Residential Support Worker

Horizon Care & Education; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a compassionate Residential Support Worker to empower young individuals in their daily lives. This rewarding role involves supporting young people with their routines, social activities, and personal growth within a nurturing environment. You will work alongside a dedicated team, providing relationship-based and person-centred care, ensuring each young person feels valued and supported. With a commitment to professional development and a comprehensive induction program, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of young people while enjoying a range of attractive perks and benefits.

Benefits

Christmas bonus

Blue Light Card

Colleague referral scheme

Financial wellbeing service

Life Assurance

Option to buy and sell annual leave

Access to free online courses

Employee assistance programme

High quality CPD opportunities

Free eye check

Qualifications

• Experience in providing support to young people in a residential setting.
• Ability to work reflective and person-centred care.

Responsibilities

• Support young people with daily routines and personal development.
• Help maintain hobbies and social activities for young residents.

Skills

Relationship-based care

Person-centred care

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Residential Support Worker

At Horizon, we believe that each young person is unique and should be enabled to feel confident about their future, no matter what they have been through in life.

Horizon Care and Education have an opportunity for a Children's Residential Support Worker to join our team in our homes across the Yorkshire region.

About the role:

As a Residential Support Worker, you will support young people in the many different aspects of daily life within our homes including:

1. Helping young people continue with hobbies, social activities, and friendships, and learn new skills.
2. Providing support with morning routines such as getting ready for school and making sure they have a good breakfast.
3. Preparing evening meals and ensuring the young person has a safe space to relax and unwind within the home.
4. Supporting young people to reach their potential and experience new opportunities.
5. You will need to be open to working in a reflective manner and deliver relationship-based, person-centred care as part of a small team. This will involve a combination of day, evening, night, weekend, and bank holiday working.

How you'll be rewarded:

1. Real Living Wage employer
2. Competitive pay rates
3. Christmas bonus
4. Blue Light Card
5. Colleague referral scheme with cash rewards - earn up to £2500 per referral! *
6. Financial wellbeing service
7. Life Assurance
8. Option to buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave
9. Tastecard - spectacular savings on dining, pizza, cinema tickets, supermarkets, and UK attractions
10. Opportunity to progress in your career through our Education Academy, and ongoing training and professional development
11. Comprehensive and tailored induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing, and local induction period
12. Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via our SHINE programme
13. Access to a wide range of free online courses for all colleagues on a variety of topics
14. Employee assistance programme - free, confidential support
15. Community and wellbeing - Your wellbeing matters to us, and we are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need to feel good about what you do. We're in this together
16. Supportive management and senior leaders
17. High quality CPD opportunities
18. Free eye check

If you're passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and enabling them to shape their own future, then we want you to be part of our team.

A full UK driving licence is needed for this role

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