Secure Residential Support Worker

Could you make a difference to the lives of children? If so, apply now! Lansdowne Secure Children’s home is one of only 14 in the England & Wales and is a modern, state of the art building with excellent and diverse facilities.

We are looking for Support workers to join our care team. We put children at the heart of everything we do. If this is also you, then you’d likely be a good match for us and we want to hear from you.

You’ll work as part of a dedicated, supportive team, and will be responsible for providing the day-to-day safe and secure care of the children at Lansdowne. Keeping the children engaged and occupied, you’ll encourage and participate in fun, enriching activities with the young people, such as sports, cooking, arts and crafts and many more. As part of the rota you will be required to do sleep ins in the home on occasion.

We are looking for candidates with the following:

• Ability to manage difficult conversations, manage conflict and challenge poor behaviour and/or practice and hold strong, consistent boundaries with young people and isn’t afraid to challenge poor behaviour.
• Understands how trauma affects behaviour and uses that understanding in everyday interactions.
• Ability to lead from the floor when needed, take initiative and know when to escalate concerns and how to follow safeguarding procedures.
• Communication skills with the ability to offer clear assertive direction and support to children to ensure they feel safe
• Is able to manage difficult conversations and challenge poor behaviour

It is vital that all staff fully understand and undertake their role with professionalism and in accordance with the safeguarding policy and procedures. We take our safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously and expect those working with our children to maintain high standards of vigilance, respect, reporting and professional curiosity at all times. You will be given extensive training and ongoing support to fully undertake this part of your role and as such will be held to high standards to help keep children safe.

Click the ‘Apply Now’ button above to submit your CV and a Supporting Statement. Your Supporting Statement is key, so be sure to address how you meet all the criteria in the person specification, using examples from work, education, or life experience.

For guidance on how to write an application see our how to apply page.

Please download the Job Description & Person Specification for more information.

Interviews will take place face to face within two weeks at Lansdowne Secure Unit.

Candidates who meet certain criteria are given priority when we shortlist. See our priority status page for details.

We offer a diverse range of benefits to help and support you during your employment. More information can be found on our benefits page.

Please note that unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role, so if you do require sponsorship, we will be unable to progress with your application.

We understand that the great care we provide is down to the great staff we have. We don’t just talk about this, we demonstrate it. As the largest employer in East Sussex, we can offer excellent and identified career pathways, breadth of work to choose from and unparalleled training as well as fantastic pension and benefits.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Samuel Bennett via Samuel.bennet@Eastsussex.gov.uk

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