Children's Residential Support Worker

Carestaff Solutions; Texas; On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking passionate and committed residential workers for children and young people. This role emphasizes the importance of care, wellbeing, and education, fostering a child-centered approach. As part of a dedicated team, you will help improve the lives of young individuals while ensuring their safety and wellbeing. The position offers a variety of work opportunities, support with professional development, and a flexible schedule. If you are enthusiastic and have a caring nature, this is a rewarding opportunity to make a positive impact in the lives of children and young people.

Benefits

Dedicated Consultant

Phone App for Availability

24/7 Availability

Mandatory Training Part Funded

5.6 Weeks Annual Leave

Full Support with CPD

Weekly Pay

Qualifications

• Must have a caring nature and good communication skills.
• Experience working with children and young people is essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective delivery of policies and procedures in the client environment.
• Promote a safe, structured, and nurturing environment for children.
• Engage proactively with young people displaying challenging behavior.

Skills

Communication Skills

Caring Nature

Flexibility

Reliability

Enthusiasm

Experience with Children

Job description

Carestaff Solutions are looking for passionate, committed, enthusiastic, experienced children and young people residential workers.

Our clients put the care, wellbeing and education of children first and our workers reflect that child-centred approach when on shifts. Whether they are working on one shift at the last minute or working on a rolling contract, the Carestaff team member is as effective as the permanent members of the team.

Here at Carestaff Solutions, we know that it's a privilege to work with children and young people who need our support. Our aim is to improve the lives of the children and young people we work with, and in turn, have a positive effect on their wider relationships.

Duties:

1. Work within, and ensure effective delivery of the policies and procedures in the client environment.
2. Monitor and maintain administrative requirements, ensuring that the outcome meets the standards set out in children’s legislation and the home's working practices.
3. Promote and actively encourage the delivery of a safe, structured, and nurturing environment.
4. Proactively engage with young people who display challenging behaviour.
5. Assist young people to identify unsafe, dangerous, harmful, and abusive situations, individuals, and groups.
6. At all times ensure the health, safety, and wellbeing of the children and young people.
7. Ensure a variety of intervention strategies are utilised in relation to behaviour management.
8. Ensure an open culture is created with the young people in the care of the end client.
9. Ensure that the child or young person is safe in terms of safeguarding protocols.

The benefits of working with Carestaff Solutions:

1. Plenty of variety of work on offer.
2. Your own dedicated consultant - we will look after you.
3. A phone app for you to update your availability and book your work in.
4. We are open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
5. Mandatory Training Part funded.
6. 5.6 weeks annual leave.
7. Full support with CPD.
8. Weekly pay.

The requirements of an agency Support Worker for Children:

1. Caring nature with good communication skills.
2. Enthusiastic and friendly.
3. Flexible and reliable.
4. Passionate.
5. Person Centred.
6. Experienced.