Children's Residential Support Worker

We are looking for residential support workers to join our team. Our home is a beautiful property looking to take in a new young person. With the support of our expert manager and experienced team you will create an environment for our young people to flourish.

Support Workers are nurturing and supportive, that can give our children, high levels of care and allow them to achieve amazing outcomes. The role is to promote and encourage independence and life skills for our young people, ensuring that their safety and wellbeing underpins every decision we make.

**Our Mission**:
Esland are driven to changing children’s’ lives for the better by providing best-in-class specialist services. We think that our people are the best in the industry - if you want to join us, there has never been a better time. If this sounds like something you want to be a part of, we would love to hear from you

**Key Responsibilities**:

- 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.
- To ensure the home is kept clean and in a tidy condition, adhere to the cleaning rota system, encouraging the young people to participate as appropriate.
- To ensure that good quality records are maintained as required with supervision and advice from shift and Managers.
- To maintain and promote residential care work to high levels of professionalism expected by Esland and Ofsted.
- To contribute to the educational and social development of each young person and assist in the implementation of Individual Education Programs.
- To meet the emotional and physical needs of our young people and maximize opportunities for their development.

**Skills Knowledge and Expertise**:
**What we are looking for from you**:
**Level 3 Diploma in Children and Young People or equivalent (desirable)**
- Experience in a childcare setting (desirable)
- Passion to help nurture young people
- Be able to work shift patterns including sleep ins (Rota pattern given in advance - likely to be 2 on 4 off/ 1 on 2 off)
- Full driving licence (Essential due to location)

**Benefits**:
**Benefits**:
**Enrolment onto the fully funded Level 3 Children and Young People’s Workforce qualification **Fantastic opportunities for career development*
- A salary of £28,181 to £29,219 per year, depending on qualifications (based on a pay rate of £10.80 to £11.30 per hour and undertaking 8 sleeps per month)
- Access to our 'Refer a Friend’ earning up to £500 per referral
- Access to qualifications and learning and development opportunities
- Monthly recognition awards
- 248 hours of annual leave per year
- Access to E-together with a wide range of discounts and benefits to unique to you
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Free parking
- A day off for your birthday (in addition to your holiday entitlement)
- Access to a holiday home based in the Peak District where you can stay for free, on the company
- The opportunity to make a real difference to a child's life

Requirements for an Enhanced DBS and reference checking will be undertaken in line with government regulations and safer recruitment best practice.

All young people are equally entitled to have their needs met in a fair and balanced way. Esland employees are responsible for promoting equal opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any young person or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, or any other perceived difference.

**About Esland**:
With over 35 years of residential childcare experience, the Esland group now has more than fifty residential children’s homes, and three schools, that are spread across the Kent, Hertfordshire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire regions of England. We strive to support our children to achieve their very best outcomes, through our bespoke residential care, education, therapeutic and activity-led wraparound services.