Position - Residential Support Worker - both 38 and 52 week contracts available

Location - Brighton and Seaford

Salary - £17,264 p.a for term time only. £19,094 p.a for all year

Hours - both 38 (term time) (Seaford and Brighton) and 52 week contracts (Brighton only)

About the company - this education establishment has been around for over 130 years and was initially opened as a seaside convalescent home in 1886 to care for the homeless coming from the East and South-East of London. In 1956 it transformed into a school to care for children with Learning Disabilities. A lot has changed since then and nowadays is both a school and college catering for children and young people aged between 7 and 25 years. This charity provides education, care and therapy for learners with complex behaviours. They concentrate their work around the following 5 areas; well-being, communication, employability, independence and skills. They also promote the following; values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of those with different backgrounds. They encourage the learners' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and where appropriate, learners are supported to explore personal, social and ethical issues within safe and supportive environments.

About the job - you will be supporting vulnerable young people with before and after school residential activities and accessing the community. Duties will include cooking, shopping, breakfast and evening meal routine, assisitng with homeworks and accessing the community

About the service - the school is based in Seaford and the college in Brighton and the residential houses are nearby and also on the grounds of both.

Type of person required - we are looking for people with at least basic understanding of what it is to care for vulnerable people and have the capability and compassion to work with challenging behaviour

Qualifications/Education background required - Grace C or above in Maths and English

Benefits - Free Healthcare cash plan, Bike to work, discounts on things like massages, aromatherapy, reflexology, yoga, juice bars and cinema tickets, Employee assistance scheme, discounted health and fitness sessions. These are held weekly at the College or School sites after work. Professional development in Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Education, Therapy and Residential Care.

Interested? For more information in the strictest of confidence, please call Sandie at Major Healthcare recruitment at our regional office on 0117 3736297. We will aim to get immediate interviews for the right candidate/s offering you a timely, stress free service to obtaining and further your career in the sector you are passionate about. We are a free service and take on multiple jobs every week so continuously have a variety of positions to choose from. If this role is not what you're looking for, you are welcome to send us your CV to be registered and automatically matched to each position we have and be sent a full job list every couple of weeks to browse through and enquire about. Email address We hold our candidates in the same regard as we do our clients and offer both parties a professional, market informative and friendly service.

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