Residential Worker

6 months ago

Elgin, United Kingdom Action for Children Full time

**Salary**: Circa £25,500 pro rata + £50 sleep over allowance per shift if undertaken

**Contract/Hours**: Permanent, Part Time 18.5 hours

**Location**: Elgin, Moray

**Benefits** - Holiday allowance minimum 29 days plus public/bank holidays, flexible maternity, adoption and **paternity **packages, pension scheme where we contribute up to 7%, an employee discount portal and much **more.

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

**About Us**

The last few years have been tricky for all of us and demand for our services has increased dramatically. 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.

**About the Role**:
Action for Children's Moray services, provide quality residential care for up to 8 young people across Moray aged 11 - 18 years who cannot live at home and who are not yet able to live independently. We provide a safe and nurturing environment across 2 different locations in Moray (Elgin and Buckie). Our Residential Workers undertake daily household tasks to maintain our home, promote and support young people's hobbies and special interests, participate in activities with young people and administer medication (when required). It is also essential that you have a sense of adventure and a great sense of humour. After all, work should be fun.

We support Children and Young People who can, at times, present with behaviours that can be challenging, alongside having a range of complex needs. This means that the people we are looking for must be emotionally resilient enough to remain calm and compassionate at the times when it's needed most. We never said this job was easy, but it is incredibly rewarding, and you have the chance to make a real difference to someone's life.

We provide love and care in a nurturing environment, and we want everyone who works with us to be encouraging and aspirational to help our Children and Young People reach their potential. There is lots of it

**You **will** help **our Children and** **Young** **People by**:

- Supporting the service, we provide to children.
- Taking responsibility for the care and routines of the young people**.**:

- Supportingyoung people to achieve positive outcomes.
- Being responsible for the safeguarding of young people.
- Leading
- Compile reports and plans and maintain case notes as required.

Our job description for the **Residential Worker** outlines the requirements of the role but the ‘must-haves' are:

- Experience of working with children or young people.
- HNC in Social Care and SVQ 3 in Children and Young People's workforce social care pathway or equivalent is desirable, or the willingness to work towards this.
- A positive and confident approach to engaging with children and young people.
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- A flexible approach to working hours (service open seven days a week).

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

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

**Application Process**: There are 5 sections for you to complete, Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration. Top Tip... Refer to the job description when writing your Supporting Statement.

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