Assistant Residential Worker

Action for Children Casual

**Salary**: £10.16 an hour

**Perks: **Paid annual leave, pension scheme, career progression, fantastic training opportunities, employee wellbeing support, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands

**Contract/Hours**: Casual (Flexible to suit your work/life balance).Shift times are 7am to 3pm, 2pm to 10pm and 9.45pm to 7.45am Waking Nights.

**Varied Hours - pick and choose when you work, around your study, family, retirement or home life **
- “I love working as a casual AssistantResidential Worker - I get to build my knowledge, my experience and work with a friendly and funny bunch of people, staff and young people alike It works around my family life and I choose when I work - what'snot to like?”_

**Location**:High Wycombe

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.

Merryfields is a 14 bed Short Break Residential Service providing 24 hour care for 5 - 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 aday-to-day basis to encourage social experiences and promote equality and diversity throughout the service.

**_Click on the video link we have attachedfor a visual perspective of _ _our_ _service_ _ to gain a better _ _understanding_ _ ofwhat we do._**

As an Assistant Residential Worker (Casual) you will make a difference by:
- Supporting the service, we provide to children**.**
**-**Supporting young people during their short breaks stay, including medication requirements, full training is provided**.**:

- Taking responsibility for the personal care and routines of the young people.
- Supporting young people to achieve positive outcomes.
- Being responsible for the safeguarding of young people.
- Link working with young people (managing paperwork and files).

**You will need**:
**- **Experience of working with children or young people (experience working with children with disabilities would be an advantage).
- QCF 3 diploma for children and Young People's workforce social care pathway or equivalent is desirable, or the willingness to work towards this.
- Working off your own initiative.
- 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).
- A good standard of written English and the ability to make accurate notes for record-keeping purposes.

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 have an?understanding?of and?commitment?to?safeguarding?best-practice.

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

If you want to know more about Merryfields and the job role please call us on. The staff will be more than happy to tell you about the service we provide and the difference you could make to the children and young people who attend Merryfields.

QCF 3 Diploma in Children and Young People's Workforce Social Care Pathway/Residential Care or equivalent is desirable, or the willingness to work towards this

Please note there are further job roles at Merryfields. Please search Merryfields in the careers search on the Action for Children website for other opportunities that may suit your skills and availability

We offer career progression and the opportunity to further develop your skills and qualifications

**We are running a recruitment day on Thursday 9th June in High Wycombe see flyer attached for details**

**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 SupportingStatement.

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