Assistant Residential Worker

Salary: £26,000 per year

Action for Children Casual

Salary: £26,000 per year 

Perks: Paid annual leave, pension scheme, career progression, fantastic training opportunities, employee wellbeing support, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands

Contract/Hours: Casual (Flexible to suit your work/life balance). Shift times are 7am to 3pm, 2pm to 10pm and 9.30pm to 7.30am Waking Nights.

Location: High Wycombe 

Closing Date: Midnight on 12th May, if we receive a high number of applications, we may have to close earlier than advertised. 

We’re thrilled that you’re considering a career with Action for Children so here’s what you need to know…. 

About Us 

At 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 their lives. 

Merryfields is a 14 bed Short Break Residential Service providing 24 hour care for 5 – 18 year olds with moderate to severe learning disabilities. We strive and work towards providing top tiered person–centered care. We also hold various activities on a day-to-day basis to encourage social experiences and promote equality and diversity throughout the service.

Click on the video link we have attached for a visual perspective of our service to gain a better understanding of what we do.

As an Assistant Residential Worker (Casual) you will make a difference by:

– Supporting the service, we provide to children.
– Supporting young people during their short breaks stay, including medication requirements, full training is provided.
– Taking responsibility for the personal care and routines of the young people.
– Supporting young people to achieve positive outcomes.
– Being responsible for the safeguarding of young people.
– Link working with young people (managing paperwork and files).

You will need:

– Experience of working with children or young people (experience working with children with disabilities would be an advantage).
– QCF 3 diploma for children and Young People’s workforce social care pathway or equivalent is desirable, or the willingness to work towards this.
– Working off your own initiative. 
– A positive and confident approach to engaging with children and young people.
– The ability to work effectively as part of a team.
– A flexible approach to working hours (service open seven days a week).
– A good standard of written English and the ability to make accurate notes for record-keeping purposes.

Working here is so much more than a job. Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we’d love to hear from you. 

We work together to reach our vision of safe and happy childhoods. A diverse workforce enriches the lives of the children and young people we work with and we welcome applications from everyone. We value and celebrate our differences and as an inclusive workplace we want everyone to be themselves. 

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice. 

We can’t wait to hear from you – stay safe and happy.

Application Process: There are 5 sections for you to complete, Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration. Top Tip… Refer to the job description when writing your Supporting Statement. 

Interview Date: – this date can change in special circumstances, but we do our best to stick to this. 

Talent Pool: We’d like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up but do let us know if you’d rather we didn’t.

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