Residential Support Worker

**Residential Support Worker
- Children and Young People**

**Overview**:
Our service supports young people in a residential setting for short breaks and Respite. Our facility provides a home from home enviornment for the young person and reassurance for thier family/ carer.

**Benefits and bonuses**:
As a part of the role, we will provide you with some exciting benefits and ongoing training, and development opportunities including
- **Holiday entitlement up to 33 days**:

- **Excellent career development and progression opportunities**:

- **Health & well-being support with free counselling**:

- **Employee referral bonus up to £500**:

- **Company pension**

**What qualities make a great Children's Residential Support Worker?**

Empathic, professional, and caring with a genuine interest in young people.

You will have to have experience in a Childrens Care background. Having the drive and commitment to help support the young people in our care achieve their goals, will see you excel in this role. We provide all our staff with ongoing mentoring, training, and development opportunities to provide you with an exciting and rewarding career path.

**As a Residential Worker your responsibilities will include**:

- Providing a warm nurturing environment to enable our young people to feel safe to thrive and grow.
- An ability to work in a positive, respectful, and empowering way with all young people to promote good relationships and encourage achievement, whilst being a positive role model.
- Having an understanding of the principles of safeguarding and child protection legislation.
- Participating in the content and update of care planning, supporting the young person’s short
- and long-term goals.
- Working in a positive way with parents and partner agencies to ensure the best opportunities are available for our young people.
- Ensuring each young person is provided with the most effective and appropriate supports for their individual, present and future developmental needs, promoting positive outcomes.
- Maintaining all records and reports that are required by LOVE in terms of the guidelines and regulations and in the interests of communicating effectively within a professional care team.
- Attending meetings as appropriate and to participate in the effective, supportive, and efficient working of the staff team.
- Working cooperatively and communicating as part of a team

**Specifications for this role-**
- To be committed to your own personal and professional development
- Basic IT skills
- HNC Social care or SVQ 3/4 Children and Young People is desirable
- Full driving licence required

**Job Type**: Permanent

Shifts: Dayshift 8am - 8pm. Rolling rota working four days one week and three days the next week.

**Salary**: £21,000 - £23,000 per annum

**Join the LOVE Group and help us provide a care service that really does care**

**Salary**: £21,000.00-£23,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift

Application question(s):

- Do you have an SVQ or equivilant qualification?

**Experience**:

- Residential Childcare: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- UK Driving License with access to own car (required)

Work Location: One location

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

**Salary**: £21,000.00-£23,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Airdrie: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Residential Childcare: 1 year (required)
- Support Environment: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- SVQ 3 or HNC in Health & Social Care (required)

Work Location: One location