Residential Support Worker in Warrington

As a Residential Child Care Worker, you would work from a children's home where children and young people aged between 11 years and 17 years live.
Residential Child Care Workers eat and sleep at the home with the children and young people and undertake basic household tasks - cleaning, cooking, shopping.
Our children are not able to live safely with their parent(s) or family and this is usually due to adverse childhood experience and trauma.
Residential Child Care Workers listen and engage our children in 1:1 work around feelings, emotions and behaviours and link with other professionals, such as social workers, schools, police, and health workers to ensure our children's needs are met.
To provide child centred support and / or care to children in a team setting as directed by the Registered Manager.
To contribute to ensuring that the care and support provided to children and is of the highest quality in a setting which encourages positive experiences and outcomes.
To safeguard and promote the well-being of the children in the home or supported accommodation

What is required?

NVQ level 3 in care of children & young people or a diploma in social care or a willingness to complete NVQ 3 within 12 months of employment.
Proven literacy skills in order to complete good quality and effective computerised care plans, reports for young people placed in home.
Enhanced DBS.
First Aid, Medication Lvl 2, certificates.
Car driver.
Experience in safeguarding children.

If you are interested, please call Chris Richardson on 01772 208964 or email me your CV - Christopher.richardson@servicecare.org.uk

If this role isn't right for you, but you know someone who would fit perfectly and you refer them, you will receive a referral bonus of £250.

The benefits of working with SCS: