Role: Residential Support Worker
Salary: £26,000 per annum plus £50 per sleep-in
Location: High Wycombe
Contract/Hours: Permanent, Full-time 37 hours and Part Time 30 hours per week.
Benefits:
* 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays and options to buy or sell leave
* Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
* Pension with up to 7% matched employer contribution with included life assurance cover
* Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts
* We are a Real Living Wage accredited employer
We are one of the largest children's charities in the UK and have been making a difference to the lives of the UK's vulnerable children for over 150 years.
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A bit about the role
Our Residential Support Workers create a safe and supportive environment for children and young people to grow and develop. You will ensure their wellbeing is prioritised by delivering personalised care, guidance, and advocacy. It is key that they stay safe and healthy and can reach their full potential.
In return we will offer you amazing opportunities to progress within our organisation.
We will enrol you in the qualifications which you need to move towards a Registered Manager role.
Once you have gained the relevant experience and qualifications you will be ready to progress to the next step in your career with us.
About the service
Merryfields is a 14 bed Short Break Residential Service providing 24-hour care for 5 to 18 year-olds with moderate to severe learning disabilities. We strive and work towards providing top tiered person – centered care. We also hold various activities on a day-to-day basis to encourage social experiences and promote equality and diversity throughout the service.
You will be passionate, committed, and resilient and yes, this role can at sometimes be emotionally and physically challenging but it's also fun, diverse and you will feel huge sense of reward by being able to help, in the best way possible If this all sounds ideal, then, you are exactly who we are looking for.
How you'll help to create brighter futures as a Residential Support Worker:
* Leading shifts with the primary aim of the provision of a high-quality service.
* Provide lead case/care planning management, including assessing, reviewing, and managing risk.
* Co-ordinating responsibilities within the service, with multi agency and producing family information, including analysis and written reports.
* Attendance at professional meetings including reviews, and court work.
* Supervise and guide staff as required, in accordance with Action for Children policies and procedures.
* Lead by example with the application of Action for Children's policy procedures and professional practice standards and in line with registration requirements.
Let's talk about you.
* Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or recognised equivalent).
* Experience of shift leading a team of support workers.
* Flexibility to work a variety of shift patterns as agreed via the rolling rota.
* Experience and training in safeguarding.
* Experience of developing tailored care plans.
Good to know.
We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role
For more information about our Residential Support Worker role, please review our full job description by clicking here.
If, for any reason, you need support with your application, please contact Sarah Manderfield at quoting reference 12192 who will be happy to give you any support you require.
Diversity, equality, and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.
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