Children’s Residential Support Worker

2 weeks ago


Cheadle Hulme, United Kingdom Together Trust Full time

**Children’s Residential Care Worker**

To provide support to young people with complex health care needs and learning difficulties

**Do you have experience of Children's Residential Care?**

**Do you have the right to work in the UK?**

**You must be over the age of 22 years to work in Children’s Residential Services.**

**Location** - Cheadle Hulme

**Hours**:

- 37.5 hours per week

**Salary** - £21,283.00 annual salary

**In addition to this basic salary, you can also earn £87.50 per each sleep in and an additional 25% enhancement for all weekend hours worked.**

2 yearly salary increments.

27 days annual leave rising to 30 after 5 years and 33 after 10 years plus bank holidays.

Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity.

Flexible working encouraged

Continuous professional development - Enrolled for QCF level 3 after 6 months probation

Do you want to make a real difference to the lives of young people?

Are you passionate about equality, fairness, and everyone having the right to a happy, fulfilled life?

Do you want your employer to support your wellbeing and ambitions to progress your career and development?

Here at Together Trust our vision is to champion a better future for the children, young people, and adults we support.

**Main Responsibilities**

As a Residential Support Worker, you will work as part of a residential childcare team providing support for individuals with their physical, emotional, and social needs with an emphasis on promoting independence.

Working on your own initiative and as part of a team, your role as Children’s Residential Support Worker will be to prepare, assist and enable the young people to fulfil the aims of their person-centred plan, as a short breaks service you will support the children and young people to access the local and wider community, participating in meaningful and enjoyable activities. You will support the children and young people with communication and work closely in a team that has a passion to enhance the young people’s lives whilst accessing the service.

You will work flexibly to undertake the full range of duties in a well-planned way that respects and values the children and young people as individuals.

You will be expected to key work children and young people.

You will support children and young people with a range of communication methods to promote choices, fulfilment and achievement.

Some of the children and young that attend our short breaks service have complex health needs. Stoma care, gastro feeding and administration of medication will be apart of your role. Specialist training will be provided.

**About our short break/ respite services**

Our short break services provide respite and shared care for children/young people with a range of complex needs, autism, who have a learning and/or physical disability and sensory impairments.

The children / young people who access our service require personal care, medication, supportive strategies and/or behaviour management to help ease any anxieties / frustrations they may have e.g. with communication and ongoing encouragement with independence skills, learning, new experiences and achievements.

**About you & Qualifications**

Ideally, we’re looking for someone with experience in a similar background, but it’s not essential as full training will be provided.

Following a successful 6 month probation period, you will undertake a QCF level 3 or 4 qualification with support from an assessor and supervision.

Good communication and interpersonal skills. You’ll be expected to liaise with other staff, parents/carers and professionals.

Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team, taking the lead when required, maintaining & encouraging open and honest communication.

You’ll be writing reports, so a good standard of written English and IT skills would be essential.

Transporting children / young people to an activity or school is a requirement. A driving licence that has been held for 12 months would be desirable.

**Why work for us**

You will be joining a great team of like-minded people.

We are proud to be a real living wage employer and offer annual incremental pay progression.

27 days annual leave rising to 30 after 5 years and 33 after 10 years plus bank holidays.

Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity.

Company pension plan with 7% employer contribution.

Comprehensive training and continuing development opportunities.

Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday.

Mental Health First Aiders offering support from trained colleagues, and free mental health support through our employee assistance provider Lifeworks.

Access to health plans where you can subscribe to claim towards therapy, dental etc. through Simply Health

Free in person and online yoga classes for all staff

A range of discounts and cycle to work schemes as well as staff council and staff net



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