2025 Is Here – It’s Time to Shine with Bright Futures Accommodation! Ready to kickstart your year with a career that matters?
At Bright Futures Accommodation, we don’t just provide care – we transform lives. As a trusted Semi Independent provider, we empower vulnerable young people with behaviours that may challenge, while ensuring our staff are valued, rewarded, and supported every step of the way.
This is your chance to join a team that pays well, cares deeply about you, and makes every day count. Why wait for change when you can lead it? Your future is calling – make 2025 your breakthrough year. Apply today and be part of something extraordinary!
About the role:
Our young people have experienced significant abuse and trauma in their early lives. This is a challenging role, but the rewards are incomparable to any other job. You will be working in an environment where the little things that you do every day could have life-changing results on the young people in our care. Your ambition for the young people you will support will help them take steps to fulfilling their potential.
We specialise in providing best-in-class support and advice for young people who have behaviours that may challenge and mental health needs. We endeavour to create a home environment that exceeds the needs of young people, enabling them to express their characters, feel safe, and enrich their lives.
Working as a Support Worker, you must be willing to go above and beyond for the young people, ensuring that they have an experience of childhood that they can reflect upon and carry with them into adulthood.
In return, you will be rewarded with a career defining opportunity to impact on an ambitious and growing organisation that is committed to staff retention, development, and equality.
Position: Support Worker (Semi Independences 16-18)
Location: Nottingham/Nottinghamshire
Reporting to: Home Manager
Full Time Salary: Approximately £36,129.60 per year.
Pay is £11.44 per hour, Sleep-ins are £60 per sleep. (Approx £36,129.60 Salary per annum based on 45 hours per week).
Hours of Work: 45 hours per week including sleep-ins, Shift times: Start 10AM-11PM (sleep 11PM-8AM), Off shift the following day 10:30AM (3x per week). Lots of overtime available.
What We Are Looking For:
Experience: Proven experience in working with young people or similar.
Staff We Are Looking For: Robust and resilient, will not give up on young people, will remain consistent in their approach, are understanding of the trauma and rejection our young people have faced, caring and willing to go that extra mile going above and beyond, has common sense, able to be creative and work as a team.
Skills: Compassionate, resilient, and committed to being a positive role model. Confident in managing young people in lone working environments. Flexible and able to work a rota that includes evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Qualifications: NVQ Level 3 in Children's Health and Social Care or equivalent, or willingness to work towards this qualification.
Requirements:
* A full UK driving licence and access to a car to get to work.
* Experience as a support worker in residential children's homes.
* Willingness to do overnight sleep-ins as part of the role.
Key Responsibilities of Role:
* Provide excellent unconditional support for our young people, ensuring their physical, emotional, and everyday needs are met.
* Maintain the home environment, support each young person's health and wellbeing, and ensure the home is clean and tidy.
* Provide a consistent, high-quality service that supports the assessed needs of young people and advocate for their well-being.
* Help young people develop self-esteem, a feeling of safety, and personal strategies to deal with unhelpful behaviour and thoughts, ultimately achieving their optimum potential.
* Promote a positive safeguarding culture and a strong teamwork ethic.
* Support a culture where people are valued and supported to make a difference to the lives of others.
* Support or lead a wide range of activities and daily tasks.
* Working within OFSTED and company standards and guidelines.
Why Work for Us?
* Opportunity to gain additional training and qualifications.
* We are massively expanding so there are new opportunities.
* Zero tolerance to gossiping, bullying, poor standards of staff.
* Home Managers that will support and develop support workers.
* High spec homes with Sky TV.
* A company that really cares about and supports staff.
* Comprehensive induction training.
* Regular in-house training for all staff to support their role.
* Recommend-a-friend scheme (up to £200).
* Discretionary Manager & Peer rewards (Amazon vouchers/monetary reward).
* On-site parking.
Additional Information:
Bright Futures Accommodation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate child protection screening, including employment references and a DBS check. It is an offence to apply for this role if there are any reasons preventing you from working with a protected group.
The company is also unable to sponsor employment for international workers in this role. You will be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK.
Apply Now:
* Join Bright Futures Accommodation to make a significant impact on young lives. Be part of a team that values integrity, high standards, and the well-being of both young people and staff.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £36,129.60 per year
Benefits:
* Casual dress
* Company pension
* Free parking
* On-site parking.
Physical Setting:
* Live-in
* Residential home
Education:
* GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Experience:
* Working with young people or in similar sectors: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
* NVQ level 3 Health and social care (preferred)
* Driving Licence and car to get to and from work (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Support Worker (Semi-Independent Supported Accommodation 16 to 18 year olds)
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