Residential Support Worker - Shift Leader

Action for Children; Barry; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Over 7 weeks paid leave + buy/sell le​

Wellbeing day (paid)

Professional training opportunities

Flexible parental leave packages

Employer pension up to 5% + life cover

Blue Light Card discounts

Job summary

Action for Children is seeking a Residential Support Worker in Barry to lead shifts, deliver high-quality care and support a secure, nurturing home for looked-after children. You will coordinate within the service, produce reports, attend reviews and court work when required, and supervise staff under AfC policies.

The role offers an ind-depth induction, ongoing supervision and opportunities for professional development, with a commitment to safeguarding and child-centred care at Ty Fro, a

Qualifications

• Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care children and young people (or recognised equivalent) or currently working towards.
• Experience of shift leading a team of support workers
• Flexibility to work a variety of shift patterns as agreed via the rolling rota.
• Experience and training in safeguarding
• Driving Licence for transportation of young person from and to the service (desirable)

Responsibilities

• Lead shifts with the primary aim of delivering a high-quality service.
• Coordinate responsibilities within the service with multi-agency input and produce family information, including analysis and written reports.
• Attend professional meetings including reviews and court work.
• Supervise and guide staff as required, in line with Action for Children policies and procedures.

Education

Level 3 Health and Social Care (Children and Young People)

Team leadership experience

Flexible shift availability

Safeguarding training/experience

Driving licence (desirable)

Job description

Residential Support Worker

Salary:£28,100 per annumplus an opportunity to earn an additional £5,200 per annum based on an average of 2 sleep-ins per week

Location: Barry, Vale of Glamorgan

Contract/Hours:Permanent, Full-time – 37 hours per week

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

This Residential Support Worker role leads on shift and requires a committed individual to foster a psychologically safe and nurturing environment for the children in our care.

Their proactive approach to risk management, safeguards our young people’s wellbeing allowing them to guide a team to deliver the highest quality of care.

With a commitment to continuous improvement, they’ll ensure the wellbeing of our children and young people is prioritised by delivering personalised care, guidance and advocacy.

In return we offer an in-depth induction and amazing opportunities for career progression. We'll enrol you on necessary industry qualifications along with regular supervision and team meetings to ensure you feel part of our team.

About the Service

Ty Fro is a four bedded children’s home based in Barry, that provides long-term residential care for up to four children & young people who are looked after.

The underpinning philosophy of our children’s homes is to support them through a range of needs such as early childhood trauma, attachment disorders, dysregulated behaviours and those who have been subject to various placement breakdowns.

Our Residential Support Workers use various therapeutic approaches such as DDP (Dyadic Development Practice) as well as PACE (Playfulness, Curiosity, Acceptance and Empathy) and by adopting these models, we enable them to come to terms with their past and build on the skills needed to achieve the best possible outcomes.

What you do could make a difference

• Lead shifts with the primary aim of the provision of a high-quality service.
• 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.
• Supervise and guide staff as required, in accordance with Action for Children policies and procedures.

Let’stalk about you

• Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care children and young people (or recognised equivalent) or currently working towards.
• Experience of shift leading a team of support workers
• Flexibility to work a variety of shift patterns as agreed via the rolling rota.
• Experience and training in safeguarding
• Driving License for transportation of young person from and to the service (desirable)

Our Commitment to Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism

At Action for Children, we are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and able to thrive. We know that racism and discrimination create barriers, and we are 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.

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Job description

See below for further information about working with us:

AfC Commitment Statement

Make a Difference - A Career in Residential Services

Gweithiwr Cymorth Preswyl

Teitl swydd:Gweithiwr Cymorth Preswyl

Cyflog:£28,100 y flwyddyn,ynghyd â chyfle i ennill £5,200 ychwanegol y flwyddyn yn seiliedig ar gyfartaledd o 2 gysgu i mewn yr wythnos

Lleoliad: Y Barri, Bro Morgannwg

Contract/Oriau: Parhaol, Llawn amser – 37 awr yr wythnos

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, tadolaeth a mabwysiadu hyblyg

Hyd at 5% o gyfraniad cyflogwr ac yswiriant bywyd

Cymhwysedd Cerdyn Golau Glas gyda gostyngiadau mewn 15,000 o fanwerthwyr cenedlaethol

Ynglŷn â'r Gwasanaeth

Mae Tŷ Fro yn gartref plant pedair ystafell wely yn y Barri sy’n darparu gofal preswyl hirdymor i hyd at 4 o blant a phobl ifanc sy’n derbyn gofal.

