Youth Offender Support Worker

Charles Hunter Associates; Bristol; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking a Residential Care Worker to support young people aged 10-18 in a secure children's home. The role involves managing challenging behaviour and providing a safe environment for young offenders. With competitive salaries and benefits including fully funded training, this is an opportunity to make a positive impact on vulnerable young lives.

Benefits

Secure Unit Allowance

Fully funded training and professional development

On-site meals

Local authority employer benefits

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people in children's homes or youth justice.
• Transferable skills from roles like Prison Officer or Probation Officer.
• Ability to manage aggressive behaviour and restraints.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and support to young people aged 10-18 in a secure children's home.
• Work with young offenders and manage physically threatening behaviour.
• Ensure safety and well-being in a tense and anxiety-provoking environment.

Skills

Emotional resilience

Physical resilience

Understanding of safeguarding

Job description

Do you have experience working with young people in care or in the justice system? Are you interested in working with young offenders? Are you emotionally and physically resilient?

If you have answered yes to any of the above, then please get in touch as we have an opportunity available with the local authority to work in one of their secure children's homes as a Residential Care Worker.

The unit is a secure children's home which offers care and support to young people aged 10-18 who have been referred by the Youth Custody Service and includes Youth Offenders.

The young people can present physically threatening behaviour and the environment can become tense and anxiety provoking, so for everybody's safety surveillance cameras are in use in most areas of the building.

On offer as a Residential Care Worker.

• Starting salary of £28,624
• Secure Unit Allowance of £2,500 per annum
• Additional £1,400 (approx) for Weekend and Bank Holiday working
• OTE is £33,000
• Rota'd hours between 7.30am-10.30pm and alternate weekend working - No Nights or Sleep Ins
• On site meals usually eaten with the young people
• Local authority employer benefits
• Fully funded training and ongoing professional development

The successful candidate must have

• Experience working with young people in Children;s Homes, Care Leavers, Youth Justice
• Or Transferable experience from Prison Office, Probation Officer, Youth Offending, Custodial Services
• Understanding of young people safeguarding, secure or prison environment
• Emotional and Physical resilience as you will need to work with agressive behaviour and restraints

If you are looking for a new role in a secure service, apply here!