Residential Support Worker
- Employer
- Ruskin Mill Trust
- Location
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Salary
- £13,162 to £15,482 per annum
- Closing date
- 5 Jul 2019
Job Details
This role may be required to provide personal care and work alongside young people with challenging behaviours. You will have responsibility for promoting and ensuring the safety, care, well-being, learning and development of the residents, to enable their growth in confidence and social and practical skills. You will be working on a shift basis working evenings and weekends.
The key duties of this role will include:
- The supervision and support of service users in their residential settings with a range of domestic activities such as cooking, shopping, cleaning and laundry.
- The supervision and participation with service users in social and recreational leisure activities, such as walking, cinema, household outings, visiting friends and family.
- Completion of relevant paperwork is required.
The requirements of this role are:
- Ideally you will be an experienced support worker who has worked in a residential setting and worked with young people with challenging behaviours.
- You will be required to provide personal care to some of our service users and as such it would be beneficial for you to have experience of this as well as medication handling experience.
- You will have excellent communication skills, as well as experience of report writing and record keeping. You will also be expected to attend training sessions as required.
Company
For over 30 years, Ruskin Mill Trust has provided Specialist Independent Education to children and adults with complex needs including learning difficulties, autistic spectrum conditions and disabilities. Our provisions offer both day and residential placements and applications are welcomed all year round.
We are based across the UK and have a wide variety of exciting careers in beautiful locations working with young people.
- Website
- https://rmt.org/
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