Children's Residential Support Worker

**Bayleaf Care**: Amazing Things are Happening Here

**Children’s Residential Support Worker**

**About us**:
Bayleaf Care provides exceptional care for children and young people across the UK, especially those who have faced trauma. We use the PACE model, which creates a safe, caring environment to help children feel secure and build positive relationships.

Our approach starts with the key worker, who forms a strong, trusting bond with the child. This relationship is essential for the child’s development and continues throughout their care.

We offer personalized care, education, and treatment led by a team of trained professionals, helping children manage their emotions and behaviours in a safe, supportive environment.

**Job Overview**:

- Ensuring that each young person’s care plan is followed and amended as appropriate to reflect their changing needs
- Attending to practical matters about childcare (cooking, cleaning, general maintenance around the home etc)
- act as a key worker or co-key worker for a child/young person to ensure that the child/young person’s care plans are up to date and that all of their care needs are being met. To provide a positive role model to be able to offer advice, guidance and assistance where appropriate.
- Establishing relationships which young people perceive to be positive, warm and rewarding
- Providing advice, assistance and support on a 1:1 basis to enable young people to address past and present difficulties
- Providing emotional support at times of difficulty or stress

**Benefits**:

- A salary of £33,280 to £35,280 per year, depending on qualifications (based on a pay rate of £14.58 - £15.63 per hour and an additional 8 sleeps (per month) at £55 per night
- Enrolment in the fully funded Level 3/4/5 Children and Young People’s Workforce qualification
- Enrolment in the Bayleaf pension scheme
- Bupa Health Insurance which includes (Cancer treatment)
- Gym Membership at Branston Golf & Country Club
- Flexibility to pick up shifts that suit your circumstances and availability
- A comprehensive, paid induction training and ongoing training within the role
- Fantastic opportunities for career development.
- A £750 bonus via our 'Refer a Friend’ scheme
- Recognition awards
- Casual dress code
- Food available whilst on shift
- Free parking

**Safeguarding**:
Bayleaf Care Ltd. is committed to ongoing safeguarding and staff training to ensure the children in our care are protected and well cared for at all times. All employees commit to safeguarding children. The role is also dependent on a valid Enhanced DBS certificate.

**Health and Safety**:
All employees have a responsibility for their own Health and Safety, as well as that of others while undertaking their duties. Employees have a general duty to assist Bayleaf Care Ltd. in implementing its Health and Safety policies.

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

Pay: £33,280.00-£35,280.00 per year

Additional pay:

- Bonus scheme

**Benefits**:

- Bereavement leave
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Residential Childcare: 2 years (required)
- Support Environment: 2 years (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)
- NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Bayleaf Care - Children's Residential Support Worker