Residential Support Worker needed with Devon County Council

Start Date- ASAP
Contract End date- Initially 3 months
Location - Exeter
Hours per week - 37 hours per week
Salary - £23 ltd an hour

Description

• To work within a Secure Children's Home that is a multi-disciplinary service for children and young people across England and Wales aged 10-17 years who had their liberty restricted due to the risk they pose to themselves and


• To provide a safe, caring, stimulating and secure environment for children and young people who have experienced significant trauma


• To create an environment that promotes respect for children, young people and staff


• Encourage and enable children and young people to achieve their maximum potential whilst allowing them to assume responsibility for their actions


• Undertake specific responsibilities that maintain and improve the service and functioning of the home


• Undertake duties relating to the maintenance of administrative systems and procedures and participate in service analysis and evaluations


• Carry out observations and assessments on young people; providing information to the case co-ordinator and detailed information for reports for the children and young persons' reviews and secure criteria meetings

What is required?

• Experience of working with children and young people with challenging behaviours ideally in a residential or similar setting


• English GCSE (pass)


• NVQ 3 relevant qualification (e.g.
  
  Health and Social Care, Children and Young People's Workforce) or, other relevant qualification


• Must hold a valid UK driving license and have access to a car

If you are interested please call Jemma Molloy on 01772 208964 or email me your CV - jemma.molloy@servicecare.org.uk

If this role isn't right for you, but you know someone who would fit perfectly to our engaged and devoted team and you refer them, you will receive a referral bonus of £250.

The benefits of working with SCS;

• A specialist, dedicated Social Work consultant offering single point of contact


• Exceptional referral bonuses - £250 per referral placed in to work!


• An extensive & exclusive range of Social Work vacancies across the UK


• Nationwide provider Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities.


• Payroll service twice a week.


• Ltd and PAYE payment options available.


• Annual training budget of up to £250 and continued online CPD training.


• Excellent Annual Loyalty schemes / bonuses.


• DBS disclosures provided via fast track online services free of charge.