Senior Residential Support Worker

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

Job summary

Join a dedicated team in Kilwinning as a Senior Support Worker, where you will play a vital role in supporting vulnerable children and young people. This position involves managing day-to-day operations and engaging with each child's care plan to ensure they receive the highest standards of support and professionalism. As a part of a community-focused environment, you will help children aged 8 to 18 thrive and integrate into their local community. With a commitment to your ongoing training and career progression, this is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of young people while advancing your own career.

Benefits

Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme

Comprehensive induction

Ongoing training and career progression

Pension scheme

Paid for enhanced PVG

Wellbeing support

Flexible working

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Must have a full UK driving licence to transport young people.
• Demonstrate values and transferable skills for the role.

Responsibilities

• Assist with day-to-day operations and management of child care plans.
• Engage with children and ensure high standards of care.

Skills

Caring and empathy

Management of child care plans

Communication skills

Full UK driving licence

Education

Relevant life experience

Training in child care

Job description

Our home in Kilwinning is recruiting for a Senior Support Worker now! We are looking for enthusiastic, caring, and passionate people to become an integral part of our support team. In this role, you will assist with the management of day-to-day operations within our services. Fundamental to your role will be the engagement in, and management of, each child’s plan and ensuring these plans are managed with the highest standards of care and professionalism.

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 PVG
• Wellbeing support
• Flexible working
• Cycle to work scheme and more!

We continue to provide a unique community-based, living, and learning environment in support of some of the most vulnerable children and young people in the country. The Aspris team assists children and young people aged 8 to 18 years to be fully included within the local community and to ensure they have the capacity to prosper beyond Aspris Scotland in the wider post-school world.

Please note - due to the location of this home and nature of the role, candidates MUST have a full UK driving licence as you are required to transport our young people to external locations.

As part of Aspris Children’s Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. We ask that you can demonstrate the values needed for a role, transferable skills, and life experience, and in return, we will give you all the training and support you need to progress.

If you want to progress your career, Aspris Children’s Services will help you get 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 Scotland 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.