Senior Residential Support Worker

Aspris; Calow; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in residential childcare is seeking dedicated Senior Residential Support Workers. This role offers the chance to positively impact young lives while providing compassionate care in a nurturing environment. You will support a team, oversee daily operations, and help young people with behavioural and emotional difficulties. With a strong commitment to training and career progression, this position is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful difference. Join a supportive team that values resilience, communication, and care, and embark on a fulfilling career path in childcare.

Benefits

Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme

Comprehensive induction

Ongoing training and career progression

Pension scheme

Paid for enhanced DBS

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience with young people exhibiting challenging behaviours is desirable.
• Must have or be willing to work towards Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare.

Responsibilities

• Support young people and provide compassionate care.
• Assist the Registered Manager in running the staff team and daily operations.

Skills

Resilience

Communication

Organisation

Caring

Attentiveness

Education

Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare

Job description

There is no better time to start a career within residential childcare than now!

Would you like secure employment where you can progress your career?

If you would like to build a career that gives you genuine sense of achievement and fulfilment knowing that you can have a positive impact on the young people we support, then look no further and apply today!

Children’s home Moor Farm Cottage are recruiting for Senior Residential Support Workers now! We are looking for enthusiastic, caring and passionate people to become an integral part of our support team. In this role, you will support our young people and be responsible for providing compassionate care during your time with them. This role also involves supporting the Registered Manager to run a successful staff team and to oversee the day to day operation of the home.

Our benefits include exclusive access to reward and discount scheme, comprehensive induction, commitment to your ongoing training and career progression, pension scheme, paid for enhanced DBS, wellbeing support, cycle to work scheme and more!

Moorfield House and Moor Farm Cottage are semi rural Children’s Home on the outskirts of Temple Normanton village and Calow near Chesterfield. We care for up to 9 young people aged 9-16+ years exhibiting Behavioural, Emotional, and Social Difficulties the Young People are split across 2 homes.

Moor Farm Cottage/Moorfield House tries to replicate a caring, family environment that provides the opportunities that will hopefully one day help our young people to lead positive and rewarding lives. We are looking for dedicated, caring and passionate people to support our Young People.

Previous experience of working with Young People who can exhibit challenging behaviours would be desirable but not essential. However, if you have the right personality we will support you to gain and develop the experience. It is essential that applicants have either attained or are prepared to work towards Level 3 Diploma Residential Childcare qualification. If you feel that you can help us and our Young People maintain our Outstanding home then please get in contact.

At Aspris Children’s Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. As long as you can demonstrate the values needed for a role within residential childcare, we will give you all the training and support you need to progress!

Key Qualities Required:

1. Resilience – We support some of the most vulnerable children in society who have varying degrees of emotional behavioural difficulties, autism, ADHD and associated difficulties so there will be times where your resilience is challenged.
2. Communication – Communicating with our young people is vital to understand their needs. Good teamwork and communication plays a key part in ensuring important information is relayed to other staff.
3. Organisation – As well as supervising the staff team, you’ll need to be confident and organised in updating care plans and reporting information that will be relevant to the care of our young people.
4. Caring – Our young people require the best care we can offer. If you are a naturally caring and compassionate person, this is the role for you.
5. Attentive – No young person is the same so being attentive to understand them and identify areas where we can support is important.

Above all, we provide a supportive and collaborative working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most.

If you want residential childcare to be a job for life, Aspris Children’s Services will help you there.

Aspris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years, for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.