Senior Residential Care Worker Children's Home

**Location**:
Oldham - Greater Manchester.

**Job title**:
Senior Residential Care Worker.

**Service**:
Ofsted Regulated Residential Children’s Home, Regulated for the care of EBD (Emotional and Behavioural Difficulty) children - BRAND NEW service.

**Salary**:
Earnings of up to **£12.95 P/H + AN ENHANCED AND MARKET LEADING SLEEP IN RATE**.

**Hours**:
Hours will vary per week, but this is a full-time role. There may be times when the Senior Residential Care Worker is expected to work outside of their typical hours.

**Overview of the Role**:

- To mentor, support and coach new team members and draw upon your experience to manage any challenges that may arise.
- For our children, you will provide emotional support, establish strong relationships, boundaries, and routines.
- Create a warm and nurturing home environment.
- You will promote each child and young person’s needs, champion them and support them to fulfil their potential.
- To perform sleeping-in duties as required.
- Contribute to the organisations on call system.
- Thrive in a team environment and be flexible with the ability to work a rota pattern.

**Essential Criteria**:

- QCF Level 3 Residential Childcare / Level 3 Diploma Children and Young People’s Workforce.
- Experience at senior care level, specifically within a residential home for children.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a Residential Children’s Home setting.
- Excellent communication & interpersonal skills.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information in an appropriate manner.
- A full UK driving license is desirable for this role.

**About us**:
We aspire to do things ‘differently’, to genuinely improve the life opportunities for our children in our ever changing and evolving world. This is an opportunity to support a brand-new and ambitious service.

As a company we have high aspirations and are eager to provide the best quality and standards for all our staff, and children who live with us. We are seeking only the highest quality and calibre of staff; those that genuinely want to make a difference in the lives of the children whom we care for and those who can be the ideal role models for our children.

We’re ideally looking for someone with previous experience within the role and have been involved in Ofsted rated Good or Outstanding children’s home. Enthusiastic, resilient, and good with people, you will have the autonomy to make key decisions. You will be able to inspire and develop exceptional teams and the leaders of tomorrow.

Delivering positive outcomes and exceptional care is our ambition. That's why we need a committed and enthusiastic individual, who starts every day with a fresh outlook and the passion to make a difference. We will give you the chance to build an exciting career in a fast-growing company, where you are free to achieve your full potential.

We are ambitious to be one of the best providers in the sector. We also aim to offer the best salary and benefits packages. As we know this can be a challenging work environment. As we grow, we will reward accordingly.

We inspire to be a great employer, we recognise that pay is important but so is security and work life balance, which is why we offer 4 weeks per year annual leave, and a fair distribution of bank holidays

**The benefits you can expect as a Senior Residential Care Worker working for Starlight Residential are**:

- Competitive rate of pay, including a progressive pay scale based on experience, qualifications, and performance support.
- An enhanced sleep-in rate which is very much market leading.
- Competitive pension scheme.
- Specialist CPD certified training and accredited qualifications, free of charge.
- Establishing and working in a brand-new home with the autonomy to support shaping the service.
- A robust support structure consisting of an experienced and skilled Registered Manager, plentiful operational support, experienced Responsible Individual, and consultancy expertise / support for the children and staff.
- Free meals, snacks, and drinks on shift for all residential staff.
- Blue light Card.
- Starlight Residential is committed to child protection, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, including agency staff, to share this commitment through exceptional safeguarding practice._

**Phone**:If you have any queries feel free contact us via message or call on: 07951534642

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

**Salary**: Up to £12.95 per hour

Expected hours: 30 - 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- On-site parking
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Holidays
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Application question(s):

- Do you hold a Level 3 Residential Childcare / Level 3 Diploma Children and Young People’s Workforce or equivalent qualificatio