Senior Residential and Residential Support Workers

The Sammons Group ,
Ilminster, Somerset
Contract Type: Contract
Salary: Up to £10.00 per hour

Overview

Our client has homes across Sussex and Surrey. Due to successful and continued growth, they are recruiting staff to work in these Homes. They are looking for Residential support workers and seniors. The ideal candidate would have worked in children's homes previously or have worked in the care sector. They are a growing company providing residential care for 'Looked after Children'. They are a child orientated, needs led organisation; established to provide a positive life enhancing opportunity for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental homes, foster homes or conventional children's homes. They provide a safe and secure environment for the development of young people. They support children and empower them to face the issues both in their past and present that have caused them difficulties and provide outstanding outcomes for young people accommodated in the homes. They are looking for experienced staff who have worked within a caring environment, children and adolescents in a residential setting. You will require excellent people skills, be able to develop and maintain good working relationships, good leadership skills and or have Level 3 Diploma Residential Childcare or equivalent. Hours of work are an average of 42 hours per week, working with following pattern below. You would be required to sleep-in at the home (sleeping in room provided) when on duty for which you are paid a rate per night. Example shift pattern: Day one shift starts at 10am to 11pm Sleep in 11pm to 8am Day two shift starts at 8am to 11pm Sleep in 11pm to 8am Day Three shift finishes at 8am to 10am If you feel that this role doesn't match your skills and expertise, please visit www.sammons.co.uk for a variety of Permanent, Temporary and Contract vacancies. We endeavour to reply to all applications. However if you have not heard from us within 7 days you have been unsuccessful with this particular role. You are very welcome to apply to future advertisements placed by The Sammons Group. The Sammons Group is an Employment Business and Employment Agency as defined by the EAA Regulations 2003, and we abide by the Code of Practice of our industry body (the Recruitment & Employment Confederation - REC). We are committed to supporting and promoting diversity in the workplace, and welcome applications from candidates regardless of age, belief, disability, ethnic origin/nationality, gender/gender reassignment, marital/civil partnership status, pregnancy/maternity, or sexual orientation - we recruit on the basis of talent. If you require reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process, please let us know. We regret that as a recruitment consultancy we are unable to seek visas for applicants not holding current entitlement to work in the UK.