Senior Residential Support Worker

Aspris; Wrexham; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Reward and discount scheme

Comprehensive induction

Ongoing training and career Progress

Pension scheme

Paid DBS check

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Aspris Children’s Services in Wrexham is seeking a Senior Residential Support Worker to provide compassionate care for young people aged 8 to 17. You will support the Registered Manager, supervise staff, and help oversee day-to-day operations of the home.

The role requires a Level 3 qualification in Children’s Residential and Childcare, previous residential setting experience, and a full UK driving licence. A dedicated training pathway and safeguarding responsibilities are included.

Qualifications

• A Level 3 Qualification In Children’s Residential And Childcare is essential
• Full UK Licence is essential
• Previous experience within a residential childcare setting is required
• Resilience, communication, organisation, caring and attentiveness are important traits

Responsibilities

• Support our young people and be responsible for providing compassionate care
• Assist the Registered Manager to run the staff team and oversee day-to-day home operations
• Contribute to care planning and report information relevant to the care of the young people
• Promote safeguarding and welfare of children during all activities

Job description

Our Children’s home in Wrexham are looking for a Senior Residential Support Worker!

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!

The home offers a holistic approach for the care of young people from the ages of 8 to 17 on admission. Our home is a 3 - bedded, detached home on the outskirts of Wrexham. Through the care planning process an approximate decision of length of stay will be made which reflects the child’s needs.

Due to the nature of the role, a Full UK Licence is essential.

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.

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 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.
• 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 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.