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Job Title: Children’s Residential Support Worker - learning difficulties

Location: Crawley

Salary: From £27,581 per annum  PLUS additional £3k - £6k per annum for sleep ins.

Hours: Full-time, 39 hours per week working a rolling shift pattern which includes long days and additional sleep ins.

Rated GOOD in our July 2025 Ofsted inspection.

We are looking for support workers to join our 4 bed Children's home and be part of an amazing team, supporting young people to reach their full potential and have positive outcomes.

You would be supporting 4 young males, aged between 12 - 18, who have learning difficulties such as Autism, Aspergers, ADHD and Global Developmental Delay, alongside behaviours of concern.

Our young people have varying degrees of need and we put the child at the heart of all that we do, to support their individuality and strive to meet their needs. Our support offers a bespoke package of care which includes a Positive behaviour support lead and specialist team, occupational therapist, SALT and Keys clinical team.

We also work with an Art Therapist and clinical psychologist to give advise and support.

You would be part of a team who are compassionate, dedicated, resilient and supportive to the young people and to each other, with support from a long standing, experienced, Registered Manager.

The role can be rewarding, but also challenging. It will be a journey with ups and downs, but we take the journey together.

Qualifications, training and career progression

You will receive excellent training from Keys Group, to support and develop you in your role, with recognised qualifications and potential for career progression within an every growing national Company. We are in the Sunday Times Top 10 Organisations for Apprenticeship providers

Benefits of joining Keys Group:

• Competitive Salary: The Real Living Wage as a minimum
• Full induction and introductory programme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Enhanced pay scales that recognise both qualifications and experience
• Enhanced company maternity & paternity pay
• Access to free wellbeing and life counselling service
• NEST Pension Scheme
• Life assurance
• Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check paid for by us
• 28 days annual leave.
• Staff Referral Scheme – Refer a friend to join Keys Group and split a £500 referral bonus between you
• Real progression opportunities
• Amazing Discount Schemes - You'll have access to both the Hapi App & a Blue Light Card which give you incredible discounts at high street retailers, days out, gifts, holidays - even when buying a car 

What does the job involve?

• Be part of a caring team that provides a safe and loving home for children, led and supported by a registered manager.
• Act as a professional parent, to to give encouragement and praise.
• Enjoy fun days and activities like football and sports, lazor tag and gaming.
• Provide emotional and physical support to allow the children to reach their full potential in sometimes challenging situations
• Build friendships and trusting relationships
• Help them to find pleasure in everyday tasks
• Empower them to make decisions about themselves
• Ensure a safe home environment, cleaning, laundry, cooking is part of the job.

What do you need?

• We want people who are naturally caring, flexible and resilient.
• Passionate about supporting children to lead happy lives.
• Great communication skills, positive and energetic.
• Experience in care or transferable skills such as youth work, education, sports or working with vulnerable people is beneficial 
• Ability to remain calm during sometimes challenging situations.
• Full UK Driving licence is beneficial
• You need to be able to work flexibly in caring for the children. This will include working shifts and sleep-ins

Apply today and we will be in touch to discuss joining our EPIC team.

Safeguarding Commitment: Keys Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone in our care. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Equal Opportunities: Keys Group is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community.

Keys Group are very proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant that means we have made a commitment to welcoming service personnel, veterans and military families into the group. We are delighted to have veteran friendly policies, offer a Veterans Peer Support Network within our teams and are able to offer Military Awareness and support to our colleagues.

As part of our commitment, we will offer a guaranteed interview to current and former service personnel providing that they meet the criteria of the role that they are applying for. If you feel that you meet the criteria for this, please ensure that you have your military experience detailed on your CV for one of our resourcing team to get in touch,.

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