Residential Support Worker

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.

Residential Support Worker

30 hours per week working 40 weeks per year

Salary: £11,568 to £13,584 per annum

(pro rata to the FTE equivalent of £17,569 - £20,643 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 children/young people 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 children to enable their growth in confidence and social and engage with their education. You will be working on a shift basis working evenings and weekends.

The key duties of this role will include:

• The supervision and arrangement of social and recreational leisure activities, such as walking, cinema, household outings, visiting friends and family.
• To provide care, guidance and work towards targets in the young person’s Educational Health and Care Plans (EHCP) and to record and report progress made.
• 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 children and young people with challenging behaviours.
• You will may 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 6^th September 2019

Brantwood Specialist School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy if we have enough suitable applications.

NO AGENCIES, CV’s WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

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.

Residential Support Worker

30 hours per week working 40 weeks per year

Salary: £11,568 to £13,584 per annum

(pro rata to the FTE equivalent of £17,569 - £20,643 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 children/young people 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 children to enable their growth in confidence and social and engage with their education. You will be working on a shift basis working evenings and weekends.

The key duties of this role will include:

• The supervision and arrangement of social and recreational leisure activities, such as walking, cinema, household outings, visiting friends and family.
• To provide care, guidance and work towards targets in the young person’s Educational Health and Care Plans (EHCP) and to record and report progress made.
• 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 children and young people with challenging behaviours.
• You will may 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.

An application pack can be downloaded from our website www.rmt.org/jobs  or please email alison.croney@rmt.org or contact Alison, in the department of Human Resources on 0114 252 5993

Closing Date:  12 noon Friday 6^th September 2019

Brantwood Specialist School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure.
 

We reserve the right to close the vacancy if we have enough suitable applications.
NO AGENCIES, CV’s WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED