Residential Support Worker

**About the company**:
Our young people have experienced significant abuse and trauma in their early lives. This is a challenging role, but the rewards are incomparable to any other job. You will be working in an environment where the little things that you do every day could have life-changing results on the young people in our care. Your ambition for the young people you will support will help them take steps to fulfilling their potential.

We specialise in providing best-in-class care and support for young people who have behaviours that may challenge and mental health needs. We endeavour to create a home environment that exceeds the needs of the young people, enabling them to express their characters, feel safe, and enrich their lives.

Working as a Residential Support Worker for our children you must be willing to go above and beyond for them.

In return, you will be rewarded with a career defining opportunity to impact on an ambitious and growing organisation that is committed to staff retention, development, and equality.

**Position**: Residential Support Worker

**Location**:Nottingham/Nottinghamshire

**Reporting to**:Home Manager

**Salary**: £13.00 per hour, £90 per sleep-in, **equivalent to £285 per day**

**Hours of Work**: 45 hours per week including sleep-ins, Shift times: Start 10AM-11PM (sleep 11PM-8AM), Off shift the following day 10:30AM (3x per week). Lots of overtime available.

**What We Are Looking For**:
**Experience**: Proven experience in working with children with challenging behaviors, particularly in a residential care environment or another professional setting.

**Staff We Are Looking For**:Robust and resilient, will not give up on you people, will remain consistent in there approach, are understanding of the trauma and rejection our young people have faced, caring and willing to go that extra mile going above and beyond, has common sense, able to be creative and work as a team.

**Skills**: Compassionate, resilient, and committed to being a positive role model. Confident in managing challenging behaviors. Flexible and able to work a residential care rota including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

**Qualifications**: NVQ Level 3 in Children's Health and Social Care or equivalent, or willingness to work towards this qualification.

**Requirements**:

- A full UK driving licence and access to a car to get to work.
- Experience as a support worker in residential children's homes.
- Willingness to do overnight sleep-ins as part of the role.

**Key Responsibilities of Role**:

- Provide excellent unconditional care for our children, ensuring their physical, emotional, and everyday needs are met.
- Dealing with challenging and aggressive behaviours positively
- Able to be very resilient in challenging situations
- Able to deal with high risk situations and able to think fast and make safe outcomes
- Taking the young person out on activities, family contact and education.
- Maintain the home environment, support each child's health and education, and ensure the home is clean and tidy.
- Provide a consistent, high-quality service that supports the assessed needs of young people and advocate for their well-being.
- Help children develop self-esteem, a feeling of safety, and personal strategies to deal with unhelpful behavior and thoughts, ultimately achieving their optimum potential.
- Promote a positive safeguarding culture and a strong teamwork ethic.
- Support a culture where people are valued and supported to make a difference to the lives of others.
- Support or lead a wide range of activities and daily tasks.
- Working within OFSTED and company standards and guidelines.

**Why Work for Us?**
- Opportunity to gain additional training and qualifications.
- We are massively expanding so there are new opportunity
- Zero tolerance to gossiping, bullying, poor standers of staff
- Home Managers that will support and develop support workers
- High staff-to-child ratios and limited agency staff.
- High spec homes with Sky TV.
- Staff each have their own sleep room and double beds that are comfy and own bathroom for staff use.
- All activity and food paid by the company.
- A company that really cares about and supports staff.
- Comprehensive induction training.
- Regular in-house training for all staff to support their role.
- Recommend-a-friend scheme (up to £200).
- Discretionary Manager & Peer rewards (Amazon vouchers/monetary reward).
- Eligibility for Blue Light Card (Residential Care staff).
- All meals provided when on shift (Residential Care staff).
- On-site parking.

**Additional Information**:
The company is also unable to sponsor employment for international workers in this role. You will be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK.
- Join Bright Futures Accommodation to make a significant impact on young peoples lives. Be part of a team that values integrity, high standards, and the well-being of both young people and staff.

**Job Types**: Full-time