Children's Residential Support Worker

Support Worker - Children and Young People - Totton - Southampton

Hunts Recruitment is looking for passionate Support Workers for a child care team near Totton.

You will be working with young people in care with additional behaviours and emotional needs - within a residential setting. 

- Job Type: Permanent - Full time

- Salary: £29,484 per annum (PLUS additional sleep in payments of £68.15 per sleep in)

- Hours: 45 per week plus 1-2 sleep ins per week. Weekend working: Rolling Rota

- NVQ 2 or above preferred but not essential

- Experience working with young people is required

You will be offered:

• Thorough onboarding, induction, and training programme

• 30 days holiday per year.

• Ongoing training and career development with the opportunity to progress to Team Leader and beyond.

• Work in a supportive and friendly team.

• Casual dress.

• Regular check ins with your line manager.

• Rewarding work.

• Access to Perk box discounts.

Your job role will be:

- To contribute and participate in providing quality care and life experiences to vulnerable people

- To help provide a therapeutic, structured and relaxed environment in which service users can develop and enjoy their lives.

- To facilitate good communication within all levels of the staff team.

- Identifying the service user’s emotional, physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs and make appropriate decisions for action in consultation with the Management Team.

- To supervise and share meal times with service users, to encourage a positive attitude towards food and appropriate behaviour at mealtimes.

- To assist in the delivery of day care and leisure opportunities following individual activity programmes in conjunction with, and following guidance from day service staff.

Hunts Recruitment acts as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. We are an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merit alone