Overview
There is no better time to start a career within residential childcare than now! Due to the nature of this role, we are only able to consider candidates with a full UK driving licence. If you would like to build a career that gives you genuine sense of achievement and fulfilment knowing that you can have a positive impact on the young people we support, then look no further and apply today! Our brand new Children’s Home is recruiting for Waking Night Support Workers now!
We are looking for enthusiastic, caring and passionate people to become an integral part of our support team. In this role, you will support our young people and you will be required to be alert and observant at all times. In addition to regular checks on the children and young people you will be assigned additional tasks.
Based in the picturesque market town of Frome, our children’s home will provide nurturing and support for children and young people with a range of needs, including autism, mental health challenges, emotional and behavioural difficulties, and learning disabilities. The overall focus of the home is to achieve positive outcomes for young people, we do this through multi agency working, personalised care planning and creating positive attachments.
Responsibilities
- Support our young people during waking nights and remain alert and observant at all times.
- Carry out regular checks on the children and young people and complete additional tasks as assigned.
- Contribute to multi-agency working, personalised care planning and creating positive attachments.
Qualifications and Attributes
- Resilience — we support some of the most vulnerable children who may have varying degrees of emotional behavioural difficulties, autism, ADHD and related challenges.
- Communication — effective communication with our young people is vital to understand their needs; good teamwork and information sharing with staff is essential.
- Organisation — confident and organised in updating care plans and reporting information relevant to care.
- Caring — a naturally caring and compassionate approach is essential.
- Attentive — being attentive to understand each young person and identify how we can support is important and requires alertness in any situation.
Benefits
- Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme
- Comprehensive induction
- Commitment to ongoing training and career progression
- Pension scheme
- Paid for enhanced DBS
- Wellbeing support
- Cycle to work scheme and more
Above all, we provide a supportive and collaborative working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most.
If you want residential childcare to be a job for life, Aspris Children’s Services will help you get there.
Aspris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.
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