Residential Support Worker

Firstblue Healthcare Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 9,300 - 11,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sleep-in shifts

Wellbeing programme

28–33 days annual leave

Job summary

Firstblue Healthcare Ltd in the United Kingdom seeks passionate individuals to join our children’s residential homes. You will provide care and guidance to young people, using a positive parenting model, while maintaining a warm, family-like environment.

This role includes performing sleep-in shifts with a competitive rate and comprehensive training. We offer continuous development, an enhanced sleep-in allowance, and a supportive wellbeing programme.

Qualifications

• Experience caring for children and young people.
• Ability to work flexible shift patterns.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Comfortable with computerised records and DBS process.

Responsibilities

• Provide young people with activities, support, care and guidance using a positive parenting model.
• Follow guidance from Team Leader to ensure smooth day to day running of the home with structure and boundaries.
• Be flexible with shift patterns and rota changes at short notice.
• Safely manage risks in line with company policies and procedures.
• Participate in bespoke training and act as an advocate for the young person.
• Attend staff meetings and contribute to service improvement.

Skills

Positive parenting

Resilience

Computer literacy

Teamwork

Paperless work

Job description

Excellent opportunity for enthusiastic candidates to join the team in one of our children’s residential homes. We are a rapidly expanding organisation and are offering a very competitive salary plus benefits including a quality bespoke training package and generous renumeration for sleep-in shifts. We specialise in supporting Children and Young People who have suffered early life trauma, neglect or abuse and may display challenging behaviours.

The main duties of this role include

• To work as a member of the team to provide young people with a variety of activities, support, care and guidance using a positive parenting model
• To follow guidance from the Team Leader and other senior colleagues to ensure the smooth day to day running of the home providing structure and appropriate boundaries for the young people in our car
• To have a flexible approach to shift patterns which may sometimes require changes to rota at short notice
• To ensure that all risks are safely managed in line with the company policies and procedures
• To undertake an in-depth quality and bespoke training package
• To act as an advocate for the young person whilst using a positive parenting model
• To attend staff meetings and be proactive in developing and improving the service model

What we offer

• Continuous training and professional development
• Generous sleep-in rate of £70.47 per night (average 11 per month)

What we are looking for

• Someone with the passion to work with our young people and provide them with a positive parenting model
• Someone who can help create a real family environment for our young people
• Someone who has the desire to improve our young people’s lives and enable a better future for them
• Someone who is resilient and understanding
• Someone who is computer literate with the ability to work in a paperless environment

First Blue is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone in our care and therefore this post is subject to an enhanced DBS check where suitable references will be sought prior to your employment start date.

• Competitive pay and sleep-in allowance
• Enhanced overtime rate of time and a third
• Access to employee wellbeing programme
• 28 days annual leave entitlement, rising to 33 days with 5 years service