Children's Residential Learning Disability Support

4 days ago


Ilkeston, United Kingdom Smoothstone Care & Education Full time

**Annual Salary is inclusive of 1 sleep-in per week at £40 each**

Base rate starts at £10 per hour (£20,280 a year) to £10.61 per hour (£21,525 a year). Annual salary is based on an average 39-hour week, and is pro rata for part time.

**About Smoothstone Care and Education**

Smoothstone Care and Education provide safe, stimulating care and aspirational educational opportunities to children and young people aged between 11 and 18 with a range of complex speech, language and communication difficulties including autism. The young people may also have additional learning difficulties and display associated challenging behaviours.
- We opened in September 2018
- Jasmine House - Good with Ofsted
- The Daisies - Outstanding with Ofsted
- Education - Outstanding with Ofsted

Being part of the Smoothstone family means working in a ‘home from home’ environment with fantastic opportunities to participate in a wide range of activities with the young people including theatre and cinema visits, sporting activities, country walks, and days out to amusement parks.

**We are looking to recruit competent, experienced, and passionate support workers.**
- Holding a valid driving licence is essential.
- Any experience of supporting learning in a classroom setting would also be an advantage but not essential.

**Benefits include;**
- Planned career development, ongoing comprehensive training package, including support to complete your Level 3 Diploma in Children’s Residential Care and the opportunity to enrol onto the Level 5 Diploma as your career progresses,
- free meals & onsite parking,
- Bike to Work scheme,
- Refer a Friend recruitment bonus scheme
- a ‘Thank-you’ reward system, offering high-street vouchers,
- a sleep-in allowance in addition to the annual salary,
- and a staff wellbeing support programme including an onsite mental health first aider and access to external professional mental health support.

**To support with the cost of living crisis the company is currently offering support in the form of monthly shopping vouchers (£50 a month for full time staff for a supermarket of your choice) and free Costco membership.**

**Positions**
- Full and Part time Children’s Support Worker positions available,

**Shift Patterns**

A combination of early shifts, late shifts and full days with occasional sleep-in duties. All positions include working some weekends and bank holidays.
- Early 07:30-15:00
- Late 14:30- 22.00 or sleep
- Full 07:30- 22:00 or sleep
- Nights 21:45 - 07:45 - (Waking Night Support Workers only)

**Safer Recruitment**

Smoothstone Care and Education is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £22,360.00-£23,605.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: One location



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