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Residential Support Worker- Learning Disabilities

Horizon Care and Education
Posted 10 days ago, valid for 20 days
Location

Rugeley, Staffordshire WS15, England

Salary

£12 per hour

Contract type

Full Time

Life Insurance
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  • Horizon Care and Education is seeking a Residential Support Worker for children with learning disabilities, offering a salary that is competitive and aligns with the Real Living Wage.
  • Candidates must have relevant experience and either hold or be willing to pursue a Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare within two years of employment.
  • The role involves supporting young people with daily routines, social activities, and fostering a nurturing environment.
  • Flexible working hours are required, including days, evenings, nights, weekends, and bank holidays.
  • Additional benefits include a Christmas bonus, a Blue Light Card, and opportunities for career progression and professional development.

Residential Support Working- Learning Disabilities

At Horizon Care and Education, we provide high quality care to the children living in our homes. We strive to provide a safe and loving environment for our children to flourish and thrive.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an experienced team in a therapeutically informed home for children with complex social and emotional needs/Learning Disabilities.

Our unique SHINE (Supporting Healing In Nurturing Environments) Therapeutic Model will allow you to develop your practice using PACE and psychologically-informed trauma-responsive approaches to care.

About the role:

  • Helping young people continue with hobbies, social activities, and friendships, and learn new skills.
  • Providing support with morning routines such as getting ready for school and making sure they have a good breakfast.
  • Preparing evening meals and ensuring the young person has a safe space to relax and unwind within the home.
  • You will need to be open to working in a reflective manner and deliver relationship-based, person centred care as part of a small team. This will involve a combination of day, evening, night, weekend, and bank holiday working.
  • You will work in partnership with parents and other professionals and so you will need a good range of communication skills.

Skills/Experience:

  • You must have the appropriate skills and experience to perform and work within an environment that can at times require using your own initiative.
  • You must hold or be already working towards or be willing to undertake and complete within 2 years of starting work at the home the Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (England). OR you should hold an equivalent qualification such as The NVQ 3 caring for children & young people and be prepared to complete any additional work to meet the required level.

In return you will receive regular supervision and a commitment from us to your long term personal and professional development. This includes progression into management and senior leadership roles.

Benefits:

  • Real Living Wage employer
  • Competitive pay rates
  • Christmas bonus
  • Blue Light Card
  • Colleague referral scheme with cash rewards - earn up to 2500 per referral! *
  • Financial wellbeing service
  • Life Assurance
  • Option to buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave
  • Tastecard - spectacular savings on dining, pizza, cinema tickets, supermarkets, and UK attractions
  • Opportunity to progress in your career through our Education Academy, and ongoing training and professional development
  • Comprehensive and tailored induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing, and local induction period
  • Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via our SHINE programme
  • Access to a wide range of free online courses for all colleagues on a variety of topics
  • Employee assistance programme - free, confidential support
  • Community and wellbeing - Your wellbeing matters to us, and we are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need to feel good about what you do. We're in this together
  • Supportive management and senior leaders
  • High quality CPD opportunities
  • Free eye check

If you're passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and enabling them to shape their own future, then we want you to be part of our team.

A full UK driving licence is needed for this role

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