Senior Residential Support Worker

2 weeks ago

Shepton Mallet, Somerset, United Kingdom Aspris Full time £20,000 - £30,000 per year
There is no better time to start a career within residential childcare than now

Would you like secure employment where you can progress your career?

If you would like to build a career that gives you genuine sense of achievement and fulfilment knowing that you can have a positive impact on the young people we support, then look no further and apply today

Avebury House Children's Home are recruiting for Senior Residential Support Workers now We are looking for enthusiastic, caring and passionate people to become an integral part of our support team. In this role, you will support our young people and be responsible for providing compassionate care during your time with them. This role also involves supporting the Registered Manager to run a successful staff team and to oversee the day to day operation of the home.

Our benefits include...
  • Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme
  • Comprehensive induction
  • Commitment to your ongoing training and career progression
  • Pension scheme
  • Paid for enhanced DBS
  • Wellbeing support
  • Cycle to work scheme and more
Located in the historically rich market town of Shepton Mallet, Avebury House Children's Home provides nurturing care and support for up to 6 children and young people with autism and associated learning difficulties. Avebury House operates 38 weeks per year (term time only).

At Aspris Children's Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. As long as you can demonstrate the values needed for a role within residential childcare, we will give you all the training and support you need to progress

A Level 3 qualification in Children's Residential and Childcare is essential, as well as previous experience within a residential childcare setting along with the following characteristics:
  • Resilience - We support some of the most vulnerable children in society who have varying degrees of emotional behavioural difficulties, autism, ADHD and associated difficulties so there will be times where your resilience is challenged.
  • Communication - Communicating with our young people is vital to understand their needs. Good teamwork and communication plays a key part in ensuring important information is relayed to other staff.
  • Organisation - You'll need to be confident and organised in updating care plans and reporting information that will be relevant to the care of our young people.
  • Caring - Our young people require the best care we can offer. If you are a naturally caring and compassionate person, this is the role for you.
  • Attentive - No young person / situation is the same so being attentive to understand them and identify areas where we can support is important and alert within any situation.
Above all, we provide a supportive and collaborative working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most.

If you want residential childcare to be a job for life, Aspris Children's Services will help you there.

Aspris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years, for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.

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