Job Description

Role:

Children's Residential Support Worker

Location:

Rotherham (S60)

Salary details:

13.50 per hour/per year 25,272 and up to 33,152.6 with sleep ins. 65.00 per sleep-in (working approx. 10 sleep ins per month up to 7880.60 per year)

Full time:

36 Hours per week - Shifts & Sleep In's. Every other weekend working

The post holder will provide high quality care and interventions to children and young people in a residential children's homes, which will contribute to the protection, safeguarding and promotion of the education, health and well-being of children and young people.

Our Ideal Candidate will have:

Experience of working with children through employment or a volunteering role Have a keen interest in providing care and support to children and young people Be inspirational, resilient, persistent and child focused with the care and support they provide. Be able to adopt a parenting role- providing consistent care that is unconditional. Be persistence and consistently show up despite push back. Always have high aspirations and be able to go above and beyond for our children and young people and are non-judgmental. Have a full UK driving Licence Be able to work on a Rota.

Staff Benefits:

28 days annual leave per year inclusive of bank holidays Full induction and training programme to ensure you have the skills and knowledge to build a new career Employee Assistance Programme NEST Pension Scheme Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check paid for by us For those aspiring managers that have completed the level 3 diploma and show management potential we can offer a management training programme and then management experience opportunities alongside a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Children and Young People's Workforce (CYP). This will mean your next career move could be a deputy manager or manager of 16+ Supported Accommodation or Residential Children's Homes. We are an ambitious company with plans to develop more homes in the future and hope to be able to offer new management roles to our staff team.

To apply:

Please upload your

CV and a Cover Letter

outlining how you meet the person specification. You can upload your cover letter as a separate document or add it to your CV. Please note that without the cover letter outlining how you meet the person specification your application will not be accepted.

If you have any questions about the role, please email recruitment@stratuscare.co.uk

Person Specification:

Excellent verbal, written and communication skills. IT skills necessary to undertake all administrative and reporting requirements. Including using a range of computer applications and ICT including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation software, internet and e-mail. -

Essential

Have a good understanding of child protection, safeguarding and vulnerable adults issues-

Essential

Practical knowledge of health and safety issues-

Essential

Able to positively engage with children and young people-

Essential

Understand and be able to apply a trauma informed approach to all your work with the children and young people. -

Essential

Knowledge of law and practice relating to looked after children and legal status applied to children with the Children's Act-

Essential

Experience in maintaining and creating good written electronic records of work. Demonstrate evidencing outcomes achieved with children and young people-

Essential

Experience of understanding the needs of children with a range of sensitive and personal care issues i.e. mental health problems, dementia, depression, challenging behaviours etc.-

Essential

Experience in managing difficult and challenging behaviours- Essential Experience of working and engaging as part of a team.-

Essential

Experience of working in partnership with other agencies, children and young people and parents/ carers.-

Essential

A strong and demonstrable commitment to promoting equality and diversity in all work undertaken.-

Essential

Experience of care planning and risk management issues. Be able to create support and risk management plans.-

Desirable

Level 3 Diploma for the Children's and Young People's Workforce or similar Level 3 qualification e.g. AS and A levels, NVQs Level 3, Applied A Levels, BTEC First Certificates and Diplomas, City and Guilds Advanced, or NQF Level 4 Certificates of Higher Education

Or

Evidence of the equivalent level of knowledge gained through work experience.-

Desirable

Has a valid full UK manual driving license.-

Essential

Be willing to complete a Level 3 Diploma for the Children's and Young People's Workforce-

Essential

Job Specific Notes

The post holder will be required to work 'Out of Normal Office Hours' on a

shift rota basis to include working evenings, weekends and bank holidays

. The current rota includes working every other weekend on a six week rolling rota. Maximum hours per week is 43 and the minimum hours per week is 30. Staff average 36 hours per week over the six week rolling rota. This post involves working with children/ adults and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. (Exempt from Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, 1974. All 'spent' convictions to be declared.). Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check
Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 13.50 per hour

Benefits:

Company pension Employee discount
Application question(s):

Do you have a Level 3 Diploma in Children's and Young People Workforce or Evidence of the equivalent level of knowledge gained through work experience. Do you have a valid full UK manual driving license.
Work Location: In person