Support Worker

Support Worker Leicester, England

Paramount Children
Full Time Leicester, England 11 GBP HOURLY Today
Job description

What we aim to do is offer support and nurture for children and young people with emotional behaviour difficulties; and help navigate through day-to-day life using the therapeutic trauma informed PACE approach. Your role will see you as a role model to the young people, aiding in improving their overall health and well-being. We want to ensure that our staff team feel valued as that will allow them to ensure that our children receive the best care possible. This will be a home, with a warm atmosphere and requires likeminded, motivated, and compassionate support workers to continue to provide outstanding care to our children.

The role of Residential Support Worker involves:

  • Providing outstanding care to children while applying their individual care plans
  • Taking the children on activities
  • Liaising with families and professionals to ensure the best possible care is being provided and carried out
  • Taking a proactive approach in supporting the children with attending and engaging in their education
  • To make and maintain accurate records of the child’s day, including any incidents that may occur
  • Carry out general housekeeping duties, including cooking, cleaning, and completing health and safety checks
  • Apply safeguarding knowledge to ensure the safety and wellbeing of everyone in the home
  • Comply with GDPR and Health and Safety regulations
  • Shifts are on a rota-basis and can involve sleep-ins
  • Shifts will either start at 8am, 10am or 2pm depending on the needs of the children, and finish at either 10pm or 10:30am the following morning if on a sleep.

We are looking for staff with the following:

  • Driving Licence – essential
  • Experience within a childcare setting
  • QCF/ NVQ L3 in Children and Young People is desirable, however if you don’t have this we will support you in working towards it
  • Resilience, self-motivation and the enthusiasm to engage with active young people
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Teamwork skills
  • Ability to navigate a challenging situation
  • DBS on the Update service is desirable but not essential

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: From £11.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • Company pension
  • Referral programme

Schedule:

  • 10 hour shift
  • 12 hour shift
  • 8 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Night shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Leicester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

  • GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:

  • 2 years, Residential Support Worker Children & Young Adults (preferred)

Language:

  • English (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

  • Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person

Support Worker
Paramount Children

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