Residential Support Worker

Residential Support Worker, Children’s Services

We are St Helens Borough Council

Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a modernising Council which is passionate and ambitious for the children and families we support, our communities and our workforce. As part of our transformation journey, we continue to build on our progress and put children firmly at the centre of our care. We can only do this because of our highly valued, skilled, and supported workforce.

Making a Difference as Residential Support Worker

The post holder will contribute to the provision of our service to young people, providing high quality care and appropriate levels of supervision for children and young people at Abbeyford Children's Home. Abbeyford provides short breaks to children and young people who have a learning disability and associated health need.

Abbeyford is currently rated as "Outstanding in all areas" by Ofsted.

Ideally applicants should have some experience of working in a Health and Social Care setting and have an ability to work directly with vulnerable people and manage challenging behaviour. However, full training is provided for this role.

This role is part time and is for 18.5 hours every week, working on a rosterd basis.

St Helens council will support your development as you work towards and complete your Level 4 Diploma in Children and Young People’s Workforce (with social care pathway) within 2 years of commencement. You must be willing to complete this course to apply for the position.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to utilise your existing skills and develop new ones. You will receive continuous support, development, and career progression opportunities on your journey with us.

Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.

St Helens is a great place to work so why not visit our Children’s Services web page https://socialcarerecruitment.sthelens.gov.uk/ to see what our colleagues have to say and discover our full range of in work benefits.

This post is subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

We reserve the right to close the advert early, with sufficient applications. Apply early to avoid disappointment.

Be scam aware: St Helens Council will never ask applicants to share payment information or charge recruitment fees when applying for vacancies. If in doubt, contact recruitment@sthelens.gov.uk

Equality & Diversity

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within selection.

All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles

St Helens Council is officially recognised as one of the region’s leading fair employers, achieving accredited status under the Liverpool City Combined Authority Fair Employment Charter. The Charter recognises the ongoing commitment to fair pay, secure work, training & progression & staff well-being whilst celebrating employers who go above and beyond for their workforce providing an inclusive and supportive environment.