Residential Support Worker

Action-For-Children; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days annual leave

Bank holidays

Professional qualifications supported

Training and development opportunities

Flexible maternity/adoption/paternity

Pension with employer contribution

Blue Light Card discounts

Job summary

Action for Children is seeking a Residential Support Worker for Stoneside in Glasgow. You will create a safe, nurturing environment for children and young people, supporting daily living, planning, and positive behaviour management.

The role emphasizes resilience, empathy, teamwork and effective communication within a dedicated care team. Full-time hours include day and evening shifts; progression toward a Level 3 Diploma is supported.

Qualifications

• Experience in a care setting and building positive relationships through trust.
• Ability to co-ordinate and communicate with service users and their families.
• Demonstrate a solution focused approach to address problems, individually and in a team setting.
• Demonstrate emotional resilience to respond to the challenging nature of the role.
• Prepared to complete Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare within 2 years with full support.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Helping young people in all aspects of their daily lives.
• Having good communication skills and the ability to engage well with both young people, colleagues and other professionals.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Resilience

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare

Job description

Salary: £26,099 per annum

Location: Glasgow,

Contract/Hours: Permanent, Full Time 37 hours, Day shifts- 7:15am- 2:45pm, 2:15pm- 9:45pm. Night shifts- 9:30pm- 7:30am-Part Time and Casual also considered,

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

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 687,000 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

Join our fantastic, dedicated team at Stoneside in Glasgow, as a Residential Support Worker. Your role is crucial in creating a safe and supportive environment for children and young people to flourish.

Patience, empathy and resilience will go a long way, especially when supporting children through times that may feel challenging due to individual heightened behaviours or when meeting the complexities of some children’s health and personal care support needs. At times the role can be demanding, fast paced and busy where the ability to multi task is advantageous.

You won’t be doing this alone. At Stoneside, it’s all about team work where we believe in investing in our team. You can expect a comprehensive induction, learn new specialised skills applicable to the role, and support for qualifications. Regular supervision and team meetings ensure you are integrated and valued within our team.

Short breaks are a chance for disabled children and young people to have fun, gain independence, learn and develop while their families get to take a much needed break. Our children love to engage in playful and sensory activities such as singing, ball games, arts/crafts, garden play, water play, puzzles and dressing up. Opportunities to support children within outings and stimulating activities within the community are encouraged to ensure they have a positive experience when staying at Stoneside.

At Stoneside Flats our role involves closely monitoring the well-being and safety of the young individuals and supporting them to develop, have fun, gain independence and reach their goals. This includes creating a stable nurturing environment and addressing any specific needs, Opportunities to support children with outings and stimulating activities within the community are encouraged to ensure they have a positive experience.

Our mission is to deliver high-quality residential care and short breaks services to support young individuals with various learning disabilities.

This isn’t just a job, it’s an opportunity to be part of a caring, supportive team to build meaningful connections to the children we support to make their lives better.

How you'll help to create brighter futures

Some keyresponsibilitiesof aResidentialSupportWorker are:

• Provideleadcase/care planningmanagement, including assessing, reviewing and managing risk.
• Co-ordinatingresponsibilitieswithintheservice,withmulti agency and producingfamilyinformation, includinganalysisand written reports.
• Attendance atprofessionalmeetings including reviews, courtworketc.
• Helpingyoungpeoplein all aspects of their daily lives.
• Having goodcommunicationskills and theabilityto engage wellwithbothyoungpeople, colleagues and other professionals.

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:

• Demonstrable experience of working in a care setting and developing positive relationships through trust
• Application of a range of techniques to co-ordinate and communicate with service users and their families
• Demonstrate a solution focused approach to address problems, individually and in a team setting
• Demonstrate emotional resilience to respond to the challenging nature of the role
• Possess a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or recognised equivalent) or if you do not possess this you must be prepared to complete this within 2 years of commencing employment with us, full support will be provided.

Good to know

Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for thisrole.

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.

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

Don't meet every single requirement?

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

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