Senior Residential Support Worker

**Full Job Description**

**Join Forte Care and start an exceptionally rewarding and valued career**

Forte Care are committed to changing children’s’ lives for the better by striving for outstanding care and support within our children’s homes.

Our mission is to provide children and young people with homes that provide high quality care, protection and opportunity for personal growth. In order to achieve this we adhere to the following values;
- **Compassion (Dignity & Respect)**:

- **Working as a team (collaboration)**:

- **Integrity (honesty and doing the ‘Right Thing’)**:

- **Diversity (respecting & celebrating difference and diversity)**:

- **Quality (striving to offer the best care, professionalism and behaviours)**

We want every child in the care of Forte Care to reach their full potential: they have the right to be healthy, happy, safe and secure, and to feel loved, valued and respected.

Our vision is to empower every child and young person in our care so that they may progress towards an independent, fulfilled and happy adulthood.

We are looking for Senior residential support workers to join our growing, highly valued team. Our teams are 'professional parents’ who are nurturing and supportive, giving our children high levels of care and allowing them to achieve amazing outcomes. Our homes are always small, caring and supportive to the children who require placements and the staff that work with us.

We are currently seeking an experienced, dedicated senior support worker to join our children's home in Kingstanding, Birmingham which is centrally located and easily accessible to staff from Birmingham, Staffordshire, Walsall, Wolverhampton and surrounding boroughs.

We think that our teams are the best in the industry - if you want to join us, there has never been a better time

**The role of a senior support worker will involve**:

- Contributing to the young person’s care plans and risk assessments, their review and implementation
- Forming effective relationships with young people, their families (if appropriate) and external agencies
- Ensuring the home is kept clean and in a tidy condition, adhering to the cleaning rota system, encouraging the young people to participate as appropriate
- Ensuring that high quality records are maintained as required with supervision and advice from shift and Managers.
- Maintaining and promoting residential care work to high levels of professionalism expected by Forte Care and Ofsted
- Meeting the emotional and physical needs of our young people and maximising opportunities for their development
- Providing support to the manager of the home whilst on shift and performing senior duties as directed

**What we are looking for from you**:

- Experience in a children's home setting (essential)
- Supervisory experience (essential)
- Evidence that you share the values of Forte Care in your behaviours and work practice
- Completion of Level 3 Diploma in Children and Young People (or working towards this) or equivalent (essential)
- Passion to help nurture children and young people (essential)
- Be able to work shift patterns including sleep ins (Rota plan given in advance but likely to be 2 on 4 off)
- Full, UK driving licence (essential)

**What we can offer**:

- A salary up to £30,000 per year, depending on qualifications (based on a pay rate of £10.50 to £12.00 and typically undertaking 8 sleeps per month - Sleep-in’s typically paid at £70.00 per night)
- Enrollment onto the fully funded Level 3/4/5 Children and Young People’s Workforce qualification
- Enrollment into pension scheme
- Opportunities to pick up extras shifts / overtime at enhanced rate
- Bank holidays paid at time and a half
- Comprehensive, induction training and ongoing training within the role
- Fantastic opportunities for career development
- A bonus via our 'Refer a Friend’ scheme
- Monthly recognition awards
- Well-being support
- Casual dress code
- Food/meals available whilst on shift
- Free parking
- The opportunity to make a real difference to a child's life

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

**Salary**: Up to £30,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Residential Childcare: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)
- NVQ level 4 in residential child care (preferred)

Shift availability:

- Day shift (required)
- Overnight shift (required)

Work Location: In person