Childrens Residential Support Worker

**WAKING NIGHT - SUPPORT WORKER**

**Job Title: Waking Night - Support Worker**

**Pay Rate: £11.80 - £12.70 depending on qualifications and experience (an additional Waking night enchancement at £40 per night - will be paid along side the hourly rate)**

**Rota: 4 nights on 4 nights off (10pm - 8am)**

**Culina Roc **is a Small Children's Residential provider which is committed to providing quality therapeutic residential care to children & young people.

**What we have to offer**
- Competitive rate of pay (incremental increase based on experience and length of service)
- Allowance for Waking night shift of £40
- Birthday Bonus
- Extra on bank holidays
- Pension
- We pay for your Enhanced DBS
- Real opportunities for progression with the majority of our senior roles filled internally
- Paid-for and industry-leading training and support, including the QCF Level 4 qualification
- Refer a friend bonus
- Lengh of service bonus
- Further Benefits to be discussed at interview

**What will I do as a Waking Night - Residential Support worker -**

As a Waking Night - Residential support worker you will ensure the young people are safeguarded at all times. Attend to their practical, physical and emotional needs. Act as an appropriate role model and work closely with them to enable them to address their difficulties and achieve their optimum potential.

**You will**
- Attend to practical matters in relation to childcare (cleaning, washing etc)
- Establishing positive relationships with young people and always offering them unconditional and positive regard
- Act as a role model
- Help young people gain self-control by challenging unacceptable behaviour and rewarding acceptable, pro-social conduct.
- Ensure that each young person’s care plan is followed and amended as appropriate to reflect their changing needs
- Take responsibility for a small number of young people and ensuring that their needs are fully met
- Establish relationships which young people perceive to be positive, warm and rewarding
- Provide emotional support at times of difficulty or stress
- Keep accurate records and providing written reports on young people for planning meetings, reviews or any other meetings as directed by the line manager
- Empower young people and facilitating their active involvement in the decision making about their lives and future
- Follow policies and procudures

**To be consider to work for us, you must have**
- Secondary Education, Maths & English
- **You must be over 21 years old.**:

- Experience working in a setting where skills and knowledge are transferable in a therapeutic job role. (parental role, care work - care giving role)
- Ability to relate to and communicate with young people forming and maintaining appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with young people.
- Childcare qualification - Diploma Level 3 /4 or equivalent or willingness to work towards this.
- Awareness of safeguarding issues and ability to safeguard the welfare of young people.
- Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours

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

Pay: £11.80-£12.70 per hour

Expected hours: 35 per week

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Prestwich, Greater Manchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Language**:

- English (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: RCW-WN/PRES/2024