Children's Residential Support Worker

Instantimmo; Stockport; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity for children in Stockport is seeking a Children's Residential Support Worker to provide care for young people with complex needs. Candidates should have a good standard of English and relevant qualifications in health and social care. This role involves ensuring a safe environment, assisting with educational planning, and supervising staff. The charity offers generous benefits including annual leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Generous pension scheme

Occupational sick pay

Comprehensive training opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Working experience in a residential setting, undertaking duties that respect the young people.
• Ability to write reports and plan effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe environment for young people, ensuring their needs are met.
• Assist in planning educational opportunities and supervising staff.
• Maximise the achievements of young people through education.

Skills

Good standard of written and oral English

Good communication and interpersonal skills

Understanding of issues affecting young people

Education

QCF (NVQ level 3) in health and social care (CCYP) or equivalent

Job description

Children's Residential Support Worker (LD)

Have you ever wanted to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable children and young people? Our children's home in Romiley, Stockport provides residential care for children and young people with emotional‑behavioural difficulties, autism, learning difficulties and complex needs. The Together Trust is one of the North West's leading charities, offering individual care, support and education to hundreds of children, young people and adults each year. We are a not‑for‑profit charitable trust, so every penny goes back into benefiting the people that we support. Together we make a difference, develop and learn, and support each other. Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same: to champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support – they are at the heart of everything we do.

Location: Romiley, Stockport; Hours: 37.5 per week; Sleep in shift paid at £100.80 per shift; Weekends paid 25% premium on hourly rate.

Responsibilities

• Provide a caring, safe, secure and accepting environment that meets the physical, health, social needs and rights of the young people. This will include supporting less experienced staff via positive and effective teamwork to achieve high quality standards of care set by the Registered Manager.
• Assist with the assessment of needs and formulation of plans, working in partnership with other agencies and taking into account the wishes and feelings of the young people, their parents and other persons with parental responsibility, inline with legislation.
• Maximise educational opportunities and achievements for the young people looked after within the unit by identifying, establishing and supporting educational provision and contributing to educational reviews.
• Undertake primary responsibility for at least one young person of a more complex nature.
• Undertake the supervision of less experienced residential staff and/or ancillary staff in accordance with Together Trust policies and procedures as directed by the Registered Manager.
• Assist with the planning and preparation of the shift rosters.

Qualifications

• Good standard of written and oral English.
• QCF (NVQ level 3) in health and social care (CCYP) or equivalent, or willingness to obtain the award within the timescales set by the trust.
• Working experience in a residential setting, undertaking the full range of duties in a well‑planned way that respects and values the young people as individuals.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to write reports.
• Understanding of the issues affecting young people and experience in working with them.

Benefits

• Annual leave: 27 days plus 8 bank holidays (rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 after 10 years).
• Generous pension scheme and death‑in‑service benefit – up to 7 % company contribution, rising with length of service and up to 6 × basic salary death‑in‑service benefit.
• Occupational sick pay and family‑friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Reward and discount platform offering discounts at high‑street shops, travel, insurance, etc.
• Eligibility to apply for a Blue Light card.
• Proud to be a real‑living‑wage employer.
• Refer‑a‑friend scheme – be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us.
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications.
• Long‑service awards, including cash gifts and extra holiday.
• Promotion of wellbeing across the organisation, including Mental Health First Aiders offering support from trained colleagues and free weekly yoga sessions in person or online.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home.

This service is regulated by Ofsted; therefore all employees must be over the age of 22 years at the time of joining the service.

We may remove this advert should we find the successful candidate prior to the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

We currently do not provide sponsorship, but we welcome applications from those who have the right to work in the UK.

Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio‑economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience. If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential, please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you.

The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself). This role will involve regulated activity.