Residential Worker

Job Description

Action for ChildrenSalary:up to £24,000per annum, pro rata (dependent on qualification and experience), Additional Sleep-in allowance of £50 per night.Contract/Hours:16 annualised hours per week, generally 8-hour shifts either AM or PM (infrequent long day (14 hours), working shifts over weekends during term time (Friday PMSun AM) and throughout school holidays.Regular requirement to provide sleep in duties i.e. 1-2 per month term time and once per week in school holidays.Location:Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire.Perks:Annual leave of 29 days (pro-rata) PLUS public holidays,flexiblematernity, adoption and paternity packages, annual staff awards, 7% employer contribution pension scheme, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands, checkout more on ourcareersportal.Closing Date:Monday 21st February 2022 (midnight)ifwe receive a high number of applications, we may have to close earlier than advertised.Were thrilled that youre considering a career with Action for Children so heres what you need to know.About UsAt 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 theirlives.About the Role:Do youfeel you would like a shift leading role, supporting children with disabilities in a residential setting If you want a rewarding job with a nationally recognised charity that can give you a supported careerChestnut Lodge is a short breaks project in Chesterton, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire supporting children and young people aged from 8 to 18 yrs. with severe learning disabilities and/or complex needs, to remain living with their families through providingovernight respite and short break care during school holidays.We offer a homely welcomingenvironment, which makes children feel safe and where they can have fun enjoying different activities. Our aim is to provide positive, life enhancing support, and the staff team are committed to putting children at the heart ofeverything we do. Developing positive relationships with families and other professionals to ensure the best possible outcomes for the children and young people that we work with are achieved.We have an extremely dedicated and professional staff team that work in a kind, thoughtful, sensitive and caring way, their aim is to keep the children safe whilst providing them activities and events they otherwise would not be able to experience. The staffteam are committed to the children and put them first in all of their planning processes. Their aim is also to build positive relationships withfamilies, young people and other multi agency professionals surrounding the young person so that a professionallyinformed support package surrounds the young person enabling their individual growth and developmentThe project is a very homely welcoming environment, which enables young people to enjoy staying away from home, bedrooms are personalised to young peoples choices, and they are alsoencouraged to bring familiar toys and items to help enhance their stay.This role requires working weekends and school holidays on a shift system encompassing morning OR afternoon and evening shifts.As a Residential Worker, youll be:

• Supporting young people in becoming independent and communicating theirneeds.
• Ensuring young people have a positive experience
• Helping young people reach their full potential.
• Leading shifts and having key-worker responsibilities
• Attending meetings, home and school visits as required

What Youll Bring:Our job description for the Residential Worker outlines the requirements of the role but the must-haves are:

• An (N)VQ Level 3 in Children and Young People in Residential Settings (or the equivalent) or a willingness to work towards it within legislative time periods.
• Experience of working with young people with complex challenging behaviour, physical and / or learning disabilities and complex health needs.
• The ability to accurately record and update case files.
• The availability to work school holidays, parts of weekends and to undertake sleep in duties (additional remuneration for this) as well as monthly team meetings, reviews and training as part of your role.
• The willingness to undergo mandatory training and keep up a continued professional development.
• The ability to lead a small team of up to 4 staff during residential short stays for children 818 with physical and or learning disabilities.

Working here is so much more than a job. Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, wed love to hear from you.We work together to reach our vision of safe and happy childhoods.Adiverse workforce enriches the lives of the children and young people we workwithand we welcome applications from everyone. We value and celebrate our differences and as an inclusiveworkplace we wanteveryone tobe themselves.We arecommittedto safer recruitment practices to protectourservice users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have anunderstandingof andcommitmenttosafeguardingbest-practice.We cant wait to hear from youstay safe andhappy.ApplicationProcess:There are 5 sections for you to complete, Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.TopTip...Refer to the job description when writing your SupportingStatement.Talent Pool: Wed like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up but do let us know if youd rather we didnt.Contact: Nazia Hayat (Recruitment Partner) on who will be happy to support with your application.Get to know us a little betterbycheckingout our socials onTwitter,Linkedin,FacebookorYouTube.