Secure Children's Home Support Worker

About the Role:

Join our supportive team at Swanwick Lodge, a secure residential home for up to ten children with complex needs. We provide a safe, therapeutic environment for vulnerable young people (aged 10-17).

Staff receive regular supervision, guidance and professional development from colleagues and managers, with ongoing support from your Line Manager and our Health and Wellbeing Team to ensure exceptional care for our children. Apply now to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable children!

As a Support Worker, you will:

• Act as a 'therapeutic parent' and role model.
• Build positive, trusting relationships with children and their families.
• Maintain patience, empathy and consistency, even in challenging situations.
• Support children to make measurable progress towards their education and life skills potential.
• Contribute to and follow individual behaviour management plans, including physical handling strategies like Team Teach.
• Undertake required training and qualifications as specified by regulation.
• Undertake 24-hour shifts (late shift, sleep-in, early shift) and work evenings, weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary with market supplement (£21,918 - £29,616 per annum plus £5,000 Market Supplement).
• Enhancements for evening and weekend shifts.
• Flexible working options.
• Comprehensive induction and ongoing training.

About You:

• Have a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or willingness to complete within two years).
• Have experience in residential or secure settings (preferred but not essential).
• Can handle physical demands of the role.
• Are passionate about working with young people who have experienced traumatic childhoods.
• Can respond to challenging behaviour while maintaining positive relationships.
• Understand safeguarding.

Working conditions:

• Daily contact with young people with complex needs who may exhibit challenging behaviours.
• Regular searches including rooms, communal areas and personal searches (not intimate).
• Manual handling of items and people over 15 kg.
• Potential biological hazards, including human bodily fluids and infections.

You must have the right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available for this role.

Vetting requirements: This role requires a Criminal Records Check. References will be requested prior to the interview.