Action for Children
Residential Support Worker
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Residential Support Worker
Salary: up to £28,099 per annum
Location: Rushden, Northamptonshire
Contract/Hours: Permanent/Full Time – 37 hours per week.
Benefits:
- 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays and options to buy or sell leave.
- 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 15,000 national retailers’ discounts
- Highly competitive rewards package, plus a comprehensive supervision and development programme to continue your professional development.
- We are a Real Living Wage accredited employer.
- Free parking on site
Why Action for Children?
We are one of the largest children’s charities in the UK and have been making a difference to the lives of the UK’s vulnerable children for over 150 years.
Find out more about Action for Children here: Action for Children and on LinkedIn, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better.
The difference is what you do. You can learn more about why we do it, by checking out our 'Driven by Love' video. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70wuKL-KdaI]
Residential Support Worker – The Squirrels (Action for Children)
As a Residential Support Worker, you’ll deliver high-quality, person-centered care for children with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and complex health needs in a warm, nurturing respite setting.
You'll support daily routines, personal development and independence, while building trusted relationships and promoting emotional well-being. Working as part of a dedicated team, you'll follow individual care plans, contribute to a safe environment, and may support children with clinical needs such as assisted feeding or other dedicated healthcare tasks following training. Safeguarding, teamwork and a child-centered approach are at the heart of everything we do.
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How you'll help to create brighter futures
- 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.
- Lead shifts with the primary aim of the provision of a high-quality service.
- Supervise and guide staff as required, in accordance with Action for Children policies and procedures.
- Lead by example with the application of Action for Children’s policy procedures and professional practice standards and in line with registration requirements.
- Build and maintain relationships (within agreed professional boundaries) with children, young people, and their families through the provision of emotional, social, and practical interventions and support.
- Ensure that the views and needs of children/young people are heard and responded to by promoting communication and participation.
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:
- Experience of leading Shifts in a Care setting
- Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or recognised equivalent)
- Experience and training in safeguarding.
- An innovative and creative approach to problem solving.
- Experience of developing tailored care plans
- The ability to create a safe and fun environment for both staff and children in the home and in the community.
About the Service
The Squirrels is a warm, welcoming respite service for children with learning and physical disabilities and complex health needs, offering our children a true home-from-home environment. We offer overnight short breaks for up to 4 children at a time, ensuring every child receives highly personalised care in a calm nurturing environment.
Our comfortable, homely setting is centred around a large communal living and dining area, creating a relaxed and inclusive space where children can feel safe, supported and cared for. With an exceptional nursing and care team at the heart of the service, The Squirrels is a place where compassion, dignity and high-quality care part of everything we do.
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Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
Contact: Shannon Neander at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk [recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk] quoting reference 13347. We'll be happy to give you any support you require.
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.
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