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Are you looking for a new opportunity where you can make a genuine difference to the lives of children and young people?

Some roles are just a job. This is a career with real purpose.

We have an exciting opportunity to join Ivan House, our new residential children's home in Coalville, Leicestershire, as a Senior Residential Support Worker on a full-time, permanent basis. In this rewarding role, you will work alongside dedicated professionals to provide hope, stability and support to children and young people as they recover and move forward from challenging circumstances.

Who are we?

Barnardo's, the UK's largest children's charity, is working in partnership with Leicestershire County Council to develop and deliver a range of new children's homes for some of the most vulnerable children and young people across the county.

Ivan House is a specialist residential home that provides care and support for children and young people, some of whom will have complex emotional and mental health needs. The home delivers a safe, nurturing, and therapeutic environment in which young people can build resilience, develop positive relationships, and make meaningful progress towards their individual goals.

This is where you can have a real impact. By building positive relationships, providing consistent support and helping young people develop confidence and resilience, you will play a key role in their recovery journey and future success.

Please note: Although Ivan House will be your base location, you must be flexible to travel throughout the locality to support our other Leicestershire Residential Services until the home is operational, and as and when required throughout your employment. Our homes are located in Hinckley, Coalville, Braunstone, Mountsorrel, Market Harborough and Syston.

Shifts are typically long-day shifts, allowing staff to spend meaningful time with the children and provide continuity of care. One sleep-in is allocated per shift, with sleep-ins shared equally across the team through the rota. Additional shifts worked above contracted hours are paid as overtime.

Some of the responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

To build trust and develop nurturing relationships which promote the service user's independence, wellbeing, strengths, and capabilities.
To work in partnership and build relationships with parents/carers and other professionals.
To lead and support the Residential Support Workers in their day-to-day duties.
To contribute to the upkeep of the home including cooking, cleaning etc.
To document information accurately and ensure records are kept up to date.
To ensure safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to.
To promote, monitor and maintain a safe environment at all times.

Essential requirements to evidence in your written application:

Must hold a Level 3 qualification relevant to Residential Childcare OR be willing to complete this in the required timeframe.
Relevant experience working with children & young people.
At least 1 years supervisory and shift leader experience in a residential care setting.
Ability to demonstrate a good understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures.
Flexibility to commit to shift work, including weekends and bank holidays.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible

Pay & Reward Framework

We appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values.  We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive.

The salary range advertised is in line with our pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role. Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
Service related sick pay from day 1
Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
Cycle2work scheme
Interest free season ticket loans
Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
20% discount at Barnardo's stores
Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Our basis and values