Children's Senior Residential Support Worker

Job Summary

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Children's Residential Care Worker to join our team and help provide a safe, nurturing and supportive home for children we look after.

This is a full-time role working on a 2 on 2 off rota (average of 54 hours per week) which includes weekends, sleep-ins and public holidays.

As a Senior Residential Care Worker, you will play a key role in supporting the manager in the day-to-day running of the home, leading shifts, mentoring staff, and ensuring outstanding care is delivered in line with the children's individual care plans.

You will act as a professional role model, ensuring compliance with legislation, policies and Ofsted, and you will (list is not exhaustive)

• · Provide high-quality, consistent care in line with individual care and placement plans.
• · Build trusting and therapeutic relationships that promote emotional stability, resilience, and growth.
• · Support children in developing life skills, independence, and positive coping strategies.
• · Ensure children participate in decisions affecting their lives.
• · Safeguard and protect children, adhering to statutory guidance and internal procedures.
• · Provide guidance, supervision and mentoring to Residential Support workers.
• · Lead shifts in the absence of the Home Manger or Deputy Manager, ensuring smooth home operations.
• · Foster teamwork, open communication and a positive, child-centred culture within the home. Maintain accurate and confidential records in line with regulatory requirements.
• Participate in handover, meetings, reviews and multi-agency planning.
• Assist in rota planning, shift leadership and ensuring adequate staffing levels.
• Work in accordance with relevant legislation, policies, and Ofsted Quality Standards.

Experience and Qualifications Required

• · Minimum 3 years’ experience in Residential Children’s Care (preferred)
• · Level 3/4 Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent (essential)
• · Working towards or willing to undertake Level 5 qualification.
• · Sound knowledge of safeguarding, behaviour management and children's legislation.
• · Ability to lead shifts and support the management team.
• · Excellent communication, report writing and organisational skills.
• · Full UK driving licence (essential)

What we can offer you includes

• · Competitive rate of pay with salary advancement for service
• · Sleep in payments
• · Enhanced payments for working public holidays
• · Fully funded level 5 qualification
• · Access to training and development courses
• · Opportunities for career progression
• · Fully funded DBS
• · Referral scheme
• · Pension scheme
• · Supportive management team
• · Wellbeing support – access to EAP
• · Staff recognition scheme
• · Company events

Safer recruitment practices apply. An enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references will be required for the successful candidate.

Resilience Care Homes and associated Companies are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Pay: £14.25-£16.50 per hour

Expected hours: No more than 54.0 per week

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Free parking
• Health \& wellbeing programme
• Paid training
• Referral programme

Application question(s):

• Level 3/4 Diploma in Residential childcare or Equivalent
• Full driving licence

Experience:

• Residential Childcare : 3 years (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person