Waking Night Support Worker - Children's Services

Courtyard Care; Kettering; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job description

About The Role

Do you want to be part of an exciting new opportunity? Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and young people?

We are opening a 3 bedded children’s residential home in Barton Seagrave, supporting children with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs.

We are currently seeking Children’s Residential Support Worker/Carer to join our team. As a Support Worker/Carer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the well-being and development of the children in our care.

Position: Children's Waking Nights Support Worker/Carer

Location: Barton Seagrave, Kettering (NN15 postcode)

Hours: 36.75 hours per week with a mixture of early, lates and weekend working. Please note that we are not able to support with sponsorship.

Ideally you will have a driver's licence as we like to support our children with access to the local and wider community. However, a driver's licence is not essential for this role.

The role

• You will provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower our young people to achieve their goals and aspirations, respecting everyone’s individuality and enabling them to make appropriate choices to live the life they wish, in line with their individual support plans. You will need to be able to complete a range of records and documents.
• Promote the health, well-being, physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual beliefs of the people supported and ensure they are met in an inclusive way.
• Facilitating social, educational and play or recreational activities of their choice. Supporting them to maintain contact with families or significant others is a key priority.
• The role requires you to undertake all aspects of day-to-day household tasks such as cleaning, cooking and shopping. Our children also need to be supported to manage their personal care and hygiene.

What we can offer:

Refer a friend scheme: We know that you will know fantastic people who will make a great contribution; you will receive £400 each time a successful referral is made.

Above and beyond: We recognise that our staff teams do amazing things for the people we support and their teams. We award contributions for those who go the extra mile and for good inspection feedback with vouchers for high street shops and other surprises!

Long service awards: We recognize your contribution to the team and celebrate long service.

Employee benefits app: Stay connected to our community, receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning & development opportunities.

Cycle to work: You can save money and get fit with our salary sacrifice scheme.

Pension: We will auto enrol you into our salary sacrifice pension scheme.

Life cover: You will be entitled to the death in service benefit.

Funded qualifications: Earn whilst you learn! We aim to develop our own talent, giving you the opportunity to develop your career with Swanton.

Career pathways: We invest in our people and offer apprenticeships in Health and Social Care (Level 3). Earn whilst you learn has never been easier!

Swanton Educates: We have our own training qualification centre which can further support your development.

Trained mental health first aiders: Available to support you when you need someone to talk to.

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): Free confidential access to 24hr assistance program for counselling, advice and support.

Employee Voice: We hold regular events throughout the year to listen to your feedback about working with us.

*subject to eligibility & criteria

About The Service

Lucerne House - Courtyard Care, is a 6-bedroom residential home based in a quiet residential area of Barton Seagrave, supporting young people aged 5-17. We pride ourselves on creating a home from home environment to allow our young people to flourish and thrive.