Residential Support Worker

Salary:25000 per annum

Location:Camelon Falkirk

Contract/Hours:Permanent / Full Time 37 hours per weekover5 days/mix of late and early shifts and weekend working.

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 15000 national retailers discounts
• We are a Real Living Wage accredited employer

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

A bit about the role

Meeting new people seeing new places doing new things: thats what our short breaks services are all about.

Join our fantastic dedicated team at Tayavalla in Camelon Falkirk as a Residential Support Worker. Your role is crucial in creating a safe and supportive environment for children and young people to flourish. Prioritising their wellbeing you will provide personalised care guidance and advocacy to help them reach their full potential.

At Tayavalla we believe in investing in our team. You can expect a comprehensive induction career progression opportunities and support for industry qualifications. Regular supervision and team meetings ensure you are integrated and valued within our team. As you gain experience and qualifications youll be prepared to advance in your career with us.

Short breaks are a chance for disabled children and young people to have fun gain independence learn and develop while families get to take a much needed break. We cater to children and young people with complex health care needs and disabilities. We promote inclusion by engaging them in the wider community through outings and stimulating activities fostering a fun and enriching environment for all.

We believe every disabled child and their family should have the right to short breaks. Were here to help make that happen by offering flexible and accessible support.

How youll help to create brighter futures

Some key responsibilities of the Residential Support Worker are;

• Provide lead case/care planning management including assessing reviewing and managing risk
• Coordinating 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.
• Supporting children to achieve positive outcomes.
• Adopting approaches in line with the principles of The Promise
• Assisting the children in all aspects of their care and supporting their health and wellbeing.

Lets 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 coordinate 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
• To possess Higher National Certificate in Social Care (or recognised equivalent) and an SVQ3 in Social Care Children and Young People or if you do not possess this you must be prepared to complete this within 35 years of commencing employment with is full support will be provided

Good to know

• If for any reason you need support with your application please contact Jessica Jarvis at quoting reference 11026. Well be happy to give you any support you require.
• We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Diversity equality and inclusion

• At Action for Children were dedicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are underrepresented 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 underrepresented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

Please click on the below links to find out more about this role and Action for Children;

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Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement

Action for Childrens story

Make a Difference A Career in Residential Services

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