Athroniaeth sylfaenol ein cartrefi i blant yw cefnogi plant/pobl ifanc gydag amrywiaeth o anghenion megis trawma yn ystod plentyndod cynnar, anhwylderau ymlyniad, ymddygiad heriol a’r rhai sydd wedi bod yn destun sawl lleoliad aflwyddiannus.

Mae ein Gweithwyr Cymorth Preswyl yn defnyddio dulliau therapiwtig amrywiol fel DDP (Ymarfer Datblygu Dyadig) yn ogystal â PACE (Chwaraegarwch, Chwilfrydedd, Derbyn ac Empathi) a thrwy fabwysiadu'r modelau hyn, rymynym yn eu galluogi i ddod i delerau â'u gorffennol ac adeiladu ar y sgiliau sydd eu hangen i gyflawni'r canlyniadau gorau posibl.

Ychydik am y rôl

Mae'r rôl hon o'r Gweithiwr Cymorth Preswyl yn arwain ar shifft ac mae'n ei gwneud yn ofynnol i unigolyn ymroddedig feithrin amgylchedd diogel a meithrin yn seicolegol i'r plant dan ein gofal.

Mae eu dull rhagweithiol o reoli risg, yn diogelu lles ein pobl ifanc gan ein galluogi i ddarparu'r ansawdd uchaf o ofal.

Gydag ymrwymiad i welliant parhaus, byddant yn sicrhau bod lles ein plant a'n pobl ifanc yn cael ei flaenoriaethu drwy ddarparu gofal personol, arweiniad ac eiriolaeth.

Yn gyfnewid, rymynym yn cynnig ymsefydlu manwl a chyfleoedd anhygoel ar gyfer dilyniant gyrfa. chi ar gymwysterau diwydiant angenrheidiol ynghyd â goruchwylio rheolaidd a chyfarfodydd tîm i sicrhau eich bod yn teimlo'n rhan o'n tîm.

Sut byddwch yn helpu i greu dyfodol mwy disglair

• Arwain sifftiau gyda'r prif nod o ddarparu gwasanaeth o ansawdd uchel.
• Byddwch yn rheoli/arwain gwaith cynllunio achosion, gan gynnwys cynnal asesiadau, adolygu a rheoli risgiau.
• Cydlynu cyfrifoldebau o fewn y gwasanaeth, gydag amlasiantaeth a chynhyrchu gwybodaeth i deuluoedd, gan gynnwys dadansoddi ac adroddiadau ysgrifenedig.
• Presenoldeb mewn cyfarfodydd proffesiynol gan gynnwys adolygiadau, gwaith llys ac ati.
• Goruchwylio ac arwain staff yn ôl yr angen, yn unol â pholisïau a gweithdrefnau Gweithredu dros Blant.

Gadewch i ni siarad amdanoch chi

• Cymhwyster Lefel 3 mewn Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol plant a phobl ifanc (neu gydnabyddedig cyfwerth) neu sy'n gweithio tuag ato ar hyn o bryd.
• Profiad o shifft yn arwain tîm o weithwyr cymorth
• Hyblygrwydd i weithio amrywiaeth o batrymau shifft fel y cytunwyd trwy'r rota treigl.
• Profiad a hyfforddiant mewn diogelu
• Profiad o ddatblygu cynlluniau gofal wedi'u teilwra

Amrywiaeth, cydraddoldeb a chynhwysiant

Yn Gweithredu dros Blant, rymynym yn ymroddedig i feithrin gweithle amrywiol, cynhwysol a dilys. Rymynym yn annog ceisiadau’n frwd gan ymgeiswyr Du, Asiaidd ac o Ethnigrwydd Lleiafrifol, ac ymgeiswyr anabl, am nad ydynt wedi’u cynrychioli’n ddigonol yn Gweithredu dros Blant. Rymynym am gymryd camau pwrpasol a bwriadol i sicrhau cyfleoedd cyfartal i bob grŵp mewn cymdeithas ac i Weithredu dros Blant.

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