Job Description

Children's Residential Support Worker

Hunts Recruitment are seeking Flexible Children's Residential Support Workers for shifts near central Southampton

- You will be working within residential homes for young people in care. Providing day to day support to the young people who have additional learning needs and complex health care needs.

- A background of supporting children and young people or a background supporting those with additional needs / health care needs would be an advantage.

• Weekly Pay
• 11.50- 12.00 per hour / 50 per sleep in duty
• Shifts offered include morning shifts, late shifts, Long day shifts, Waking nights and sleep in duties
• Shifts available across Monday to Sunday as required
• Near Central Southampton
• Full and part time hours available to suit your availability
• Pension Scheme offered
• Free online Training
• Option of temporary to permanent positions

Principal Responsibilities:

• Acting as a professional parent, nurturing and caring for the young people looked after
• You will take a child-centred approach in providing high quality care that will enable each young person to grow and develop healthily.
• You will implement and maintain clear and consistent boundaries necessary for the creation of a safe and secure environment.

Who we are looking for:

• You will ideally have experience of supporting children or young people, especially those with additional needs and/or behaviours
• Experience supporting within a residential setting would be advantageous
• Flexible with your availability for shifts starting from 7am and ending at 10pm
• You will ideally have an enhanced DBS for the child and adult workforce which is registered on the update service. If not, we are happy to assist you in gaining one at the cost of 62.70

Hunts Recruitment acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. We are an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merit alone.