Residential Support Worker

Action for Children; Mold; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Over 7 weeks paid leave with option to

Wellbeing Day

Professional training opportunities

Maternity/paternity/adoption packages

Employer pension contribution up to 5%

Blue Light Card discounts

Job summary

Action for Children in Mold seeks a shift leading Residential Support Worker to supervise shifts, guide colleagues, and maintain a calm, consistent environment where children feel secure and included.

You will support routines, promote independence, and lead activities while ensuring safeguarding and effective communication. Experience in residential care is essential; registration with Social Care Wales or commitment to completing within two years is required.

Qualifications

• Experience leading shifts in children’s residential care.
• Ability to support colleagues and build positive relationships.
• Registration with Social Care Wales, or willingness to complete with support.
• Prepared to complete Level 3 Diploma within 2 years of commencing employment with us, with full support.

Responsibilities

• Lead shifts with confidence, ensuring routines run smoothly.
• Support routines, personal care, emotional wellbeing and consistent boundaries for young people.
• Lead meaningful in-house and community-based activities that promote confidence, independence and fun.
• Offer stability, encouragement and positive role-modelling through everyday interactions.
• Ensure safeguarding, risk awareness and calm, supportive responses to challenges.
• Complete essential tasks, communicating effectively with colleagues and contributing to a well‑run, consistent home.

Skills

Shift leadership

Team collaboration

Reliability

Education

Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or recognised equivalent)

Job description

Role: Residential Support Worker

Salary: £28,100 per annum plus £2,600 per annum in sleep-in allowance based on a minimum of 1 sleep-in per week

Location: Mold

Contract/Hours: Permanent/Full Time – 37 hours per week(including days,evenings, weekends and bank holidays)

Benefits:

• Over 7 weeks inclusive paid leave and the option to buy or sell leave
• As part of our commitment to staff wellbeing, you'll receive a paid annual Wellbeing Day to use however you choose, supporting a healthy balance between work and life.
• Excellent training and the opportunity to undertake professional training for some roles
• Flexible maternity, paternity and adoption packages
• Up to 5% employer contribution and life assurance cover
• Blue Light Card eligibility with discounts at 15,000 national retailers

At Action for Children, we offer more than just a job. Join us and you'll be part of a team dedicated to giving children safe and happy childhoods. See how your skills can make a real difference, helping solve the problems children and young people face every day.

A bit about the role

As a shift leading Residential Support Worker, you'll take the lead during shifts, guiding colleagues in delivering high-quality care, whilst maintaining a calm, consistent environment where children and young people feel secure and included.

You'll support routines, promote independence and ensure each shift runs smoothly.

This role is ideal for an experienced practitioner who enjoys working directly with young people, values teamwork, and is ready to take on greater responsibility within a positive and collaborative service.

What you do could make a difference

• Lead shifts with confidence, ensuring routines run smoothly
• Support routines, personal care, emotional wellbeing and consistent boundaries for young people.
• Lead meaningful in-house and community-based activities that promote confidence, independence and fun.
• Offer stability, encouragement and positive role-modelling through everyday interactions.
• Ensure safeguarding, risk awareness and calm, supportive responses to challenges.
• Complete essential tasks, communicating effectively with colleagues and contributing to a well‑run, consistent home.

Let's talk about you

• Confidence and experience in leading shifts and supporting colleagues in children’s residential care
• Demonstrable previous experience of working in a care setting and developing positive relationships through trust
• Demonstrate a solution focused approach to address problems, individually and in a team setting
• Registration with Social Care Wales, or if not supported by us to complete
• 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.

Why Action for Children?

Every child should have a loving home, food, warmth, the chance to grow and learn - the support to cope with life’s challenges. But too many children don’t. By bringing your passion and unique skills and experience, you'll help us change that where it really matters.

We've been driven by love to take action for children for over 150 years, giving them the protection and practical help they need. A lot’s changed since 1869. But what children really need, hasn’t. So as long as children need us, we'll be here.

Will you join us?

About the Service

Arosfa Disability Service offers a warm, home-from-home environment for children and young people with disabilities or additional needs, providing both short breaks and long-term residential support.

We celebrate meaningful milestones, from our young people managing their first overnight stays to supporting long-term residents as they move confidently into adult services.

Our team is encouraged to learn, reflect, and grow together, with a strong focus on teamwork and open communication.

Staff are encouraged to bring their outside passions into the home, and some of our staff who enjoy arts and crafts use these skills to enrich activities and help young people discover new interests.

This creates a positive, nurturing environment where everyone can develop and succeed.

Help with your application

If you require any support with the application process, please contact Scott Jones at [e-mail] quoting reference 13754.

Diversity, equality and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and able to thrive. We know that racism and discrimination create barriers, and we're taking active steps to challenge these inequalities in our organisation and in the communities we serve.

We strongly welcome applications from people who are Black, Asian, or from other racialised and ethnically marginalised communities, as well as disabled people, who are currently under‑represented in our workforce. We are committed to removing barriers in our recruitment processes and ensuring fair access to opportunities.

We also encourage applications from men, who are under‑represented in our Children’s Services roles. We recognise that people hold multiple identities, and we value the richness this brings to our team.

See below for further information about working with us:

Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement

Make a Difference - A Career in Residential Services

Y Rôl: Gweithiwr Cymorth Preswyl

Cyflog: £28,100 y flwyddyn a lwfans cysgu i mewn o £2,600 y flwyddyn (yn seiliedig ar isafswm o 1 noson o gysgu i mewn yr wythnos)

Lleoliad: Yr Wyddgrug

Contract/Oriau: Parhaol/Llawn Amser – 37 awr yr wythnos (yn cynnwys dyddiau, nosweithiau, penwythnosau a gwyliau banc)

Buddion:

• Dros 7 wythnos o absenoldeb â thâl cynhwysol a’r opsiwn i brynu neu werthu absenoldeb
• Fel rhan o'n hymrwymiad i lesiant staff, byddwch yn derbyn Diwrnod Llesiant blynyddol â thâl i'w ddefnyddio sut bynnag y dewiswch, gan gefnogi cydbwysedd iach rhwng gwaith a bywyd.
• Hyfforddiant gwych a’r cyfle i ymgymryd â hyfforddiant proffesiynol ar gyfer rhai rolau
• Pecynnau mamolaeth