Senior Residential Worker

2 weeks ago


Aylesbury, United Kingdom Action for Children Full time

**Senior Residential Worker**

**Are you passionate, committed, resilient, enjoy diversity and hard work and you are ready for a fun, exciting brand new opportunity?**

**Salary**:Up to £27,600 per annum, depending on experience.** (pro-rata)**

**Location**: Aylesbury, Bucks. (Aston Clinton)

**Contract/Hours**: Part Time 24 hours a week. Shifts are on a rota basis including earlies, evenings, and every alternate weekend. Shifts are likely to be 2 pm to 10 pm and 7am to 2.30pm. Flexibility is essential due to the nature of the home being staffed 24/7.

**Benefits**
- Basic annual leave of 29 days PLUS bank holidays (pro-rata).
- The option to buy and sell 5 days of annual leave a year
- Flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages.
- Up to 7% employer pension contribution.
- Staff discount portal with your favourite brands.
- Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 discounts from national retailers.
- Regular staff supervisions and wellbeing packages.
- Structured staffing and supportive induction.

**Development and Career Progression**
- Work towards gaining your Level 5 Diploma, fully funded and supported by us
- Clear pathways for progression into roles such as Team Leader, Service Co-ordinator, Home Manager or Area Manager.
- Our Operational Director, Kate, began her career as a Play Worker. Have a look at her Career Progression blog attached.

**About Us**

At Action for Children, we believe that every child should have a safe and happy childhood. Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. We work to ensure their voices are heard and we campaign to bring lasting change to their lives. We have also been accredited with the Investors in People award

**About the Role**:
We are looking for Senior Residential Workers who will provide a safe environment for a brand new flagship single placement children's home for a young person with learning difficulties and associated needs. This is a fun, exciting and brand new opportunity to make your mark and grown within a brand new team who will make a difference to this young person's life.

You'll be undertaking the role of a support worker shift leading by supporting your colleagues to provide a safe, stimulating and caring environment. You will oversee the team take part in the activities whilst on shift. Full training and supervision is given to support your personal development. This is an opportunity to make an amazing impact on this young person's life.

We'll be honest, this role can sometimes be emotionally and physically challenging but it's also fun and diverse. 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 a brighter future**:

- Planning and leading shifts to engage the young person and support him to achieve his goals.
- Supporting him in administration of medication and clinical procedures.
- Taking responsibility for personal care and routines.
- Being responsible for safeguarding.
- Developing and evaluating care plans and risk assessments.
- Attending meetings/reviews with the team

**Let's talk about you**:

- Experience of working with children and young people in a social care setting.
- Level 3 Diploma in Childcare or equivalent is desirable.
- Expertise in leading and working within a small team.
- Safeguarding knowledge.
- Be caring and compassionate.
- Ability to work on your own initiative, whilst being proactive and motivated.
- Ideally you will have your own vehicle and be able to travel of your own accord as the location of this home is slightly remote with limited public transport.

**Good to know**:
**Application Process**

There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

**Talent Pool**

We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't.

Male staff are under-represented within the Care Sector. We would like to encourage more male applicants to apply

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