Residential Support Worker - childrens & young people

Keys; Crawley; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

The Real Living Wage

Full induction and introductory progrm

Fully funded training and qualifc

Enhanced pay scales that recognise资格

Enhanced maternity & paternity pay

Free wellbeing & life counselling

Nest Pension Scheme

Life assurance

DBS check paid for by us

28 days annual leave

Staff Referral Scheme – £500 referral

Real progression opportunities

Discount Schemes (Hapi App & Blue Card

Job summary

Keys Group is seeking a dedicated Children’s Residential Support Worker in Crawley to join a loving family home for children with emotional and behavioural needs. You will provide encouragement, praise, and patient guidance, building trust and helping young people grow in a safe, supportive environment.

The role involves shifts and sleep-ins, a 39-hour week, and a commitment to safeguarding. A full induction, funded training, enhanced pay scales, and progression opportunities are offered as part

Qualifications

• Natural caring, flexible and resilient.
• Passionate about helping children lead happy lives.
• Excellent communication, positive and energetic.
• Experience in care or transferable skills beneficial.
• Ability to stay calm in challenging situations.
• Full UK driving licence is beneficial.
• Willing to work shifts and sleep-ins.

Responsibilities

• Be part of a caring team providing a safe, loving home for children.
• Act as a professional parent, offering encouragement and praise.
• Enjoy activities and outings to support milestones.
• Provide emotional and physical support to help children reach potential.
• Build friendships and trusting relationships.
• Help with everyday tasks and empower decision making.
• Ensure a safe home environment including cleaning and cooking.

Skills

Caring

Flexibility

Resilience

Communication skills

Care experience

Calm under pressure

Driving licence

Shift work (sleep-ins)

Job description

Job Title

Children's Residential Support Worker

Location

Crawley

Salary

From £14.05 PLUS additional £3k - £6k per annum for sleep ins.

Hours

Full-time, 39 hours per week working a rolling shift pattern, 2 on 4 off.

We are looking for a children's support worker to become part of our loving family home, caring for young people who have sometimes emotional and behavioural difficulties. You would be the person to give encouragement and praise when needed, to be patient and understanding during times of crisis and to inspire them to grow and develop.

The role can be emotionally challenging and you could be handling difficult situations BUT you could be the person to change a child's life for the better.

Join us as a Support Worker and you will receive:

• Competitive Salary: The Real Living Wage as a minimum
• Full induction and introductory programme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Enhanced pay scales that recognise both qualifications and experience
• Enhanced company maternity & paternity pay
• Access to free wellbeing and life counselling service
• NEST Pension Scheme
• Life assurance
• Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check paid for by us
• 28 days annual leave.
• Staff Referral Scheme – Refer a friend to join Keys Group and split a £500 referral bonus between you
• Real progression opportunities
• Amazing Discount Schemes - You'll have access to both the Hapi App & a Blue Light Card which give you incredible discounts at high street retailers, days out, gifts, holidays - even when buying a car

What does the job involve?

• Be part of a caring team that provides a safe and loving home for children, led and supported by a registered manager.
• Act as a professional parent, to to give encouragement and praise.
• Enjoy fun days out such as Go-carting, paintballing, cinema, bowling and revisit missed milestones.
• Provide emotional and physical support to allow the children to reach their full potential in sometimes challenging situations
• Build friendships and trusting relationships
• Help them to find pleasure in everyday tasks
• Empower them to make decisions about themselves
• Ensure a safe home environment, cleaning, laundry, cooking is part of the job.

What do you need?

• We want people who are naturally caring, flexible and resilient.
• Passionate about supporting children to lead happy lives.
• Great communication skills, positive and energetic.
• Experience in care or transferable skills such as youth work, education, sports or working with vulnerable people is beneficial
• Ability to remain calm during sometimes challenging situations.
• Full UK Driving licence is beneficial
• You need to be able to work flexibly in caring for the children. This will include working shifts and sleep-ins

Safeguarding Commitment:

Keys Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone in our care. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Equal Opportunities:

Keys Group is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community.

Keys Group are very proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant that means we have made a commitment to welcoming service personnel, veterans and military families into the group. We are delighted to have veteran friendly policies, offer a Veterans Peer Support Network within our teams and are able to offer Military Awareness and support to our colleagues.

As part of our commitment, we will offer a guaranteed interview to current and former service personnel providing that they meet the criteria of the role that they are applying for.