Residential Support Worker- Whinfell School

**Residential Support Worker - Cambian Whinfell School**

**Salary**:£23,000 per year including sleep ins + Overtime Available

**Also, an offer of £1,000 welcome bonus 50% paid on arrival and 50% on satisfactory completion of a 6-month probation. There will be staff training and professional development opportunities also available when joining this school recently graded as “Outstanding” by Ofsted.**

**Location**:Kendal, Cumbria

**Contract type**:Full Time (42 Hours per week)

**Contract term**: Permanent.

**We are looking for the best to join the best**

With 15 consecutive _Outstanding_ Ofsted inspection grades Whinfell School is probably one of the best schools of its type in the country. Located in the picturesque town of Kendal it provides exceptional care and education to a small group of boys who have Asperger’s or challenges within the autistic spectrum.

If you join us you will be working with a group of boys who are very happy and safe and who show high levels of respect and kindness towards adults and each other. The education and care that we provide makes a significantly positive difference to their lives and parents have commented that the exemplary support their children receive has, ‘_changed their lives and given them hope’_.

You may have the skills to support our pupils in their activities to raise money for charities such as our local homeless shelter or to help them prepare for a more independent life by arranging activities and social events for them. Alternatively you may be interested in becoming involved in our innovative outdoor learning provision that develops their leadership skills, resilience and confidence.

If you are an experienced support worker then we would love to help you develop your career within our calm, caring and supportive environment. Alternatively if you are new to the sector then we can’t think of anywhere better to start your exciting new career.

**What we need from you?**

Successful Support Workers will be part of a large supportive care team who work holistically across Care, Education and Therapeutic services supporting each other’s practice to deliver specialist residential educational services to those with additional and complex needs; including Autism & Asperger’s. This is a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with trained, qualified professionals from across our multidisciplinary team and to join an expanding, successful educational organisation.

Cambian Whinfell School and Children’s Home is currently working towards reshaping the way in which specialist’s supports young people into adulthood and seeks to prepare them for possible employment and/or lifelong fulfilment.

**We are looking for Residential Support Workers that are**:

- Passionate about improving the lives of others;
- Able to work a variety of shifts;
- A positive and consistent role model to others;
- Innovative, engaging enthusiastic and inspirational;
- A creative thinker and implementer;
- Flexible in working shift patterns on a rota basis including days, evenings and weekends;
- An excellent communicator and team player;
- Seeking career development and training.

Successful applicants will be rewarded with completion of Level 3 Health and Social Care qualification and full training courses for career and personal development.

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

**Salary**: £23,000.00 per year

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
**Experience**:

- Residential Childcare: 1 year (preferred)
- Support Environment: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:

- NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)
Work remotely:

- No