Waking nights residential childcare worker
Package Description
Children's Support Worker - Waking nights
Location: Pulborough
Salary: From £13.60 per hour wef 1st April 2025*
Hours: 21.30-07.30 4 nights on 4 nights off
We are looking for a resilient and nurturing Children's Support worker to join our family home, caring for our vulnerable young people who have emotional and behavioural difficulties. You will ensure their safety and wellbeing during the night time, being a friendly face and spending time to offer support, provide a calming presence and a listening ear.
Patience and understanding is essential
What do you need?
- Previous relevant children's home experience or transferable skills such as SEN schools, mental health, Autism, fostering or young adult care.
- A real passion and desire to support children in a homely environment
- A good level of English communication skills.
- Experience or knowledge of child-centred, therapeutic models.
- Naturally caring, nurturing, flexible and resilient.
- Full UK drivers licence would be beneficial.
Join us as a Children's support Worker at our family home and you will receive:
- Full induction and introductory programme
- Fully funded training and qualifications
- Enhanced pay scales that recognise both qualifications and experience
- Enhanced company maternity & paternity pay
- Free meals
- A great employee Benefits programme
- NEST Pension Scheme
- Life assurance
- Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check paid for by us
- 28 days annual leave
- Staff Referral Scheme – Refer a friend to join Keys Group and split a £500 referral bonus between you
More about the role:
- Be part of a caring team that provides a safe and loving home for children and young people
- Act as a positive role model to to give encouragement and praise.
- Provide emotional support in sometimes challenging situations
- Build friendships and trusting relationships
- Ensure the safety and wellbeing of the children during the night time.
Why choose Keys Group for your career?
Keys Group provide innovative care and education services to children and young people who have complex needs, emotional and behavioural difficulties or who display challenging behaviour. We try and make every day extraordinary for the children we care for and support, because we believe in every single one of.
As well as competitive pay and in house professional support, we provide and fully fund the necessary training for you to achieve valuable externally accredited qualifications.
Keys Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone in our care and therefore this post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Keys Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
"Keys Group are very proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant that means we have made a commitment to welcoming service personnel, veterans and military families into the group. We are delighted to have veteran friendly policies, offer a Veterans Peer Support Network within our teams and are able to offer Military Awareness and support to our colleagues.
As part of our commitment, we will offer a guaranteed interview to current and former service personnel providing that they meet the criteria of the role that they are applying for. If you feel that you meet the criteria for this, please ensure that you have your military experience detailed on your CV for one of our resourcing team to get in touch*