Role: Residential Support Worker (Shift Leader)
Location: Headington
Salary: Up to £28,500 per annum (dependant on qualifications and experience)
Contract/Hours: Permanent Full Time - 37 hours a week, with a 2-week rolling rota drawn up in advance with every 2nd weekend off. Shifts are 8.00am-8.30pm and 9.30am-9.30pm.
Benefits:
29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.
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.
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About the Service:
Viking House is our welcoming overnight 6 bedded short-break residential service for children and young people aged 5 to 18 with profound physical and/or learning disabilities, including those with complex health and behavioural care needs.
Set within a friendly residential community and close to local amenities, it provides a safe, welcoming environment where children can relax have fun, and thrive.
At Viking House every day is an opportunity to make a real difference - supporting young people to enjoy new experiences while giving families valuable time to recharge.
As a Residential Support Worker you will guide a team of staff in supporting the children with their day-to-day personal needs. Working with your team and the children to assess individual needs to develop tailored care plans. You will help to maintain a safe and fun environment for both staff and children within the home and whilst out and about in the community.
Our Senior Residential Support Worker guides a dedicated team through shifts with expertise and empathy. Their proactive approach to risk management, safeguards our young people’s wellbeing allowing us 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.
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
Let's talk about you as a Residential Support Worker:
You will have experience of working in a care setting and developing positive relationships through trust.
A range of techniques to co-ordinate and communicate with service users and their families.
Demonstratable emotional resilience to respond to the challenging nature of the role.
The ability to supervise and guide less experienced staff.
You will show application of diversity policies within a residential setting and be able to lead on care plans and reviews.
Good to know
Application Process
There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.
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Contact: Sarah Manderfield by email with any questions – sarah.manderfield@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference number 13106.
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.
Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.
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