Senior Residential Children’s Support Worker

Atrium Healthcare are recruiting on behalf of a client for Senior Residential Children’s Support Worker.

The main purpose of the role is to assist the management team to support, direct and utilise staff and resources on-shift in order to ensure that the home achieves its strategic aims.

This role plays a key part in maintaining relationships not only with the child or young person but also, parents or other family members, social workers, school staff and other relevant professionals.

The home strives to ensure that the highest quality of care is provided for children and young people. This means staff are essential in ensuring their wellbeing needs are fully met, they feel safe and secure with us but also included in some of the decision making within the home.

Essential:

· Minimum of Children and Young People’s Workforce Diploma Level 3

· 2 years experience working in a position relevant to the residential care of children in the last 5 years.

· Knowledge and understanding of Children Act 1989 and associated regulations and guidance.

· Having the use of a car, a full driving license.

Salary:

The current full-time salary for this position is £28,620 to £29,552 per annum, depending on qualifications and including 5 sleep-ins per month, paid at an additional £60.71 per night.

Hours of work:

38 hours per week – please note, we operate a 24/7 service therefore the candidate will be required to undertake some sleep-in duties. You will be required to work alternate weekends.

Benefits include:

· A competitive salary.

· Access to a wealth of training and learning opportunities including the opportunity to enhance your professional development through funded courses.

· Access to multiple wellbeing initiatives.

· A free counselling service to all our employees.

· Life assurance to the value of 3x your annual salary.

· Enhanced sick pay.

If this sounds like a role that would suit you, do not hesitate to apply.

For more information, please get in touch with Vicky on 01603 801530.

Atrium is an equal opportunity employer, and all hiring decisions are subject to international and local employment laws and regulations. All open positions offered by Atrium are subject to specific job requirements, however, we endeavour to ensure fairness and equal opportunities. We welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability, sexuality, religion or age.