Residential Support Worker

Andover, Hampshire
Occy
About the Role

Our Children’s Respite Home – Rainbow Corner

Rainbow Corner is a bright, colourful, and welcoming children’s home which proves daytime, weekend and overnight care for children and young people with additional needs, aged 3 to 19 years.

Rainbow Corner has 6 bedrooms and has been adapted to meet the physical needs of the children that stay with us. This means that we can provide care for children and young people who have multiple and profound learning disabilities, including those on the Autistic Spectrum, those with complex medical health needs and physical disabilities.

The ethos of Rainbow Corner is to provide a safe ‘home from home’ environment for all children whilst with us, maintaining a level of consistency for each individual child. Our colleagues continue with the children’s individual programmes such as sleep, mealtimes, behaviour, toileting, independence, emotional and social development related, in liaison with their school, parents and other relevant professionals.

Job Opportunity

About the role:

Our Residential Support Workers provide support and care to the children and young people staying at Rainbow Corner to ensure they remain safe and have all their needs met. Duties include:

• Ensuring that children and young people are supported in accordance with their placement plans.
• Support children and young people with all aspects of daily living and role model an exemplary approach to supporting those who access Rainbow Corner.
• Complete detailed records and feed into placement plan updates and risk assessments where necessary.
• Monitor the support needs, health or risks of each child and immediately inform the Registered Manager of any changes.

Weekends and school holidays are our busiest times where our service runs around the clock! During the week our shifts typically start from 2pm with the opportunity to pick up Sleep In shifts where available.

Current Vacancies:

Permanent contracts:

• Weekends only (hourly rate enhancement)
• Up to 15hrs per week

Bank Contracts:

• Providing flexible, adhoc cover
• Day shifts, night shifts and sleep ins available
• Weekends and School Holidays required

Essential Skills

About you:

We’re looking for people who share our values and want to make a difference to the lives of children and young people with learning disabilities. To be successful in this role you’ll need:

• To be able to build great relationships with the children and young people we support.
• To have a great sense of fun and willingness to try new things.
• You’ll also need to have great communication skills (both verbal and written) and work well within a team.
• The ability to reflect on your own performance, learn from feedback and have a commitment to your own development.
• And, if you don’t already hold a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare you’ll need to be willing to work towards it (we’ll cover the funding!

Due to the nature of the role, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS, and our safer recruitment process. If you have any questions regarding this, please highlight these in your application.

Please note, sponsorship opportunities are not available.

DEI Statement

Purple Oak Support is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment for our colleagues and provide equal opportunities in all aspects of employment including recruitment.