Residential Social Care Worker L2 (Male Driver Only)

“Real differences for real lives”

Together Trust currently have a great opportunity for an experienced and talented Residential Support Worker with an NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care. This particular role requires that you are a male driver.

The role

Our six bed residential home in Offerton, Stockport offers a home to young people aged 6 – 18 with emotional and behavioural difficulties due to childhood trauma. The home and its staff provide a nurture lead, family centred environment where our young people are assessed and supported into foster placements.

You will work as part of an enthusiastic team of RSCW’s providing a safe, caring and accepting environment with direction and support to young people who may present challenging, emotional and social difficulties. Experience in care and/support plus the relevant qualification is essential for this particular role, however, we have other opportunities where this is not essential as we will provide training and support.

We empower individuals to help them break through their barriers to take control of their lives, and experience happiness and feelings of self-worth. Services continually evolve and develop to meet ever changing need. Our strong philosophy and core values are integral to our work and drive staff recruitment, structures, systems, training, policy, procedure and practice.

Our philosophy and core values:-
• Person-centred provision
• Positive behaviour support
• Participation
• Protection/safeguarding
• Parity/promoting equality and valuing diversity
• Promoting excellence
• Partnership.

Essential Job Requirements

• Ability to work alongside staff teams to provide a high level of care.
• Diploma Level 3 qualified in Children and Young Person’s Workforce, Social Work Degree or equivalent.
• Driver
• Provide a safe environment for the young people in our care.
• Ensure record keeping and administrative duties are met including care plans and all relevant paperwork is updated.
• Be flexible and able to undertake shift work including weekends.
• Proactiveness to undertake all additional duties including cleaning, laundry, preparing for the next day.

Desirable Attributes

• Knowledge of current legislation.
• Experience of Ofsted inspections.
• Understanding of attachment and trauma in relation to young people.

Benefits

Together Trust is a company committed to its employees. As a company in addition to a competitive salary we offer many additional benefits to our employees:

• Pension Auto-enrolment
• Death in Service Scheme
• Recognized Training and Qualifications
• Childcare vouchers, aiming to assist employees with families.

Hours

The individuals in the care of the Together Trust will have a variety of complex needs for which they will need varying levels of support. In order to provide the required support the staff team will work shifts. This includes weekends, evenings, and potentially providing support on the young people’s annual holidays. We have full time roles available and full flexibility over 7 days is required (40 hours a week).

Together Trust

The Together Trust provides a range of social care, special education, community support and consultancy services in the North West of England. The charity is one of the North West’s largest providers of residential homes for children from short-term emergency care to long-term placements.

Our fostering service provides family placements in the North West and neighbouring regions.
We provide some of the leading specialist education services in the North West region, operating a range of special schools, a further education college and centres supporting those who cannot attend mainstream schools. In addition, we offer a wide range of training, consultancy and support services for parents and carers.

We provide an environment that is safeguarded and as part of our safer recruitment policy, successful candidates will be required to undergo and enhanced DBS check (no cost) and references will be taken.

We value diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. As long as you meet our needs you will be offered an interview.

Please note: If you do not have a Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent then you will not be considered for the role. We are recruiting for unqualified staff so please refer back to the website!