Residential Support Worker - Secure Unit

Do you have experience working with young people in care or in the justice system? Are you interested in working with traumatised backgrounds? Are you emotionally and physically resilient?

If you have answered yes to any of the above, then please get in touch as we have an opportunity available with the local authority to work in one of their secure children's homes as a Residential Care Worker.

The unit is a secure children's home which offers care and support to young people aged 10-17 with emotional and behavioural difficulties who have been granted a secure accommodation order by the courts.

The young people we care for are often in crisis and require intensive support, intervention, and physical intervention at a last resort, while working on their, education and training in vocational skills and life skills.

The young people can present physically threatening behaviour, and the environment can become tense and anxiety provoking, so for everybody's safety surveillance cameras are in use in most areas of the building.

On offer as a Residential Care Worker.

• Starting salary of £29,572 (Working towards £38,654 OTE)
• Secure Unit Allowance annually £687 + £38 per sleep-in
• Additional £1,400 (approx) for Weekend and Bank Holiday working
• Rota'd hours from AM and PM shift patterns : 7:15 to 15:15pm / 14:15pm to 10:15pm
• On site meals usually eaten with the young people
• Local authority employer benefits
• Fully funded training and ongoing professional development

The successful candidate must have

• Experience working with young people in Children's homes.
• Or Transferable experience from ex Army, Police, sports profile and our client welcomes recent graduates.
• Understanding of young people safeguarding, secure or and challenging environment.
• Emotional and Physical resilience as you will need to work with agressive behaviour and restraints

If you are looking for a new role in a secure service, apply here!