Job Summary
Job title: Residential Support Worker
Location: Low Bentham
Home Name: West Stonegate House
Hours: 40.5 hours per week
Shift Pattern : 1 shift on, 2 shifts off - 5 Sleeps in a month (Shifts start at 09:45am and finish at 11pm, this is followed by a sleep in finishing at 10:30am the following day. If the shift does not require a sleep-in the shift will start at 08:00 and finish at 23:00)
Available Positions : 1x Permanent and 1x Maternity Cover
Salary: £24,850 - £28,475 depending on experience and qualifications
Sleep Ins: £2,600 per annum (based on 5 sleep ins per month)
Location Bonus : £1095 per annum
Earnings: £28,545 - £32,170 per annum
Hexagon Care Services are the largest privately owned provider of residential childcare in the country. We have over 50 Children’s Homes, 5 Crisis Intervention services, and 14 schools across England.
West Stonegate House is an Ofsted rated GOOD home located in Low Bentham on the Lancashire & North Yorkshire border. It is set in an idyllic semi-rural location but is within 30 minutes by car of Lancaster and Kendal and is 20 minutes from Kirkby Lonsdale This is a 3 bedded home for girls requiring medium to long term placements within a safe, stable & consistent living environment. The home follows an embedded, therapeutic model of care with an onsite psychology team to support the young people and staff in their delivery of care.
We are seeking to appoint a Residential Support Worker for our children’s home. This is a great opportunity for someone to join a highly established and successful children’s home, learning from experienced, skilled team of likeminded individuals who share a passion for giving the children in care the very best support.
No two days will be the same supporting young people to achieve their very best. You will have a varied array of tasks whilst on shift; everything from cooking & cleaning, taking part in activities and games, taking Young People out to appointments/meetings, managing challenging behaviours, or even sitting and watching TV with the Young People.
We aim to create a positive, relaxed home environment where the young people feel safe, supported & listened to. You will be inducted by our industry leading, award winning learning & development team, and guided in your role by more senior staff members, including psychologists/therapy team to establish appropriate boundaries, manage behaviours effectively and nurture the young people in your care towards positive futures.
Experience of working in a residential home for children is advantageous, although not essential. Please bear in mind this role is shift work and requires you to work sleep ins at the home at the end of a shift before handing over to another staff team the following day, the rolling rota covers evenings, weekends, bank holidays/public holidays shared amongst the staff team.
As a Residential Support Worker you will have the following:
1. The desire and passion to safeguard, motivate, and inspire the young people in your care
2. Lead, demonstrate, and share best practice to other practitioners in your home. In addition to working closely alongside Psychologists and our specialist therapeutic services team.
3. The characteristics and personality to handle challenging behaviour effectively and professionally
4. Shift work including weekends, evenings & sleep in duties
5. Full driving license is essential
The benefits you can expect as a Residential Support Worker working for Hexagon Care :
6. Progressive pay scale based on experience, qualifications, and performance
7. Competitive pension scheme
8. Specialist CPD certified training and accredited qualifications free of charge
9. First access to other RSW, and senior roles in the company before these get advertised
10. Increased annual leave for 100% attendance
11. Access to free, confidential 24/7 employee assistant programme
Please note Hexagon Care Services does not hold a sponsorship licence and as such we are unable to support any candidates requiring sponsorship. All hiring managers at Hexagon Care Services are trained by safer recruitment consortium accredited trainers, and all positions in regulated activity with children will be required to undergo safer recruitment and onboarding checks prior to commencement.
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