Job Description

Residential Worker

Salary: \xc2\xa324,700 per annum

Contract/Hours: Permanent, Part time and Full time- day and night shift positions available,

Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire

Benefits: Annual leave of 29 days public holidays, flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages, annual staff awards, 7% employer contribution pension scheme, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands, check out more on our careers portal.

We\'re thrilled that you\'re considering a career with Action for Children so here\'s what you need to know\xe2\x80\xa6.

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.

About the Role:

Are you positive, compassionate, and caring?

We have an exciting opportunity, Stoneside are opening an additional new long term residential home, which will be based on the same site as their current short breaks and already established long term residential home. Although primarily this position is to work within long term residential, you will be part of a large well established team and will support young people across both short breaks and long term residential, that are based in one building.

We are looking for Residential Workers to join our team (G43 1JF), providing quality residential care and short breaks services for young people aged between 8 - 19 years with children with various learning disabilities.

Within our residential service we provide long-term placement for three young people. Our Short breaks service offers families a vital service where young people spend fun and quality time within the service out with their family home for overnight stays.

We support Children and Young People who can, at times, present with behaviours that can be physically and emotionally challenging, alongside having a range of complex needs. This means that the people we are looking for, must be emotionally resilient enough to remain calm and compassionate at the times when it\'s needed most. We never said this job was easy, but it is incredibly rewarding, and you have the chance to make a real difference to someone\'s life. Our Residential Workers support our Children and Young People through the day with activities, hobbies, daily living tasks, medication and elements of personal care.

We want everyone who works with us to be encouraging and aspirational to help our Children and Young People reach their potential. There is lots of it! It is also essential that you bring with you a sense of adventure and a great sense of humour. After all, work should be fun

As a Residential worker, you\'ll be:

• Helping young people in all aspects of their daily lives.
• Having good communication skills and the ability to engage well with both young people, colleagues and other professionals.
• Being a creative thinker and having a solution focused approach.
• Using your skills, knowledge and experience to meet the needs of young people.

What You\'ll Bring:

Our job description for the Residential Worker outlines the requirements of the role but the \'must-haves\' are:

• SVQ Level 3 Children and Young People or HNC in Social care or equivalent for Residential Workers or willing to work towards gaining this qualification.
• Experience of working with children/young people with disabilities and/or challenging behaviour.
• Experience of working in residential care setting and undertaking personal care as required.
• Flexibility in working patterns to meet the needs of the service.
• Experience of working in residential care setting and undertaking personal care as required.
• Knowledge and experience of Safeguarding.
• Knowledge of GIRFEC and National .Care.
• Knowledge of The Promise.

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.

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