Residential Support Worker - Abbeyford - Fixed term - Maternity cover until November 2026

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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

Due to Maternity Leave a rare opportunity has arisen for two successful candidates to work at Abbeyford Children's Home on a fixed term basis.
The main purpose of these posts is to contribute to the provision of our Residential Short Breaks service to young people who have a learning disability and associated health needs. The successful candidates will be providing, high quality care and appropriate levels of supervision in residence. These posts are fixed term Maternity cover until November 30th 2026.

Applicants should ideally 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.

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. Abbeyford is currently rated as "Outstanding" in all areas with our Regulator Ofsted.

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.

You can also contact us first for a chat before applying or to submit your CV in the first instance you can do this by emailing us at socialcarerecruitment@sthelens.gov.uk

This post is subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.

Equality Diversity
St Helens Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. 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.

St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Leader. Disability Confident Leaders lead the way in helping to take action that changes attitudes, behaviours, and cultures for the better.
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Leader. This means that 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 the interview/selection process.

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