Residential Care Support Worker

Residential Care Support Worker who has experience of working with children and young people preferably within a childrens residential care or educational setting is required to join our team at Swalcliffe Park School.

SALARY PACKAGE: £25,708 - £29,369 per annum + Benefits (dependent on qualifications and experience)

BENEFITS: Generous Holiday (9 weeks paid holiday to be taken in school holidays), NEST Pension Scheme, Sickness entitlement 2 weeks full pay 2 weeks half pay

LOCATION: Swalcliffe, Nr Banbury, Oxfordshire

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent

** MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE **

We have multiple positions available working afternoons and evenings together with every other weekend.

JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Residential Care Support Worker who has experience of working with children and young people preferably within a childrens residential care or educational setting.

Would you like a job where your life-skills help develop the lives of our amazing young people?

Being a Residential Care Support Worker at Swalcliffe Park School is much more than the job title suggests. Its about sharing your passion for life to mentor young people and have a profoundly positive impact on their progression in all aspects of their lives.

Awarded Outstanding Education & Care OFSTED

Our school provides specialist day and residential education and care for secondary aged autistic boys (10-19 years).We offer excellent working conditions in a beautiful environment, including paid school holidays, opportunities for career development and staff training.

Due to a growth in numbers of students for the forthcoming academic year and internal staff promotions, we have a number of permanent staff positions available working afternoons and evenings together with every other weekend in Care.

Working as a Residential Care Support Worker you will primarily support our students in a range of skills which will enhance their opportunities for independence and social inclusion. We place high importance in the recording of outcomes for our students and in the monitoring of achievements; so duties also include the reporting on the well-being of students, report writing, data input and analysis and attendance at meetings.

DUTIES

Some of your duties as a Residential Care Support Worker will include:

• Participate in and keeping records of evening activities and the work as directed by the Team Leader

• Undertake key-working responsibility for individual boys in the house focusing on the specific needs identified in their care plan

• As instructed by the Team Leader, work proactively with the team within the daily routine and agreed structures of the house, to include for example life-skills programmes; activity events and Key-working sessions

• Support the work of the Therapy and Education Teams within residential time

• Contribute to the writing of the case file, implementing and monitoring progress

• Contribute to ensuring Students Risk Assessments, Care and Medical Plans are up to date and maintained

• Support engagement of the students with any aspects of Universal Provision, Quality of Life Framework and Independence Plus curriculum

• Build positive and appropriate working relationships with the boys, ensuring adherence to boundaries and consistency of care practice

• Work collectively with team members in using effective care practice, de-escalating and diversionary strategies and recognised techniques to manage boys who exhibit challenging, threatening and confrontational behaviour

• Encourage Student Voice opportunities

• Support new students to become familiarised with the school premises, facilities and have appropriate uniform and resources

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

Candidates will have the following skills, experience and attributes:

• QCF (NVQ) Level 3 Health and Social Care (desirable for Care positions) or willingness to study and attain this qualification in a designated timescale, funded by the school

• GCSE (or equivalent) English and Mathematics Grade C or above (essential) and be ICT literate

• Experience of working with students with ASC (desirable)

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be expected to undertake an enhanced disclosure. We are an equal opportunities employer.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered for this job vacancy, please submit your CV to our Recruitment Team who will review your details.

JOB REF: AWDO-P8454

This job is being advertised by AWD online on behalf of Swalcliffe Park School