Children's Residential Support Worker

The Children's Residential Support Worker (CRSW) plays a central role in the delivery of all aspects of our child-facing services. Under the direction of the Children's Services Leader (CSL) you will create a welcoming, stimulating, and safe environment in which children have fun, develop socially and emotionally, and make magical memories while enjoying Honeypot respite holidays, SEAL breaks, digital workshops, and memory-making days.

You will be part of a team who will remain together, resident onsite with a group of children, throughout their holiday. All members of the team need to think on their feet and support each other, working hard to create a friendly, harmonious, and relaxed family atmosphere while maintaining all professional standards. Flexibility and a 'can do' attitude is essential. Our child-facing team must have excellent creative skills and great enthusiasm, alongside exceptional professional standards, empathy, integrity, and a willingness to embrace change as we further develop our services. A full-time CRSW requires a good level of schedule flexibility, in order to utilize their annualized 37.5hrs/week in a service which necessarily operates on fewer days than an equivalent office-type full time working pattern. Our CRSWs will

• Work across all areas of our child-facing service delivery including respite holidays, SEAL breaks, memory-making day trips and digital workshops.
• Work a varied schedule that includes evening/nights, weekends and weekdays, in both term time and school holidays.
• Perform travel chaperone (not driver) duties on our minibuses, accompanying children while collecting and returning them from their homes before and after breaks.
Note: the schedule of residential activities is planned several months in advance and a team shift rota is prepared quarterly, in order that upcoming residential work commitments can be understood in good time. This role will be based at Honeypot House, Nr Blackfied.Hampshire