Secure Residential Support Worker

About the role

Lansdowne Secure Children's home is one of only 14 in England & Wales and is a modern, state of the art building with excellent and diverse facilities. We put children at the heart of everything we do and are looking for part time support workers to join our excellent care team.

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.

This role involves working between 18-24 hours a week and being able to sleep in at the home 3-4 nights a week. You get a quiet, comfortable room to yourself and extra money for this. You would be on call during the night should your assistance be required. The hours would be 6-10pm, sleep in and then 7-9am. We can be slightly flexible with these hours if required. We would also be interested in speaking with anyone who wants part time work over the weekends.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing day-to-day safe and secure care of the children at Lansdowne
• Managing difficult conversations, managing conflict and challenging poor behaviour
• Encouraging and participating in fun, enriching activities with young people
• Leading from the floor when needed and taking initiative
• Following safeguarding procedures and escalating concerns appropriately

To apply for this role, please follow the 'Apply Now' button and upload your CV and a Supporting Statement. We will be using your Supporting Statement to shortlist so please be sure to address how you meet all the criteria in the person specification. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Hannah Jones via Hannah.jonesCS@eastsussex.gov.uk

About You

We are looking for candidates who can make a difference to the lives of children who need it the most. If you put children at the heart of everything you do, then you'd likely be a good match for us and we want to hear from you.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be able to manage difficult conversations, manage conflict and challenge poor behaviour and/or practice
• Hold strong, consistent boundaries with young people and not be afraid to challenge poor behaviour
• Understand how trauma affects behaviour and use that understanding in everyday interactions
• Be able to lead from the floor when needed, take initiative and know when to escalate concerns
• Have communication skills with the ability to offer clear assertive direction and support to children to ensure they feel safe
• Know how to follow safeguarding procedures

We warmly welcome applications from all sections of the community and particularly encourage those from groups that are underrepresented in our current workforce: Black and ethnic minority backgrounds, those who are disabled, men and those who identify as LGBTQ+. We are working towards recruiting a workforce that reflects our community because we recognise the unique skills, experience and perspective that each individual brings.

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced check for Regulated Activity with the Disclosure & Barring Service. Please note that we require evidence of an overseas police check if you have lived or worked abroad. Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

East Sussex's Offer to You

East Sussex is a very good employer where you're able to work flexibly around childcare and caring responsibilities. We offer a diverse range of benefits to help and support you during your employment.

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.