Residential Support Worker
Based in Sheffield
Residential Support Worker
40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Salary Range: (FTE) £25,386 - £27,292 per annum subject to experience and qualifications
Once Qualified in L3 Health and Social Care there is a potential to earn up to £31,412
after further completion of relevant RMT courses and increased length of service
(This salary includes a market supplement for Residential Support Workers)
Sleep-ins paid at an extra £78.48 per night
(Equates to approximately £3,500 additional payment when working 1 sleep-in per week)
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Applicants who apply for this role at the current time will receive a Welcome Bonus of £1500 (subject to Tax & NI) after successful completion of their 6 month probation period
This role can be both physically/emotionally demanding, and you must have the confidence and patience to deal/manage with the challenging behaviours that young people can present. However, the role is also extremely rewarding and you will have the opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of the young people in your care.
The roles are based at our residential homes based throughout the City.
Our students attend Freeman College based in the City Centre. Freeman College is an independent specialist college educating young people (16-25) with complex behaviour and learning difficulties including autistic spectrum conditions.
The main purpose is to:
- support and facilitate the student’s holistic needs, care, wellbeing, learning and development
- enable their growth in confidence and social independence in a multi-disciplined, dynamic environment
- Support students in their home, college sessions, work-related learning, and in the wider community
- Work with the agreed holistic care plans, study programmes and risk assessments in place for each student.
Our students have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, which can involve complex diagnoses. Any applicants must be prepared to work with challenging behaviour.
Some daytime, but predominantly evening and weekend working is an essential requirement of the role.
Freeman College found its home in a former cutlery works in the heart of Sheffield. The curriculum focuses on craft activities including the hand forging of cutlery. Textiles, copper spinning, pewter work, jewellery, Iron Age forge and green woodwork are also offered. Freeman College is part of Ruskin Mill Trust.
Established in 1984, Ruskin Mill Trust is an educational charity that operates in England, Scotland and Wales.
We offer exciting outdoor learning environments, utilising practical land and craft activities to support the development of work and life skills in young people with autistic spectrum conditions and other learning differences. Our research-led method, Practical Skills Therapeutic Education, is inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, John Ruskin and William Morris. Working with hand, head, heart and place, Ruskin Mill Trust helps individuals to re-imagine their potential.
Working at Freeman College is incredibly rewarding and in return, we offer competitive salaries, with progression in pay once qualified and an auto-enrolment pension scheme. In addition, staff receive;
- A comprehensive and interactive induction, extensive training and personal development to include Autism, Attachment, Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE), CPI Safety Intervention training and much more.
- Organic and nutritional meals provided when engaging with the students
- Health cash plan & Employee Assistance Programme via Medicash
- Cycle to work scheme
- 33-38 days annual leave (including bank holidays) increasing with your length of service with us.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure as well as a medical check, references, evidence of qualifications, plus verification of the right to work in the UK.
We recommend applying earlier as we may review applications as they are received and therefore may close the vacancy if filled before the advertised closing date.
