Residential Support Worker

**Role**:Residential Support Worker

**Salary**:Up to £14.51 per hour (depending on experience)

**Location**:Peterborough

**Contract/Hours: Casual -**Varied Hours -pick and choose when you work, around your study, family, retirement or home life

**_“I love working as a casual member of staff - 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's not to like?” _**:

- _Casual Worker _

**Benefits**:

- Paid annual leave
- Pension scheme
- Career progression
- Fantastic training opportunities
- Employee wellbeing support
- Employee discount portal with all your favourite brands.

**Vulnerable children in the UK need your help.**

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.

Last year, we helped more than 688,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

**Why Action for Children?**

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

**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.

We are seeking both qualified and unqualified Residential Support Workers to join our growing team. Please check the job description carefully to understand the expectations of your level of entry. Salary will be aligned with your qualifications and experience, career progression is encouraged and supported.

**About the service**

As a Residential Support Worker in our Peterborough service, you'll be supporting the transition our of young person into their own forever home

They've been living in their current setting in Hampshire for some time and therefore our mission is to bring them home, where they'll be close to family and receive the stability, consistency, and appropriate care they need.

Our approach is therapeutic, driven by love and a commitment to helping the young person thrive. We aim to integrate them into the community as much as possible by supporting and encouraging independence as they transition into adulthood. Working closely with partner agencies including health, education, and social care partners, as well as the young person's family, we'll provide high-quality support using a trauma-informed approach. These relationships will enable our young person to do all of the things they enjoy.

To help you get to know a little more about our young person, they would like to introduce themselves.

**_I am 17 years old, of Nigerian heritage and I want to move to my forever home. _**

**_I have moderate Learning Disability, Processing Disorder, ASD, and ADHD. I require daily support, helping me to have a healthy diet, lifestyle and broadening my communication skills. My personal and care needs are bathing, feeding me, communicating & developing my skills. _**

**_I love being active a lot of the time, running, jumping, dancing, climbing and I really enjoy water play, massage and exploring my environment. _**

**_I need help in developing my opportunities in the community and to enjoy activities and things that make me happy. I turn 17 in 2024 so will need so will need support in developing skills to assist me in adulthood. _**

**_If you like these things too, you may want to look at working with me? This person needs to know how to support me and my care needs, making sure that I see my family, do activities, laugh, play & have fun. _**

**How you'll help to create brighter futures**
- 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, court work etc.
- Lead shifts with the primary aim of the provision of a high-quality service.
- Supervise and guide staff as required, in accordance with Action for Children policies and procedures.

**Let's talk about you.**
- Are you resilient and have a positive approach to change and challenge? We are looking for someone with a ‘can do' attitude to join our team. Ideally you will have:

- Experience of leading Shifts in a Care setting
- Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or recognised equiv