Witham Prospect School is looking to appoint Night Residential Support Workers who are 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 Hours: To work on two-week full time rolling rota on 10- hours shifts, which includes a full day training every six weeks. Night hours are (9.30pm – 7.30am) working an average of 36.2 hours per week.
Pay Rate for Support Workers: £12.12 - £12.46 per hour depending on your qualification.
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 7 days 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 our Employee Counselling Support through our 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).
Responsibilities for the Care Role Includes:
- To 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 our 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 our 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.
About Witham Prospect School
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Witham Prospect 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. We are situated on the outskirts of Norton Disney in Lincolnshire. Our ethos is to provide warm, safe and nurturing environments where children and young people entrusted to us are supported and enabled to achieve their full potential in all areas of their social, emotional, physical and academic development.
Witham Prospect School is an Independent care and education facility which has been created to meet the needs of children aged between 11 and 19 who have severe and profound learning disabilities and whom may also be on the autism spectrum and have complex care needs.
Witham Prospect School is a newly established care and education facility which has been created to meet the needs of children aged between 11 and 19 who have severe and profound learning disabilities and whom may also be on the autism spectrum and have complex care needs.