Residential Support Worker

Residential Support Worker – Children

Do you have a passion for care or looking for your next rewarding opportunity?

At Bright Futures, we make a real difference to the lives of children and adults with autism and learning disabilities. Through our dedicated team, we deliver outstanding care and education across the North West.

No matter your role, everything we do is focused around our unwavering commitment to the people we support. Our aim is that every individual we support thrives and socially develops as active members of their local community.

We are looking for Residential Support Workers to join an experienced and supportive team in our large converted barn property in Warrington. Here we support 4 children with autism and learning disabilities. You'll be making a difference to their lives, celebrating their achievements, and providing unwavering support; helping them to thrive.

Benefits

• The annual salary for this role is £32,489.74 increasing to £33,376.12 when qualified (this is inclusive of one sleep in shift per week)
• Healthcare cashback scheme (includes dental/optical/physiotherapy/ health and wellbeing support)
• Care Friends employee referral & reward scheme to earn up to an extra £1000
• Bright Stars bonus payments, employee of the month
• All meals & refreshments provided whilst at work
• Salary sacrifice schemes – pension, cycle to work and electric vehicle (subject to qualifying criteria)
• Life assurance (2x salary)

Responsibilities

Your focus will be supporting people with autism and learning disabilities. This includes:

• Engaging and empowering people's independence
• Assisting people through all routines and activities
• Supporting people with varied activities in their local communities
• Supporting people to access education where required
• Preparing and cooking meals
• All general housekeeping duties
• Supporting people to achieve their person-centred outcomes

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have experience in the care sector but we provide full training so this isn't essential
• Have a passion for providing great care
• Be able to demonstrate resilience
• Be approachable, friendly, proactive and flexible
• Ideally have a full driving license

At Bright Futures, we support you to make a difference, awaken your potential whilst improving the lives of others.

Safeguarding Requirement

Bright Futures commit to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and our requirement for the successful applicant would be to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Satisfactory references are also required.

At Bright Futures, we make a real difference in the lives of young people and adults with autism, special educational and complex needs. Through our dedicated and expert team, we deliver outstanding care and education.

Our team are here because they are passionate about improving the lives of the individuals we support. Our employees are the key to the exceptional quality of care and education that we provide. It's why we invest in our people, fostering their personal and professional growth to ensure they can excel and develop in their journey with us.

We can't promise that it will always be easy, but we can promise here at Bright Futures it will be worthwhile. You'll be making a difference to the lives of the people we support, celebrating their achievements, and providing unwavering support during challenging times. The feedback from our people is that the good days will always outshine; especially with the backing and support of the whole team.

No matter your role, everything we do is focused around our unwavering commitment to the people we support. Our aim is that every individual we support thrives and socially develops as active members of their local community.