Residential Support Worker

Lavoro Care are currently recruiting Residential Support Worker’s (RCW’s) to work with one of our clients, who are a well-known children’s residential care provider, on a permanent basis.

RCW’s will work as part of a team providing a comprehensive residential service to children and young people.

This is a fantastic opportunity for candidates who are interested in working for a quality care provider who provide ongoing professional development to enable them to build a long-term rewarding career.

Main Duties and responsibilities include:

• Providing assessment and care to a high standard and meeting physical, behavioural and emotional needs
• To ensure those in your care are treated fairly, with respect and dignity and as an individual
• To be able to physically intervene /restrain as required following appropriate training.
• To ensure the smooth day to day running of the home
• To contribute to the development and effective delivery of child care in line with the processes, procedures and philosophy of the company
• To report any safeguarding issues following relevant procedures and guidelines
• To attend and contribute to supervisions and team meetings as required
• To attend all training, work flexibly between homes and undertake all tasks as directed by the Duty Manager or Deputy

Ideal candidates will meet the following essential criteria:

• Be a minimum of 21 years old (National Minimum Standards)
• Qualified or prepared to work towards QCF/NVQ Level 3 in Children and Young People’s Workforce
• A commitment to attending on-going training and personal development
• Ability to empathise with the needs of the young people
• Good written and verbal communication skills and report writing experience
• Good IT Skills word, excel, outlook etc
• Be self-motivated and able to work in stressful situations
• Have a positive disposition  and be able to lead by example
• Have an excellent knowledge and understanding of National Minimum Standards, childcare practices and behaviour management strategies
• Have a full (UK) manual driving licence as all RCW’s are required to drive young people to and from school, activities, family meetings etc.

This role is subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks which includes DBS clearance, references, ID and right to work checks.  The £44.00 cost of the DBS disclosure will be met by the applicant, but we also accept portable enhanced DBS certificates.

If you are interested in this vacancy, please email your CV to jobs@lavorocare.com  quoting reference number JMC/RSW in the subject title.  We will then get in touch with you with more information.  You can also call John McMahon on 0151 922 9925