Are you looking for a rewarding next step in your career in children's residential home?

Senior Support Worker
Setting: Children with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (EBD)
Location: Worthing and Crawley
Salary: £27.5K to £28.8K per annum

Do you share our EPIC values of Excellence, Passion, Integrity and Caring?
We provide innovative care and education services to children and young people who have complex needs, emotional and behavioural difficulties. We try and make every day extraordinary for the children we care for and support, because we believe in every single one of. As well as competitive pay and in house professional support, we provide and fully fund the necessary training for you to achieve valuable externally accredited qualifications.

The role

* You will work with the team to promote and support the young people in our care in leading a life of positive development by providing a safe and nurturing environment.
* Ensure the day-to-day management is facilitated in a professional and competent manner and support the Service Manager in providing the best quality care.
* Lead a team along with other professionals, to provide the therapeutic care and support needed for each individual child.
* Record events and observations, progress reports, preparing and implementing care plans and records
* You will act as a positive role model to colleagues and children to meet their everyday living needs, developing trusting relationships that create recovery, growth and lasting change.

The candidate

* Experience or knowledge of child-centred, therapeutic models.
* A minimum of 12 months experience and ideally a level 3 qualification in residential childcare which will be recognised in your hourly pay rate.
* Full UK Driving licence is essential.
* Great communication skills, naturally caring, flexible and resilient.
* You need to be able to work flexibly in caring for the children. This will include working shifts and sleep-ins with full-time and part-time hours being available.

Benefits:

* Full induction and introductory programme
* Fully funded training and qualifications
* Enhanced pay scales that recognise both qualifications and experience
* Enhanced company maternity & paternity pay
* Free meals
* A great employee Benefits programme
* NEST Pension Scheme
* Life assurance
* Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check paid for by us
* 28 days annual leave

What you need to do now
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