Job Description
Residential Support Worker
Children's Residential Homes
Job Description
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Residential Support Worker to join a supportive team within a Children's Residential Home in Leeds.
Details
* Permanent position
* Full time or part time (37/18.5)
* Salary starts at £26,421 per annum
Purpose
As a Residential Support Worker, you will be responsible for providing care and support to children in residential child care, ensuring that they are loved, happy, healthy, safe from harm and able to develop, thrive and fulfil their potential.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be expected to:
1. Assist children in residential child care to develop behaviourally, educationally and emotionally
2. Foster positive relationships with children and staff in the home
3. Support children's emotional, mental and physical health needs
4. Work with the wider system of professionals for each child, and with children's families and communities of origin
5. Provide a safe, stimulating and loving environment for children
Requirements
The ideal candidate will have:
6. Experience of working with young people who may have emotional/behavioural difficulties
7. Ability to manage complex and challenging behaviour in an assertive, restorative and sensitive manner
8. Ability to work flexibly, including unsociable hours and shifts on a rota basis, including weekend and bank holiday working
Apply Now
If you are passionate about working with children and young people and making a positive difference in their lives, then this is the job for you. Apply now to become a Residential Support Worker and join this company's team at the Children's Residential Homes in Leeds.
9. A specialist, dedicated Social Work consultant offering single point of contact
10. Exceptional referral bonuses
11. An extensive & exclusive range of Social Work vacancies across the UK
12. Nationwide provider Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities.
13. Frequent notifications for upcoming opportunities via text and email
14. DBS disclosures provided via fast track online services free of charge.
Note: Do you know someone who is looking for work in this field? If so, please pass these details on to them. If we are able to place them into work such as this, lasting over 13 weeks, we will happily pay you a £250 referral bonus