Senior Support Worker

Senior Residential Support Worker – Children’s Home

Godstone, Surrey

£30,000.00-£34,000.00 OTE per year (includes sleep-ins - circa £4,000 per year)

I am looking for an experienced Senior Residential Support Worker to a join a 5 bedded EBD Children’s Residential Home in Godstone, Surrey which is rated as ‘good’ by Ofsted. The service is home to children and young people with ADHD, ASD, trauma related behaviours and they may have suffered from neglect and abuse in the past. The home provides in-house therapy for all residents and offers a high standard of learning and development for all staff.

In this post you will:

* Contribute to creating and sustaining a positive and nurturing environment in the home

* Lead, plan and direct shifts, ensuring the effective deployment of staff

* Ensure that the young people’s needs are recognised and met

* Participate in the development, implementation and monitoring of the individual young people’s care plans

* Write reports and attend professional meetings

* Organise and supervise recreational and leisure activities both in and out of the home – you must be prepared to spend time away from home on holidays and at camps etc

* Protect the young people from harm in and outside the home

For this role you must have:

* NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care in Residential Childcare (or equivalent)

* A minimum of 2 years’ experience of working within an EBD residential children's home for 8-18 year old children

* A full UK Driving Licence

* The ability to work flexibly - hours of work are an average of 40 hours per week, rota based, to meet the needs of the home. You are required to work any day of the week and you are required to sleep-in at the home when on duty

For more information on this exciting role, please call Elite Care on (phone number removed)

Benefits include:

• Casual dress

• Company pension

• Discounted or free food

• Free parking

• On-site gym

• On-site parking