Senior Children's Residential Support Worker

5 months ago

Coventry, United Kingdom Rock Housing and Support Services Ltd Full time

**The role**

To be a Senior Residential Support Worker, there are some skills and characteristics you must have - otherwise this is not the career for you. These include: compassion, empathy, resilience, hard-working, genuine want to help people, team player, good initiative, able to dynamically risk assess, able to lead a team, good understanding of the Standards of Care and what they entail, goals to learn and develop within the industry. They must also be able to oversee and lead the home when the Manager and Deputy are not there - seeking advice through the on call system when needed.

The role of a Senior Residential Support Worker is to lead the team in supporting the children in every aspect of their lives, including ensuring the environment is clean and safe. You will be required to support the children in: getting up and ready for school, transporting them to and from school, cooking meals, attending health appointments, taking part in activities, going to family time, learning independence skills. Other responsibilities include: planning the day’s shift, daily paperwork to monitor the child’s progress, cleaning the home, health and safety checks, attending meetings and care planning for the child, leading shift de-briefs and handovers as well as working with the entire team to ensure the children are effectively safeguarded.

We are acting-parents for these children, and our most important role is to be the stable, emotional support for them - for them to have adults that they can trust to act in their best interest and understand them. We want our children to feel safe, supported and cared for and the Senior Residential Support works are essential in achieving this.

**Benefits**:

- We pay a signing on bonus of £500.
- Real progression opportunities
- Private Medical Health care
- Progressive increases in pay based on performance
- Yearly financial service recognition and increased annual leave days
- Part of team making transformational impact in the lives of children and young people
- Supportive management team

**Requirements**:
**Essential**
- Aged 21 or over (for statutory reasons)
- Full driving licence
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Computer literate
- Experience in a residential children’s home setting at least 2 years minimum
- Level 3/4 diploma in Children and Young People

**Desirable**
- Experience working with children with learning difficulties at least 2 years minimum

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

Pay: £12.95-£14.30 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Coventry, West Midlands: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Residential Childcare: 2 years (required)
- Childcare: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)
- NVQ Level 3 in Children and Young People (required)

Work Location: In person

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