Male Support Worker

Keys Group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A child support services organization in King's Lynn is looking for a Male Children's Residential Support Worker to provide care and support for young people with complex emotional difficulties. The role includes acting as a positive role model, empowering children, and helping with everyday tasks. Candidates should have a full UK driving licence and experience in caring or related fields. Competitive pay and benefits such as enhanced leave and funded training are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Fully funded training and qualifications

Free meals

Enhanced company maternity & paternity pay

28 days annual leave

Staff Referral Scheme

Life assurance

Access to free wellbeing and life counselling service

Qualifications

• Experience and qualifications in care or transferable skills like police, education, security, or working with vulnerable people.
• Ability to remain calm during challenging situations.
• Full UK Driving licence is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and emotional support.
• Act as a positive role model.
• Help children find enjoyment in everyday tasks.
• Empower children to make decisions about themselves.
• Work flexibly including shifts and sleep-ins.

Skills

Caring

Great communication skills

Flexible

Resilient

Experience in care

Positive attitude

Job description

Job Title

Male Children's Residential Support worker

Hours

Full time working long days and sleep ins

Driving Licence Requirement

Full UK Driving licence is required.

Could you make a difference to the life of every child and young person through positive experiences.

We are looking for a children's support worker to become part of our family home, caring for young people who have sometimes complex emotional difficulties. You would be the person to give encouragement and praise when needed, to be patient and understanding during times of crisis and to inspire them to grow and develop.

The role can be emotionally challenging and you could be handling difficult situations BUT you could be the person to change a life for the better.

Why choose Keys Group for your career?

Keys Group provide innovative care and education services to children and young people who have complex needs, emotional and behavioural difficulties. We try and make every day extraordinary for the children we care for and support, because we believe in every single one of them.

As a therapeutic support worker you will

• Be part of a caring team that provides a safe and loving home for children and young people, led and supported by a registered manager.
• Act as a positive role model to give encouragement and praise.
• Enjoy fun days out such as swimming, go karting, skating and revisit missed milestones.
• Provide emotional and physical support to allow the children to reach their full potential in sometimes challenging situations.
• Build friendships and trusting relationships.
• Help them to find pleasure in everyday tasks.
• Empower them to make decisions about themselves.

As well as competitive pay and in-house professional support we provide and fully fund the necessary training to achieve valuable externally accredited qualifications.

Benefits and Support

• The Real Living Wage as a minimum
• Full induction and introductory programme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Enhanced pay scales that recognise both qualifications and experience
• Enhanced company maternity & paternity pay
• Free meals
• A great employee Benefits programme
• Access to free wellbeing and life counselling service
• Life assurance
• Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check paid for by us
• 28 days annual leave.
• Staff Referral Scheme– Refer a friend to join Keys Group and split a £500 referral bonus between you

What do you need?

• We want people who are naturally caring, flexible and resilient.
• Great communication skills, positive and energetic.
• Experience and qualifications in care or transferable skills such as police, education, security or working with vulnerable people.
• Ability to remain calm during sometimes challenging situations.
• Full UK Driving licence is essential.
• You need to be able to work flexibly in caring for the children. This will include working shifts and sleep‑ins.

Contact us today to hear how you can join us in helping care for children to lead happy, healthy and successful lives.

Keys Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone in our care and therefore this post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Keys Group are very proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant that means we have made a commitment to welcoming service personnel, veterans and military families into the group. We are delighted to have veteran friendly policies, offer a Veterans Peer Support Network within our teams and are able to offer Military Awareness and support to our colleagues.

As part of our commitment, we will offer a guaranteed interview to current and former service personnel providing that they meet the criteria of the role that they are applying for. If you feel that you meet the criteria for this, please ensure that you have your military experience detailed on your CV for one of our resourcing team to get in touch.