Support Worker

Role: Residential Support Worker

Location: Whinfell School, Kendal

Hours: 42 per week

Make a Difference Every Day

We offer a STARTING SALARY of £30,986.24 that must include 4 sleep-ins per month.

Once you have successfully PASSED PROBATION, we will pay you £31,316.16 per annum, that must include 4 sleep-ins per month.

If you are a QUALIFIED Support Worker, we will offer a salary of £31,993.20 that must include 4 sleep-ins per month.

Come and make memories at Whinfell School. There’s much more to this job than meets the eye…

One evening you might be baking, playing football or settling down for a fiercely competitive board-game tournament. The next, you could be go-karting, bowling, exploring a splatter room, playing laser quest or enjoying the arcades.

Weekends might mean crabbing by the coast, flying kites at a festival, walking in the beautiful Lake District—or packing your bags to accompany our young people on holiday.

We can offer hours to suit you! This can be full time, part time or bank - we are open to work with you in order for a work-life balance!

The School:

At Whinfell School, our Residential Support Workers help autistic young people aged 7–19 to enjoy full, happy and meaningful lives. You’ll create opportunities, build confidence, encourage independence and provide the consistent care that helps each young person feel safe, understood and valued.

Of course, the role also involves responsibility, patience and resilience. You’ll support daily routines, emotional wellbeing and personal development. But at the heart of it all is something very special: building trusting relationships and creating experiences our young people will remember.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Warm, kind and genuinely interested in young people
• Enthusiastic, playful and ready to get involved
• Patient, dependable and able to remain calm
• Respectful of each young person’s individuality
• Keen to learn and become part of a supportive team

Experience is welcomed, but your values, attitude and ability to connect with our young people matter just as much.

This isn’t simply a job where you watch from the sidelines. You’ll join in, encourage, laugh, celebrate achievements and help turn ordinary evenings and weekends into brilliant ones.

If you’re looking for work with purpose, variety and plenty of memorable moments, we’d love to hear from you.

Come and discover just how rewarding residential support work can be.

Cambian pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunities Employer. And we are 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.

If you want to learn from and work with a highly specialist, incredibly proud and integrated team that unlocks the potential of young people who will challenge you, stand up to you, then trust you and ultimately move forward because of you, then please talk to us. We’d love to help you move forward too.

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.

CareTech Community Services are proud to inform you that they are a Disability Confident Leader.