Residential Support Worker- Learning Disabilities

At Horizon Care and Education, we provide high quality care to the children living in our homes. We strive to provide a safe and loving environment for our children to flourish and thrive.

This Horizon home is situated in Rugeley and forms an essential part of our wider residential care network.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an experienced team in a therapeutically informed home for children with complex social and emotional needs and learning disabilities.

Our unique SHINE (Supporting Healing In Nurturing Environments) Therapeutic Model will allow you to develop your practice using PACE and psychologically informed trauma-responsive approaches to care.

You will need to be open to working in a reflective manner and deliver relationship-based, person centred care as part of a small team. This will involve a combination of day, evening, night, weekend, and bank holiday working.

We offer the following competitive rates of pay:

• Starting at £12p/h with the potential to earn up to £14.30p/h based on experience and qualifications
• Additional Sleep in duties paid at £45 per night
• The opportunity to earn overtime enhancements

You will work in partnership with parents and other professionals and so you will need a good range of communication skills.

You must have the appropriate skills and experience to perform and work within an environment that can at times require using your own initiative.

A full UK driving licence and access to a car is needed for this role.

In return you will receive regular supervision and a commitment from us to your long term personal and professional development. This includes progression into management and senior leadership roles.

You will have access to our comprehensive employee wellbeing support and reward schemes that includes:

• Real Living Wage employer
• Christmas bonus
• Financial wellbeing service
• Life Assurance
• Tastecard - spectacular savings on dining, pizza, cinema tickets, supermarkets, and UK attractions!
• Employee assistance programme - free, confidential support.
• Free eye checks.

Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.