Assistant Residential Worker

Assistant Residential Worker (7710)

Action for Children

Salary: £19,600 - £22.600

Directorate: EBL02

Contract Type: Permanent Full Time

Closing Date: 16 August 2022

Number of Roles: 1

Contract/Hours: Permanent, Full-Time – 37 hours a week Shifts will be 7am to 2pm, 2pm to 9pm, and alternate weekends on a rota system.

Location: Aylesbury

Perks: Annual leave of 29 days PLUS public holidays, flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages, annual staff awards, up to 7% employer contribution pension scheme, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands!

We're thrilled that you're considering a career with Action for Children so here's what you need to know…. 

About Us: 

At Action for Children, we believe that every child should have a safe and happy childhood. Last year, we helped more than 600,000 children and families across the UK. We work to ensure their voices are heard, and campaign to bring lasting change to their lives. 

The Grove is a residential Short Breaks home in Aylesbury that supports young people to achieve  their potential, have fun and make friends within a safe supportive environment.

As an Assistant Residential Worker, you will be responsible for supporting young people aged 8-18, throughout their stay in The Grove short breaks home, assisting and making the young person's stay with us as relaxing and fun as possible.

Your role will entail safeguarding young people, enabling them to reach their full potential, supporting with all their needs and most of all having fun. You will be part of a fun, hardworking  team that works as part of a rota working a variety of early, late and weekend shifts.

How you will make a difference:

• Working as part  of a team to provide high quality person centred care.
• Providing support to young people who can display challenging emotional and social difficulties
• Support Children and young people in their personal care, medication and clinical procedures in line with policies and procedures
• Promote communication and participation
• Carry out routine household tasks
• Contribute to care plans, meetings reports.
• Record observations and main up to date electronic files
• Attend training in line with the needs of the home

About you:

• Experience of working with children or young people (experience working with children with disabilities would be an advantage).
• Level 3 QCF Working with Children and Young People or equivalent is desirable, or the willingness to work towards this.
• Working on own initiative.
• A flexible approach to working hours (service open seven days a week).
• A good standard of written English and the ability to make accurate notes for recordkeeping.

The successful applicant for this role will also receive a comprehensive training and qualification package, as well as a 2% salary increase upon completion.

We are offering an in-depth induction, a managed caseload, regular case supervision and on-going training.

Working here is so much more than a job. Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we'd love to hear from you. 

We work together to reach our vision of safe and happy childhoods. A diverse workforce enriches the lives of the children and young people we work with and we welcome applications from everyone. We value and celebrate our differences and as an inclusive workplace we want everyone to be themselves. 

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice. 

We can't wait to hear from you – stay safe and happy.  

For more information contact Samantha Oliver 01296 399473 or samantha.oliver@actionforchildren.org.uk

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS

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