Part Time Residential Workers x2

Essex County Council; Tendring; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

A local authority in the UK is looking for part-time Residential Workers to support adults with learning disabilities in a residential setting. The positions involve working a variety of shifts across the week, providing assistance in line with care plans to promote independence and wellbeing. Ideal candidates will have experience in social care, good communication skills, and a commitment to professional development.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Must have previous experience in social care.
• Flexible and reliable working style required.
• Willingness to achieve additional training within 24 months.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals to reach optimal independence.
• Monitor emotional and general wellbeing.
• Ensure individuals are supported to access activities.

Skills

Experience in social care

Good communication skills

Flexible and reliable

Teamwork

Understanding of mental capacity legislation

Education

Educated to RQF Level 3 or equivalent

Job description

Part Time Residential Workers x2

Permanent, Part Time

£25,395 to £32,131 per annum, plus 10% allowance, full time equivalent

Location: Clacton on Sea

Closing Date: Wednesday 3rd November 2025 at 11.59pm

Role Location - Magdalen Close Hostel, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 3LS.

We are looking to recruit for two Residential Workers and have position available for 20 hours per week or 24 hours per week.

Please note that these positions will work across a mixture of shifts covering from a 7am start to a 10pm finish across a 7-days a week / 365 days a year working pattern including working every other weekend.

A 10% allowance (£2,539.50 to £3,213.10 per annum, full time equivalent), paid monthly alongside your basis salary is added to basic salary due to the early start, late finishes and weekend working.

ECC Adult Social Care, through effective practice, is moving towards a transformational shift from a focus on long-term care support, to a model with four key principles:- prevention; early intervention; enablement and safeguarding.

This will enable people, their families and carers to be able to access information and tools to live healthily and independently.

Providing an opportunity to respond pro-actively to growing service demand in a sustainable way, within the financial constraints of the Council.

Magdalen Close is a dynamic forward thinking residential resource, which focuses on supporting adults with a learning disability and or autism for a period of assessment and skill development.

About You

You must be an experienced carer and work in a person centred manner, that is flexible and reliable. You must have previous experience in this field and be able to hit the ground running. Full training is provided and induction is paid.

This role will be focused on being a committed, flexible and passionate member of a team working within a residential/short break service to ensure the provision of a high quality service for adults. The role will work collaboratively with adults, their families and other professionals in a residential home environment.

The role will support adults in accordance with their care plans and ensuring access to social and leisure activities according to their needs and wishes. The role also includes the continuous monitoring of individuals emotional and general wellbeing.

Accountabilities

• Provides support to individuals to ensure they are able to reach their optimum independence and can exert control in their everyday lives, in accordance with the care plan.
• Supports individuals/groups to access social and leisure activities which may include college classes, resource centres, community access and other activities.
• Monitoring individual emotional and general wellbeing on a daily basis and ensure the protection of adults from abuse, reporting any concerns to senior managers.
• Support individuals to make choices in a way that always respects their dignity and privacy and promotes their choice in accordance with the care plan and any other key documents.
• Ensure respectful, patient and courteous approaches are undertaken with adults, their families, visitors and colleagues whether within the home or out in the community.
• Undertakes accurate and legible recording to ensure it meets the Care Quality Commission standards and positively promote Adult Social Care.
• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Educated to RQF Level 3 (GCSE) or equivalent by experience with a willingness to achieve the award within 24 months of starting the role.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience within a social care setting and working within a team environment.
• Good communication skills and an ability to develop a rapport and engage with diverse groups of individuals.
• Awareness of a person entered approach and respect for dignity and privacy, promoting choice.
• Understanding of and the ability to develop knowledge of the needs of individuals and legislation in respect of Vulnerable Adults, Mental Capacity and other such relevant legislation policy and procedure as appropriate.
• Willing to undertake training in the following if not already completed: Manual Handling, First Aid Awareness, Food Hygiene, Risk and Conflict Management, Data Protection and Health and Safety and other core training is relevant to the role.

What we offer in return

We'll support you to be to your best, with the resources, training and development to empower you. With flexible working options and other lifestyle benefits, we'll enable you to make the most of your life outside work, too.

Whatever you want to achieve in your social care career, you can do it here.