Senior Support Worker

Passionate about working with Children?

This Residential children’s home is dedicated to making a positive difference to these children’s lives and need someone who can confidently take on the responsibilities of running the home sufficiently. You will be working alongside an amazing team of residential staff to ensure that the children in your home have the highest standard of care. This is a national company with homes across the entire UK and are rapidly expanding their services. There has never been a better time to join such an incredible company. This is a particularly large and challenging home to manage therefore the ideal candidate needs to be able to fill beds and have excellent managerial skills and experience.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Drivers Licence is a must
• Supervisory or Team Leader experience OR an experienced Support Worker with NVQ Level 3.

Salary & Benefits

• The salary is up to £30,000.
• 25 days holiday allowance excluding bank holidays.
• Colleagues have access to hundreds of discounts and benefits through Perkbox.

Key Responsibilities

• Using life skills, you will have the opportunity to make a huge difference within a child’s life. Helping them to overcome any difficulties or disadvantages they may face – allowing them to strengthen their future. You will meet a variety of children and young people, some of whom may require high levels of supervision and support. They may also require your guidance within education, training and employment.
• Within this leadership role, you will not only ensure the welfare and care of each child but also give guidance and support to all residential workers.
• You will be committed to making a difference, this includes being responsible for staff supervision, leading shifts, ensuring placement plans are followed, policies, procedures, risk assessments, rotas and making sure that education is supported.
• You will have a great work/life balance. Our rota pattern which includes some evenings and weekends ensures consistency for the children and young people whilst providing you with flexibility and the means for training and progression

If you are interested in this position, then please apply via the link. Alternatively, you can contact Isabelle to discuss the role in further details.

If this vacancy is not of interest to you at this time, but you happen to know someone who might be suitable and interested, then please kindly pass these details on to them.

Important Notice

Dovetail and Slate is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, applicants and clients to share this commitment.

This role may involve work with under 18’s or vulnerable adults. Any appointment will be made subject to strict vetting and screening checks and receipt of a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. Dovetail and Slate ltd acts as an Employment Agency (perm) and an Employment Business (temp/contract).