Children's Residential Support Worker

Phoenix Learning & Care Group; Taunton; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A supportive care organization in Taunton seeks a compassionate Support Worker. You will support children in daily activities, ensuring their well-being and safety. Key qualities include patience and resilient communication skills, along with a valid driving licence. This role offers 28 days of annual leave, training opportunities, and a sleep-in allowance.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Learning & Development Opportunities

Access to discounts

Wellbeing Support

Cycle2Work scheme

Covered DBS cost

Potential sleep-in allowance

Medicash scheme after 12 months

Qualifications

• Experience with children that have experienced trauma.
• Ability to adapt communication according to different audiences.
• Able to work flexible shifts, including sleep-in shifts.

Responsibilities

• Support children in daily activities and ensuring their safety.
• Monitor development and keep records up to date.
• Engage in fun activities like baking and outings.

Skills

Patience

Compassion

Resilience

Communication skills

Driving licence

Flexibility

Education

Qualification in residential childcare

Job description

Overview

About The Role

Job Title: Support Worker
Job Location: Taunton
Salary: Between £26,208 and £27,310.40 based on 40 hours per week, plus potential sleep-in allowance
Contract Type: Permanent

I’m looking for someone who can be a role model and support me in my day-to-day life at my home in Taunton. I’d love to spend time with someone who’s kind, fun, and understands what makes me tick. I’m really into gaming, especially on my Xbox, and I could talk for hours about Roblox and Pokémon. If you know your way around a controller or can name a few legendary Pokémon, we’ll get along just fine.

I also care a lot about fitness. I’ve got a home gym and I use it regularly to stay strong and focused. I enjoy going for bike rides and walks, especially when the weather’s good. Being active helps me feel my best, and I’d love someone who’s up for joining me and encouraging me along the way.

I’ve got a great sense of humour and I love cracking jokes, some are clever, some are just silly, but I always try to make people laugh. I’m looking for someone who’s patient, upbeat, and doesn’t mind a bit of banter. Whether we’re gaming, working out, or just chatting, I want someone who gets me and can help make each day a bit better.

If you’re someone who’s reliable, positive, and ready to be part of my world, I’d really like to meet you.

Responsibilities

• Supporting children to have the best quality of life possible. Whether it be through baking at home, fun days out, or holidays with them. You could be doing anything from making sure the children have a healthy diet to taking them to Clarkes Village.
• Ensuring our children are kept safe and their plans are suitable for their needs. We’ll need you to help monitor their development by keeping our systems and records up to date. Don’t worry though, you’ll get all the training you need.

To be a successful Support Worker, you’ll need

• Patience, compassion, and resilience – The children you’ll support may have experienced trauma, which may have an impact on their behaviour.
• Great communication skills – Both verbal and written communication is important in this role as you’ll be speaking to a lot of different people at different times and need to be able to update the children’s plans.
• A driving licence – Our children love to be out in the community. We need you to be able to drive them to where they need to go. We have the cars, you just need the licence.
• To be flexible – You’ll need to be able to sleep at the home during your shifts. The children need support 24 hours a day. This does mean you’ll be able to work your full week in 2-3 days!
• If you don’t already hold a qualification in residential childcare, we will pay for this. It’s key that you have this within your first 2 years of working in the sector, but you’ll have our support along the way.

In return for your time, you’ll get

• Holidays – You’ll get 28 days annual leave. You’ll still need to work on bank holidays if the rota requires. You’ll also get an extra day off for your birthday after your first year with us.
• Pension scheme – Our pension scheme is based on you paying in 5%, and us adding 3%.
• Learning & Development Opportunities – We provide comprehensive learning opportunities for team members to develop themselves.
• Discounts – You’ll have access to brilliant discounts through the Blue Light Card and our own employee benefits platform.
• Wellbeing Support – Your wellbeing is always our priority. You’ll have access to mental health and wellbeing support. On top of this, our therapies team offers a monthly confidential check in clinic, and group reflective practice sessions.
• Cycle2Work – The cycle to work scheme enables you to buy a bicycle at a discounted rate.
• DBS – As this role required you to have an enhanced DBS carried out, we will cover this cost.
• Sleep-in Allowance – You have the potential to earn up to an additional £6,183 per year, based on completing 10 sleep-in shifts per month - but these are not guaranteed.
• After 12 months service – You’ll also be eligible for our Medicash scheme which covers a wide range of medical, health and wellbeing expenses (Including immediate access to a GP!). You’ll get life assurance paid at x2 your annual salary, and even more high street discounts.

In line with safer recruitment guidelines, we will run an online check on the successful candidate. This can and may include any public social media profiles.

At Phoenix Learning and Care, we pride ourselves on our diverse workforce, and ensuring we have an inclusive environment for all our team members. We remain committed to ensuring our teams can bring their true selves to work without risk or fear of discrimination.