Senior Residential Autism Practitioner

Join Our New Autism-Specialist Children's Residential Home in Mansfield

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We are excited to be opening a new 3-bed autism-specialist Children's Residential Home in Mansfield, providing high-quality care and support for autistic children and young people aged 4-18 years.

We are seeking caring, enthusiastic, and dedicated individuals to join our team as Senior Residential Support Workers, Residential Support Workers, and Waking Night Support Workers.

This is a unique opportunity to help create a nurturing home environment where autistic children can feel safe, understood, respected, and supported to thrive.

We believe that every autistic child and young person deserves:

• A safe, caring, and stable home.
• To be understood as an individual.
• Consistent, nurturing relationships with trusted adults.
• Opportunities to develop independence, confidence, and life skills.
• Respect for their communication style, sensory needs, and preferences.
• The chance to achieve their full potential in their own way and at their own pace.

Our aim is to provide an environment where autistic children and young people can:

• Feel safe, valued, and listened to.
• Develop positive relationships and social skills.
• Build emotional resilience and self-confidence.
• Access education and community opportunities.
• Learn practical life skills and increase independence.
• Understand and regulate emotions with appropriate support.
• Enjoy meaningful experiences and positive childhood memories.
• Achieve outcomes that reflect their individual aspirations and abilities.

Our home provides care and accommodation for up to three autistic children and young people aged between 4 and 18 years.

The home adopts an autism-informed and child-centred approach, recognising that every child has unique strengths, needs, interests, and communication preferences. Through consistency, structure, positive relationships, and therapeutic support, we aim to provide an environment where children can feel secure, develop confidence, and achieve positive outcomes.

Our team works closely with families, education providers, health professionals, and other agencies to ensure children receive holistic support that promotes their emotional wellbeing, personal development, and independence.

The home is committed to promoting equality, diversity, inclusion, and safeguarding while ensuring every child is treated with dignity, respect, and understanding

• Support autistic children with daily living activities and personal care where required.
• Develop trusting and positive relationships.
• Promote education, independence, and community engagement.
• Support emotional regulation and wellbeing.
• Implement individual care plans and behaviour support strategies.
• Record and report information accurately.
• Promote the rights, dignity, and individuality of each child.
• Work collaboratively with families and professionals.
• Maintain a safe and nurturing home environment.

As a children's residential home, our service operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, including weekends, bank holidays, Christmas, New Year, Easter, and all other seasonal periods.

The children and young people living in our home rely on consistent care and support throughout the year. Therefore, all staff are expected to contribute fairly to the rota and be available to work across seasonal periods and public holidays as required.

We recognise the importance of work-life balance and ensure that weekends, sleep-ins, bank holidays, and seasonal shifts are allocated as fairly as possible across the team through our 4-week rolling rota system.

Our home operates a 4-week rolling rota designed to provide consistency for the children we support and predictability for our staff teams.

Full-time hours: 35-37 hours per week

Part-time hours: 15-22.5 hours per week

• Early shifts
• Late shifts
• Sleep-in shifts
• Weekend working
• Bank holiday working
• Seasonal holiday working

Sleep-ins form part of the role and are shared fairly amongst the team.

10-hour waking night shifts

140 contracted hours per month

Worked across a 4-week rolling rota

Includes weekend, bank holiday, and seasonal holiday working where scheduled