Support Worker

7 months ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Forte Care Ltd Full time

**Job description**

**Full Job Description**

**Join Forte Care and start an exceptionally rewarding and valued career in an OUTSTANDING company**

Forte Care are a small, dedicated children's home provider who invests in its staff. We are rated Outstanding by Ofsted.

We are expanding and are seeking Residential Support Workers to join our new children's home in Kingstanding, Birmingham and to meet the demands of our expanding services and to cover posts of our longer-term staff who progress within the company structure.

We invest in our staff, providing stable careers and offer genuine progression pathways for our staff.

We are looking for residential support workers to join our growing, highly valued team. Our teams are nurturing and supportive, giving our children high levels of care and allowing them to achieve amazing outcomes. Our homes are always small, caring and supportive to the children who require placements and the staff that work with us.

We are committed to changing children’s’ lives for the better by striving for outstanding care and support within our children’s homes.

Our mission is to provide children and young people with homes that provide high quality care, protection and opportunity for personal growth. In order to achieve this we adhere to the following values;
- **Compassion (Dignity & Respect)**:

- **Working as a team (collaboration)**:

- **Integrity (honesty and doing the ‘Right Thing’)**:

- **Diversity (respecting & celebrating difference and diversity)**:

- **Quality (striving to offer the best care, professionalism and behaviours)**

We want every child in the care of Forte Care to reach their full potential: they have the right to be healthy, happy, safe and secure, and to feel loved, valued and respected.

Our vision is to empower every child and young person in our care so that they may progress towards an independent, fulfilled and happy adulthood.

We are centrally located and easily accessible to staff from Birmingham, Staffordshire, Walsall, Wolverhampton and surrounding boroughs.

We think that our teams are the best in the industry - if you want to join us, there has never been a better time

**The role will involve**:

- Contributing to the young person’s care plans and risk assessments, their review and implementation
- Forming effective relationships with young people, their families (if appropriate) and external agencies
- Ensuring the home is kept clean and in a tidy condition, adhering to the cleaning rota system, encouraging the young people to participate as appropriate.
- Ensuring that high quality records are maintained as required with supervision and advice from shift and Managers.
- Maintaining and promoting residential care work to high levels of professionalism expected by Forte Care and Ofsted
- Meeting the emotional and physical needs of our young people and maximising opportunities for their development
- Providing support to the manager of the home whilst on shift and performing duties as directed

**What we are looking for from you**:

- Experience of working with children and young people (preferred or transferrable skills)
- Evidence that you are empathetic, caring and understand the needs of children and young people who have experienced trauma.
- Evidence that you share the values of Forte Care in your behaviours and work practice.
- Completion or willing to work towards this equivalent of Level 3 Diploma in Children and Young People (essential)
- Passion to help nurture children and young people (essential)
- Be able to work shift patterns including sleep ins and weekends (essential) (Rota plan given in advance but likely to be 2 on 4 off)
- Full, UK manual driving licence (essential)

**What we can offer**:

- A salary up to £30,000 per year, depending on qualifications (based on a pay rate of £10.50 to £12.00 per hour (depending on experience and qualifications) and typically undertaking 8 sleeps per month - **Sleep-in’s typically paid at £70.00 per night**)
- Enrolment onto the fully funded Level 3/4/5 Children and Young People’s Workforce qualification
- Enrolment into pension scheme
- Opportunities to pick up extra’s shifts / overtime at enhanced rate.
- Bank holidays paid at time and a half.
- Comprehensive, induction training and ongoing training within the role
- Fantastic opportunities for career development
- A bonus via our 'Refer a Friend’ scheme.
- Monthly recognition awards
- Well-being support
- Casual dress code
- Food/meals available whilst on shift
- Free parking
- The opportunity to make a real difference to a child's life

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Fixed term contract

**Salary**: £10.50-£12.00 per hour Sleep in allowance of £70 per sleep in

Expected hours: 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
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