Senior Support Worker - Stoke

Brook Street ,
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £20,942 per annum

Overview

We are looking for a Senior Support worker to join a team based in Stoke in a 3 bedded Children residential service. The service supports Children and Young People with Emotional and Behavioural needs. You will be joining an organisation that works with every child and young person accessing their services to enable them to fulfil their potential. Their services are always cosy, homely and safe. They support individuals by taking time to get to know them and fully understand everything that could affect them. They work with them to understand what they want and help them with future plans that could be education or employment related. Your role as a senior will be to support the team and the young people. You will be joining a small but very passionate team. You will be responsible for helping the young people feel safe and at home. You will support the young people to access education and to be involved in activities and hobbies. You will get to know the young people so you can understand them and how they are feeling and why they are feeling that way. You will also be supporting the team which may include supervisions, training and leading by example. You will be working 10 shifts a month which are always 24 hours long. You will ideally be an experienced support worker that has worked in a residential service before. As this is a senior role you will need to have completed your Level 3 in Children and Young People workforce. You will need to be a fun and kind candidate that wants to make a difference to the young people. You will need to be a driver as you may be taking the young people to school or out to do activities and hobbies on evening and weekends. The salary role this role is £20,880 - £23,160 per year. If you are interested in this role please HIT apply or email your CV or for any questions or more information please call Lisa on Looking forward to hearing from you.