become limitless. This is the heartbeat of our work - every day, every hour and every minute.

That is the Aspris difference.

At Aspris we're committed to ensuring that our colleagues are compensated with benefits that are meaningful and worthwhile - more information can be found here regarding what benefits we have to offer.