Support Worker - Dudley, United Kingdom - Vetro recruitment

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Dudley, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Do you want to work in a meaningful role with an opportunity for career progression and personal development? I have an amazing opportunity for a
DEDICATEDand
PASSIONATEChildrens Residential Support Worker to join a Childrens Residential service in Dudley, Staffordshire.

You will be Supporting young people between the ages of 9-19 with Learning/Physical disabilities,complex health needs and autism.

Overview:

Title: Childrens Residential Support Worker
Salary: £21,000 £22,500 (depending on qualifications) PLUS plenty of overtime available
Location: Dudley
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

Benefits:

Free meals whilst on shift
Getting paid to go Shopping, Theme Parks, Zoos, swimming & many more activities
Casual dress code
Company pension
Access to discounts for shopping outlets, restaurants and cinemas
Comprehensive Training Package including scheduled ongoing facetoface training and CPD planning
Plenty of opportunities to maximise earnings and career development
Enhanced disclosure cost coverage

The role:

What you will be doing as a Childrens Residential Support Worker:

To ensure that the children are safe and protect them from risks to their health and welfare
All aspects of care including personal care
To keep the homely, friendly culture and environment of the homes.
Keeping on top of household chores such as cleaning & doing laundry
To be able to deal with challenging behaviours when needed.
Provide support for the children and young people in the home and promote their independence and wellbeing.
Maintaining uptodate knowledge of the individual's care plan, guidelines, reward system and preferred method of communication.
Supporting poor behaviour safely and sympathetically.
Develop and maintain good working relationships with the staff, parents, Social Workers and other professionals that may be involved in the young people's lives such as Psychologists.

What you will need to be a successful Childrens Residential Support Worker

You MUST be willing to carry out personal care duties
Ideally be a driver as you will be required to transport the young people from time to time
You MUST be an empathetic and relatable person, have good listening and communication skills, and a natural instinct to help others
You MUST be able to commute to Dudley

Do you want to make a real, measurable difference in the lives of young people? If this sounds like your dream role, we would love to hear from you.

If you think you're right for this role, then click the 'apply' button below.