Residential Support Worker

Salary £25,480 - £29,000 dependent on qualifications and experience.

Additional rate for sleep in and waking night

Permanent full time positions (40 hour week)Location Rainham Essex, RM13

We are a specialist service for children and young people with disabilities and complex needs. We are looking for experienced individuals to work with us as Residential Support Workers (including for senior management roles) for our residential care home for children and young people based in Rainham, Essex. In return we offer a competitive salary range from £25,480 to £29,000 plus depending on experience, with additional pay for sleep ins. We are a well-established company operating for over 15 years in the social care sector. We are recruiting for Residential Support Worker's to join our team to support our young people (aged 8 - 18) with autism and learning disabilities. 

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The Residential Support Worker will be responsible for:

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• Participating and promoting key working sessions with children and young people
  
• Taking full part in the duty rota, including weekends and sleep in's
  
• Providing care and daily tasks for children and young people
  
• Assisting in organising and participating in various external and internal social, leisure, and other activities with the young people
  
• Working as a Key Worker to a child or children and to write and work to an agreed care plan
  

The successful Residential Support Workers will have:

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• Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care with children and young people (Previously NVQ Level3), or working towards
  
• Previous experience working with Autism and learning disabilities in residential children's homes (minimum two years)
  
• Be prepared to work weekends and sleep-ins.