Senior Residential Support Worker

Reference

PRI44301

Location

Children's Home, Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Priory Group Division

Education & Children's Services

Vacancy Type

Permanent - Full Time

Salary

£19,451,24 per annum plus £35 per sleep in

Hours

39 hours per week

Job Advert Role Description

We are seeking a Senior Residential Support Worker to join our children's home in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

Are you ready to make a real and lasting difference?

Do you have a Level 3 Diploma in Children & Young Peoples Workforce?

Our home supports up to three young people of either gender between the age of 8 to 18 years of age.  The young people we support have challenging behaviours and emotional behavioural difficulties.  

Our Senior Residential Support Workers are key members of our team providing guidance and support to the Support Workers and Registered Manager of the children's home.  This is an exciting opportunity to join our forward thinking children’s home that is at the forefront of children’s residential care.

Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate will need to hold a full UK driving licence.  A Level 3 Residential Childcare qualification is essential for this role.

Our Senior Residential Support Workers support with the following:

• Supporting the management to run a successful staff team and all day to day operations of the home 
• Inducting new staff into the homes procedure and culture
• Being the young person’s advocate when they cannot do this for themselves
• Assisting the management team with the supervisions of junior staff
• Ensuring administration is completed in line with statutory regulations
• Assisting senior staff with the writing and maintaining of placement and risk management plans
• Confident with managing behaviours that challenge
• Liaising with external agencies and represent the home to a high standard.
• Supervising family contact sessions
• Encouraging educational engagement.

We use a rota system to ensure the young people in our home get the care they need.  This may include working some weekends and bank holidays.   A normal example would be a 15 hour shift including a sleep in.

An example shift pattern would be:

Monday 8.00am - 23.00pm plus sleep in

Tuesday 8.00am - 23.00pm plus sleep in

Finish at 9am Wednesday morning.

Your Benefits

• Priory Perks reward and discount scheme
• Comprehensive induction
• Pension scheme
• We cover the cost of your enhanced disclosure check
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Commitment to your ongoing training and career progression
• Employee recognition scheme.

Division DBS info

References

For all roles we require a minimum of two references.  References provided must cover the last 3 years, for all of our services we will need to request all references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our schools.

About us

From education to hospitals, care homes and secure facilities, the Priory Group of Companies offers individually tailored, multidisciplinary treatment programmes for those with complex educational needs or requiring acute, long-term and respite mental healthcare.

Disclosure

Priory Education Services is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and disclosures with the relevant body at an enhanced level. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory Education and Children's services will cover the cost of a DBS.

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Job Description

Senior_Support_Worker_Team_Leader.pdf

Closing Date

31/01/2021