Qualified Residential Support Worker – Childrens – Up to £33,898
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30th June 2024 | |
QUALIFICATIOONS (IF REQUIRED) |
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Up to £33,898 | |
The Qualified Residential Support worker role offers an outstanding salary of from up to £33,898, this includes a sleep in rate of £62.55 (one per week) with the opportunity to maximise further through enhanced over time rates. (Basic salary based on competency based qualifying criteria)
As the Support Worker, you will be working for a Unique Organisation, Progress. We have been established for 21 years and are known throughout the industry for giving the most outstanding service and care, to the children and young people we support. We will go above and beyond to support you through your career just as you will do so for the Children within your care/service. You will be a valued and respected member of our team – want to be part of this? – Then read on!
The Role
As a Support Worker at our 9 Bedded home for children and young people you will be supporting and giving high levels of care to children and young people with severe and complex care needs, Acquired Brain Injury, complex learning disabilities and associated behavioural challenges. Managing the health needs of the children forms a significant part of the service that we provide and are firmly committed to meeting the very unique and individual health care needs of our children.
Our home provides a safe and nurturing environment where preconceptions are challenged, and young people are encouraged to be the best that they can be and to live life to its fullest.
As a support worker, you will assist the management team in maintaining a safe and enabling environment that provides positive experiences to children and young adults.
Your role is also vital to the progression of a children and young people. A support worker encourages the children in our care to develop new skills and to be the best that they can be. You must be incredibly sensitive to the needs of those in your care.
Qualifications (If Required)
- Experience Required
- Level 3 NVQ/Diploma in Health and Social Care (Children and Young People).
- NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care or Equivalent
- QCF level 3
Qualifications
Qualifications / Experience
You will be able to demonstrate that you have:
NVQ 3 Diploma or QCF Level 3 in Children and Young Peoples Workforce or in Residential Care or equivalent, along with at least two years’ experience in a residential setting.
Nursing qualifications will also be considered too
Experience
• A background in Nursing or providing complex care would be a great advantage
• Trainee nursing would also be advantageous
• Ideally you will have Support Work experience of working with children and young people with moderate to severe learning disabilities and/or physical disabilities, Autism, ADHD, sensory impairment, and associated behavioral challenges and/or complex care needs
Skills/Abilities
Skills/Abilities
You have a fantastic opportunity to be a part of our team if you possess the following:
• A strong commitment to care
• Excellent Communication skills - verbal and non verbal service users
• Working knowledge of, following, and working to Care Plans
• Experience of Conflict Management and dealing with difficult situations
• The ability to work effectively during high pressured situations
Qualities
You will also need to be/have:
• Caring and approachable
• Patient and welcoming
• Creative, Helpful and Reliable
• Willing to learn valuable life skills
• A supportive team player
Other Requirements
Company Values
- Personal development opportunities
- Treating you as an individual
- Publicly recognising your achievements
- Supporting you any way we can
- Placing you on a comprehensive training program
- A competitive salary
Benefits
Benefits
• FREE DBS
• 28 Days Holiday!
• Staff Shopping Discount Scheme! Blue Light Discount Scheme
• The support of an amazing team and organisation!
• Genuine Career Development Opportunities!
• Health Benefits Plan!
• Blue Card Scheme
• Contributory Pension Scheme!
• Ongoing Training Opportunities!
• Annual awards and recognition,
• plus much, much more!
Who is Progress?
We are an established provider of specialist services for children and young adults from 0-25, who have disabilities and specialist needs, including profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties, physical disability, sensory impairment, complex health care needs, acquired brain injury, and Autism. This encompasses a fostering agency, residential homes, supported living, a range of short break solutions, home and community support, preparation for independence and much more. As a values-led, family-owned business, we are not prepared to compromise on the quality and safety of our services, which are delivered following our owner’s ethos; ‘if it is not good enough for your own family, it is not good enough for our customers’..
We pride ourselves on enabling a more ordinary life to be experienced through extra-ordinary service delivery, with the people we support being the heart of everything we do. Everyone deserves a childhood and to move on into independence – this takes innovation every day as one size does not fit all where people are concerned!
Why work for Progress?
We asked some of our staff this question and the words they used in response included… friendly, further your career, support, extensive training, like a family, accepted, good team relationships, accommodating, flexibility, work ethic with colleagues, caring, shared passion, values aligned to your own, passion, not just a job; a career, gained skills, personal progression, support for staff; not just the people we care for, be part of a journey and the growth of the organisation, family feel, personal growth, opportunities, acknowledgement and recognition of efforts, not just a number, make a difference, feel appreciated, properly appraised annually with resulting outcomes, thorough induction, personal approach, no hierarchy, delivering on promises, high staff retention, respected as equals.
Even our temp had a positive opinion, “a great supportive team, allowing you to work flexibly with great opportunities to develop and apply your skills to assist across the business”.
We are passionate about developing our staff and their individual careers. We take pride in developing our future managers, with the capability, vision, and ability to meet the changing needs of the sector in a creative and responsive manner. We secured the Gold Investors in People Award, with 84% of staff agreeing we are ‘developing great leaders.’
We are proud of our teams; they really go the extra mile. We are also proud of our consistently high staff retention; we could not deliver the excellence we strive for, without every individual. We care deeply about delivering on our promises and feel extremely privileged to employ so many amazing people who share our vision and our determination! What more could we want!
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