Residential Support Worker

Action for Children; Buckie; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days leave

Training & development

Pension with employer match

Staff discounts

Real Living Wage

Job summary

Action for Children in Buckie, Moray, are seeking Residential Workers to provide quality care for young people aged 11–18 across Moray. You will work 37 hours per week on a 24/7 shift rota (including weekends and sleep-ins) in our safe, nurturing homes in Buckie and Elgin.

The role requires empathy, resilience, and a positive approach to engaging with children and young people. We offer 29 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, training and development opportunities, and a Real Living Wage

Qualifications

• Experience working with children or young people.
• Willingness to work across seven days including evenings and sleep-ins.
• Positive, confident and engaging with young people.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the service we provide to children.
• Taking responsibility for the care and routines of the young people.
• Supporting young people to achieve positive outcomes.
• Being responsible for safeguarding of young people.
• Compile reports and plans and maintain case notes as required.

Skills

Experience with children

HNC/SVQ3 in Social Care

Teamwork

Flexible hours

Education

HNC in Social Care or SVQ3

Job description

Job Description

Salary: Circa £26,999 per annum+ £50 sleep over allowance per shift if undertaken

Contract/Hours: Permanent, Full Time- 37 hours, Part Time- 18.5 hours and Casual contracts available

Location: Buckie, Moray.

Benefits

• 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays and options to buy or sell leave
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% matched employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts
• We are a Real Living Wage accredited employer

We are one of the largest children's charities in the UK and have been making a difference to the lives of the UK's vulnerable children for over 150 years.

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'll be working 37 hours a week on a 24/7 shift rota basis including weekends, evenings, and sleep-ins (additional allowance paid). Shift times are 10am - 23.00pm and 0700 - 10.30am, Sleepover's are 23.00 - 07.00.

24.5 hours in total, including handover

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.
• Supporting young 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).

Diversity, equality, and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

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