Senior Residential Support Worker

Aspris; Shepton Mallet; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspris is looking for a Senior Residential Support Worker for its Avebury House Children's Home in Shepton Mallet. This role involves providing compassionate care for young people with autism and helping manage a supportive environment. The position offers training opportunities, a supportive team, and various employee benefits including a pension scheme and wellbeing support.

Benefits

Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme

Comprehensive induction

Commitment to ongoing training and career progression

Pension scheme

Paid for enhanced DBS

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Previous experience within a residential childcare setting is essential.
• Caring and compassionate attitude needed for supporting young people.
• Ability to communicate effectively with children and staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate care to young residents with autism and learning difficulties.
• Support the Registered Manager in overseeing day-to-day operations.
• Update care plans and report relevant information.

Skills

Resilience

Communication

Organisation

Caring

Attentiveness

Education

Level 3 Qualification In Children’s Residential And Childcare

Job description

Aspris Shepton Mallet, England, United Kingdom

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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!

Avebury House Children's Home 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!
  
  

Located in the historically rich market town of Shepton Mallet, Avebury House Children’s Home provides nurturing care and support for up to 6 children and young people with autism and associated learning difficulties. Avebury House operates 38 weeks per year (term time only), and current shifts available are on weekdays only.

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!

A Level 3 Qualification In Children’s Residential And Childcare Is Essential, As Well As Previous Experience Within a Residential Childcare Setting Along With The Following Characteristics

• 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.
• 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.
• Organisation 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.
• 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.
• Attentive No young person / situation is the same so being attentive to understand them and identify areas where we can support is important and alert within any situation.
  
  

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.

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• Employment type

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  Primary and Secondary Education

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