Residential Support Worker

**Residential Support Worker - Children's Residential Home**

**Salary **:£ 25,236 - £ 29,500 per year **(£10.10 - £11.50 per hour)**

**Sleep in Shift Supplement: £50 per shift**

**Welcome Joining Bonus: £500**

**Location**:Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire**

**Do you have experience supporting children and young people, in a personal or professional capacity? Are you looking for a role where you can make a real difference in the lives of others? Look no further**

Haven Care Group are on the lookout for a dedicated and enthusiastic individual to join our team within a Children’s Residential Home in the Milton Keynes area. This role is full time, with a requirement to work shifts on a **1 day on 2 day off pattern**, with a requirement to complete between 6-8 sleep in shifts every month.

**Who are Haven Care Group?**

HCG are an Ofsted registered organisation, specialising in providing residential care and support for children and Young People aged 7-18 who may have Learning Disabilities, challenging behaviours, Autism or ADHD. They may also have suffered neglect, trauma, sexual exploitation, or other types of domestic abuse. HCG, along with their workforce, have extremely high standards of care and as such place the children at the heart of everything they do, and the motivation is to give them the best possible future, which every child deserves.

**What can Haven Care Group offer in return for your commitment to shaping the future of the Young People in our care?**

**HCG can offer a range of fantastic benefits and incentives including**:

- A highly competitive salary typically costing of **£25,767 - £29,500 per year** **(£10.10 - £11.50 per hour equivalent),**
- A **£500** welcome bonus paid to you during your probationary period
- Access to funded QCF Leadership & Management diploma qualifications in Residential Child Care
- Industry leading Management Development Programme (MDP).
- The opportunity to undertake specialist training and be supported in any way - 85% of all our Qualified Support Workers, Team Leaders, Deputies and Managers are internal promotions.
- Employee of the Month Scheme, with a potential to win a £50 voucher every month
- Length of Service Holiday Scheme - Awarding up to an additional 5 days paid leave per year with continued service, above Statutory Entitlement
- Refer a Friend Scheme, offering £150 for every person you successfully recommend to work with HCG
- Funded access to the Blue Light Card Discount Scheme, offering discounts for many Highstreet and online retailers, events, and hospitality companies - HCG will reimburse any fees occurred when obtaining your Discount Card

**To be successful as a Residential Support Worker with HCG, you will need to possess the following essential attributes**:

- A kind, caring and compassionate nature, with a fair but firm approach
- Formal or informal experience of supporting Young People who may have social and emotional difficulties, or behaviour that challenges.
- A recognised qualification in Residential Child Care at Level 3 / 4 or ability and willingness to work towards achieving within a set time frame
- Full UK Manual Driving Licence
- Ability to work shifts and sleep in the home overnight

**As a Residential Support Worker you will be responsible for a range of duties as set out below**:

- Providing advice, assistance, and support to Young People, safeguarding their welfare at all times.
- Meeting the physical, emotional, behavioural, cultural and educational needs of young people
- Attending to Young People’s practical, physical, and emotional needs and acting as an appropriate role model.
- Working closely with Young People to enable them to address their difficulties and achieve their optimum potential.
- Attending to practical matters in relation to childcare (cooking, cleaning etc)
- Establishing positive relationships with young people and always offering them unconditional and positive regard
- Helping young people gain self-control by challenging unacceptable behaviour and rewarding acceptable, pro-social conduct.
- Ensuring that each young person’s care plan is followed and amended as appropriate to reflect their changing needs
- Attending young people’s meetings and contributing to them

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

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

**Salary**: £10.10-£11.50 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Night shift
- Overtime

Supplemental pay types:

- Signing bonus

**Experience**:

- Residential Childcare: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Level 3 Diploma in Residential Child Care or