Senior Residential Support Worker – Children’s Home – Swadlincote

Job Description

Job description

Medsolve have a superb opportunity for a Senior Residential Support Worker to provide care and support in a 3 bed children’s home based in Swadlincote.

Salary:

£34,271 (including sleeps) shifts of 1 on and 2 off, working between 9:30am & 11pm plus sleeps paid at £60 plus an extensive benefits package and career progression opportunities.

The role of the Support Worker:

• Contributing to the young person’s care plans and risk assessments, their review and implementation.
• Forming effective relationships with young people, their families (if appropriate) and external agencies.
• To ensure the home is kept clean and in a tidy condition, adhere to the cleaning rota system, encouraging the young people to participate as appropriate.
• To ensure that good quality records are maintained as required with supervision and advice from shift and Managers.
• To maintain and promote residential care work to high levels of professionalism expected by Ofsted.

Requirements of the Senior Support Worker:

• Experience in a children’s home setting
• Flexibility to work shift patterns (including sleep-in) – rota given in advance but likely to be 1 on 2 off
• Full, UK driving licence
• All candidates must be over the age of 21 to meet regulations
• Level 3 Diploma in Children and Young People or equivalent

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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £13.70 per hour

Expected hours: 38 per week

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Experience:

• Residential Childcare: 2 years (required)
• Senior role: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person