Residential Support Worker
- Employer
- Ruskin Mill Trust
- Location
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Salary
- £13,162-15,482 per annum (including a market rate supplement)
- Closing date
- 24 Jul 2019
Job Details
Brantwood Specialist School is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ruskin Mill Trust and offers a unique, holistic and pupil-centred approach to the education and care of 7-19 year olds who have not succeeded in mainstream provision and operates an Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ Children’s home.
Applications are invited for the following post, based at Brantwood Specialist School, Sheffield.
Residential Support Worker
Grade 4:5 30 hours per week, 38 weeks per year
Salary Range £13,162 to £15,482 per annum (including a market rate supplement)
Starting salary will be subject to qualifications and experience, there will be an additional payment of £74 for sleepovers
You will be part of a team of Residential Support Workers who support a number of residents with learning difficulties within a residential setting. 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.
Closing Date: 12 noon Friday 5th July 2019
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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