Residential Support Worker

Cambian Dilston College

We are an independent specialist provider of further education offering 38 and 52 week residential placements as well as day placements for young people with learning difficulties, Autism, challenging behaviours and complex needs. The young people within our college range between 16 and 25 years of age.

Our college consists of our main college building, four cottages and five apartments within our 9 acre rural campus located in Dilston, Northumberland.

We are looking to recruit committed, resilient, empathetic and engaging support workers to our team. These support workers will deliver a model of positive behaviour support to empower our young people. Alongside this, implementing positive change to their lives, gaining self-regulation skills and developing greater lifelong independence.

As a key part of the dedicated teams we allocate to every child, you will have a vital role in helping children learn and develop skills for life. You don’t need any special qualifications for this role, but you do need to share our passion to help children be the very best they can be. In return, our new and improved training programmes will help you develop your professional skills. And you’ll learn from some of the most dedicated and inspirational people in our profession and, just like our residents, you will be learning all the time through our ongoing mentoring and support.

We are looking for Residential Support Workers that are :

• Passionate about improving the lives of others.
• A positive and consistent role model to others.
• Innovative, engaging, enthusiastic and inspirational.
• A calm and listening person with a mature, supportive approach.
• Flexible in working shift patterns on a rota basis to suit your needs.
• An excellent communicator and team player.
• Seeking career development and training.

Important qualities for this role are :

What’s in it for you

Fully supported 6 month probationary period – you will receive a mentor and line manager to help you get the best start to your career at Dilston College!

We also offer a Level 3 RQF Child and Young Person’s workforce qualification – FREE.

The Cambian Group

The Cambian Group is one of the largest providers of specialist behavioural health services for children and adults in the UK. Our work in the UK embraces many specialist services including children’s specialist education, children’s residential services, adult mental health, acquired brain injury and fostering services.

From innovative educational experiences to national curriculum programmes, supported by passionate teams of specialists and key workers, we actively enable each young person to achieve their personal best, all in an environment that best suits them. Our growing family of 4000 colleagues, supporting over 2000 children is one of the UK’s largest and highest quality providers of specialist education and behavioural health services.

Cambian is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Cambian is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and reference checks.

Cambian will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.