Residential Support/Care Workers

Residential Support/Care Workers – Children’s & Young People’s homes

Cheadle Hulme, near Handforth

Salary range: £16,206 - £17,584 + benefits + overtime

Holidays:  Year 1 is 33 days, rising to 38 including bank holidays after 5 years

Do you want to make a real difference?

What are we looking for?

We are recruiting for talented Residential Support / Care Workers to join the teams in our state of the art 4 bedroom Children’s and Young People’s homes on site at Cheadle Hulme near Handforth.  QCF / NVQ Level 3 qualification in Residential Childcare or Health & Social Care or equivalent is preferred, as well as relevant care experience supporting people with complex learning disabilities and health requirements.

What are the roles?

Positons are available on days or nights.  These are full time permanent roles and will involve providing daily care and support for our children and young adults including personal care needs, mobility, daily routine support, communication, independent living skills, learning and leisure activities.  Some challenging behaviours may present, so similar experience is preferred but not essential.

What are the hours?

The roles operate on a rotating combination shift pattern as below:

• Early shifts between 7.30am – 3.00pm
• Late shifts between 3pm – 10.00pm
• Split shifts: 7.30-9.30am & 3-10pm (5-6 split shifts per month, term time only)
• For Nights positions, the hours are 9.45pm – 7.45am (waking nights)
• Full flexibility over 7 days is required (37.5 hours per week)

What are the benefits?

Pension scheme, on site gym, employee assistance programme, online retail and leisure discounts, cycle to work scheme, childcare vouchers, free parking and generous holidays!

We’ve recently introduced performance related pay reviews and offer good career development opportunities with a structured and clear salary progression scale depending on qualifications, training and experience.

So if you are passionate about providing care and support, have the right attitude and share our values, then we’d like to hear from you!

Who are we?

Seashell Trust runs an Outstanding (Ofsted) special School and Specialist College with 17 on-site residential homes for children and young people with complex learning disabilities, physical disabilities and multisensory impairments

We provide an environment that is safeguarded and as part of our safer recruitment policy, successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check (no cost) and full references will be taken.

We value diversity and are committed to equal opportunities.  Disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria on the person specification will be guaranteed an interview.

This charity is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

You may have experience of the following: Residential Support Worker, Care Staff, Young People, Voluntary Sector, Residential Care Worker, Community Development, Social Care Worker, Community Services, NHS Support Worker, Care Assistant, Senior Support Worker, Healthcare Assistant, etc.