Job Title

Children’s Residential Support WorkerBased in and around Sidcup & Bexley. £26,915.20 per annum rising to £27,955.20 per annum after a successful probation. Shift work including occasional night shifts. Overtime available.Enhanced DBS checks will be required.Our client is looking for a residential care worker to join their team. The purpose of this role rewarding and fulfilling role will be to provide advice, assistance and support to young people, safeguarding their welfare at all times in a residential environment. To attend to their practical, physical and emotional needs. To act as an appropriate role model and to work closely with them to enable them to address their difficulties and achieve their optimum potential. Duties and Responsibilities: Taking responsibility for a small number of young people and ensuring that their needs are fully met Attending to practical matters in relation to childcare (cooking, cleaning etc) Establishing positive relationships with young people and always offering them unconditional and positive regard Meeting the physical, emotional, behavioral, cultural and educational needs of young people Acting as a role model and demonstrating appropriate pro-social ways of dealing with problems Helping young people gain self-control by understanding behavior’s due to trauma.