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Peters Dean Care Ltd
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Brighton, East Sussex
Residential Support Worker
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £20,000 per annum |
Overview
Full and Part time hours available. Support and Senior levels Opportunity for an experienced support worker to work within an Ofsted registered children's home In Brighton where you will be supporting young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties. The residents will often be from abusive backgrounds and may be abusive themselves. Most young people accommodated in the home will also have had a disrupted education and will exhibit emotional and behavioural difficulties and will often be poorly adjusted for their age or the requirement placed upon them. Benefits Additional duties payments Special bank-holiday bonus Regular salary progression. Full Orientation & Induction programme provided. Extensive training offered. Commitment to continuing learning & development opportunities throughout your career including attendance on our own accredited Level 3 Diploma in Therapeutic Child Care & Education and other courses. Role Dealing with challenging behaviour (verbally abusive, possibly threatening behaviour) Requirement for positive role modelling at all times and maintaining a consistency of approach Dealing with constantly changing guidelines, procedures etc, that are being presented by our Governing Body Develop a functional approach in young people who are likely to have been rejected or have serious issues in coming to terms with their behaviour Support the young people to have equal opportunities to develop their independence & social skills in preparation for adult life. Liaise with parents, carers, other 3rd parties and the staff team. To safeguard and promote the welfare of young people. Ensuring placement plans are followed, policies, procedures, risk assessments and rotas are in place and education is supported. About Support worker shifts are made up of early's and lates with 5 shifts across 7 days on a rota basis. some will include sleep ins.