A school is looking to appoint a Day Care Residential Support Worker who is enthusiastic, dedicated, caring and highly motivated to support children and young people who have Severe Learning Disabilities, Autism and Complex Care to achieve their full potential.
SALARY: £12.12 - £12.46 per Hour + Generous Benefits (see below)
LOCATION: Norton Disney, Lincolnshire, East Midlands
JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent
WORKING HOURS: On average38.25 Hours per Week
To work on a three-week rolling rota, with a combination of early shifts between the hours of (7am - 2.15pm, 7am - 3.30pm) and late shifts (1.15pm - 9.30pm). Your rota will include one full day for training every three weeks.
JOB OVERVIEW
We have a fantastic new job opportunity with a school that is looking to appoint a Day Care Residential Support Worker who is enthusiastic, dedicated, caring and highly motivated to support children and young people who have Severe Learning Disabilities, Autism and Complex Care to achieve their full potential
Working as a Day Care Residential Support Worker you will work alongside senior staff and colleagues to provide guidance, support and encouragement to pupils both within the home, the school and whilst undertaking off site activities.
As a Day Care Residential Support Worker you will enable children and young people to develop by providing practical physical, cultural, social and emotional development, using a person-centred approach in order that they can achieve their full potential.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL


The school is an independent specialist residential care and education organisation that provides exceptional residential care and education to meet the needs of children and young people aged between 11 and 19 years who have severe and profound learning disabilities and who may also be on the autism spectrum, have complex care needs and behavioural concerns. The school is situated on the outskirts of Norton Disney in Lincolnshire. The school’s ethos is to provide warm, safe and nurturing environments where children and young people entrusted to them are supported and enabled to achieve their full potential in all areas of their social, emotional, physical and academic development.
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If this job looks like your ideal position, then please send in your CV as soon as possible for our Recruitment Team to review.
DUTIES
Your duties as a Day Care Residential Support Worker will include:
*Support the children and young people to meet their needs in the most appropriate way by following individual care plans and positive behaviour support plans set by the highly qualified therapist team
*Promote children and young people’s choice, independence, dignity, privacy and fulfilment of other rights
*Maintain a stable, happy and caring environment that puts the health, safety and welfare of our children and young people first, this will involve domestic duties
*Working with the staff team across all settings to always safeguard the children and young people in care
*Actively promote learning during all programmes and activities during residential, leisure and educational situations
*Effectively support the children / young people and staff to manage challenging behaviour as and when this arises, using the approved approaches defined within their Positive Behaviour Support plan and Sherwood training
BENEFITS
As an Employee you will Benefit from:
*Full funded DBS Checks
*Flexible working patterns
*Meals provided on Day Shifts
*Death in Service Insurance Scheme
*Private HealthCare Insurance Scheme
*Time and a half for Weekend and Bank Holiday Overtime
*Enhanced rates of pay for relevant RQF/NVQ/QCF qualifications
*A fully paid one weeks induction prior to working with children and young people
*Refer a Friend Scheme Bonus (payment of £450 on successful completion of 6 months)
*24 Hours access to the Employee Counselling Support through the Employee Assistance Programme (Health Assured)
*Extensive training aimed at developing and enhancing skills further through the completion of fully Paid training day as part of your rota
*Fully Funded a minimum of RQF level 3 or Equivalent diploma award in Health and Social Care - Residential Childcare (if not already achieved)
*Loyalty Bonus (£500.00 annual salary length of service award upon completion of each 5 years)
*Fully paid day off on staff Birthday (subject to satisfactory attendance in the preceding 12 months)
*Professional Health Services for Injuries sustained at work (subject to satisfying criteria as set out in the staff absence policy)
HOW TO APPLY
To be considered for this job vacancy, please submit your CV to our Recruitment Team who will review your details. CV’s of Job Applicants meeting this requirement will be submitted to our Client for consideration. By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.
JOB REF: AWDO-P12845
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