Support worker - Children

Everpool Recruitment; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime pay

Bank holidays time and a half

Job summary

Everpool Recruitment is assisting a Nottingham-based service providing support for a young person aged 14 with complex needs in a therapeutic, boundary-led setting. The role requires resilience, emotional maturity and comfort working within a highly structured team.

Shifts run 9am-9pm and nights 9pm-9am, with 36 hours per week over three 12-hour blocks. Overtime and bank holiday pay at time and a half are available.

Qualifications

• Level 3 in Children and Young Peoples Workforce / Residential Childcare is preferred.
• However, we do not automatically reject candidates without Level 3.
• Candidates can be considered if they: Already hold Level 3; Are currently working towards Level 3; or Are willing to undertake Level 3.

Responsibilities

• Support a young person aged 14 with high-risk needs in a therapeutic, boundary-led environment.
• Work a 3x12 hour shift pattern including nights; participate in a 3:1 staffing model.
• Be comfortable supporting a young person in crisis and maintain consistent team collaboration.

Education

Level 3 in Children and Young Peoples Workforce / Residential Childcare

Job description

Support worker - Children

Days: 9am-9pm

36 hours per week - 3 x12 hour shifts

Nights: 9pm - 9am

36 hours per week - 3 x12 hour shifts

Overtime also available and Bank holidays paid at time and half.

Support worker - Children

£16.50ph

36 hours per week - 3 x12 hour shifts

Nights: 9pm - 9am

£17.50ph

36 hours per week - 3 x12 hour shifts

Overtime also available and Bank holidays paid at time and half.

Our client is a new service based in Nottingham and has a 1-bed service that currently supports a young person aged 14 with highly complex and high-risk needs and operates within a therapeutic, structured and boundary-led model. This is not a standard residential childcare role. Candidates need to be comfortable supporting a young person in crisis and working within a highly consistent team approach, including deprivation-of-liberty arrangements where applicable.

• Therapeutic parenting.
• Trauma-informed and relationship-based practice.
• Clear and consistent boundaries.
• Long-term relationship building.
• Calm and structured responses to challenging situations.
• Understanding that progress may be gradual rather than immediate.
• Consistency between every member of the staff team.

The service currently operates around a 3:1 staffing model, requiring three members of staff across the day and three overnight, alongside contingency cover.

Who Are They Looking For?

We need experienced, resilient and emotionally mature Support Workers who are comfortable working with young people presenting complex and potentially high-risk behaviours.

This role will suit candidates who have worked in:

• Children's residential care.
• Complex-needs services.
• Crisis-support environments.
• High-risk residential settings.
• Services supporting challenging behaviours.
• Therapeutic or trauma-informed environments.
• Other closely related specialist settings.

Qualifications & Compliance

Level 3 in Children and Young People's Workforce / Residential Childcare is preferred.

However, we do not automatically reject candidates without Level 3.

Candidates can be considered if they:

• Already hold Level 3;
• Are currently working towards Level 3; or
• Are willing to undertake Level 3.