Residential Support Worker

Ipswich, England, United Kingdom

12/23/2024

Job Description

Residential Support Worker

Location: Ipswich, Suffolk

Salary: £23,151.50 - £28,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Contract/Hours: Permanent Full Time – 37 hours per week

Closing date: Midnight on the 3 rd of January 2025

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
  
  

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.

Last year, we helped more than 687,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

A Bit About The Role

Join our dedicated team at Hestia House as a Residential Support Worker, where you’ll play a vital role in transforming the lives of children with disabilities and complex changing support needs. In this rewarding position, you’ll provide person centred care that empowers children to develop essential life skills and navigate daily challenges with confidence.

As a Residential Support Worker, you’ll assist young people transition into our service, maximizing their opportunities for a bright and positive long-term future. Your compassionate approach will help create a nurturing environment, fostering growth and independence while working closely with each child to understand their unique needs and aspirations. Experience with communication methods for children with disabilities, such as Picture Exchange Communication (PECS) or Makaton is preferred but not a requirement. However, our children cannot always express verbally their needs, so our team need to adapt by interpreting body language and following nonverbal cues.

A Bit About The Service

Hestia house is a thoughtfully designed 4 bedded residential service in Ipswich, dedicated to supporting children and young people aged 8 to 18 years with disabilities and complex changing support needs.

We pride ourselves in a loving and caringenvironment, our team work cohesively to foster a culture that is kind, patient, diverse and inclusive.

Residential support workers at both entry and senior levels are warmly welcome, applications from individuals whose values resonate with those of Action for Children's is paramount. Please note that while some aspects of the job description may not apply to you at an entry level this should in no way discourage you from applying.

How you’ll help create brighter futures at entry level

In the role of Residential Support Worker, you'll be:

• Providing 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.
• Attending professional meetings including reviews, court work etc.
• Working collaboratively with your team with the primary aim of the provision of a high-quality service
• Supervising and guiding staff as required, in accordance with Action for Children policies and procedures.
• Leading 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

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:

• Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or recognised equivalent) or willingness to work towards it
• Experience and training in safeguarding.
• An innovative and creative approach to problem solving.
• Experience of Developing/ experience of adhering to detailed support plan
• The ability to create a fun and safe environment for both staff and children in the home and in the community.
  
  

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 mission to give children a healthy start in life.

Good luck! We can't wait to hear from you.

Contact: If you need support with your application, please contact our Recruitment Team at RecruitmentService@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting the above Reference.

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 the organisation. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups.

Male staff are often under-represented within this sector, and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles.

We arecommittedto safer recruitment practices to protectourservice users; therefore, all applicants are expected tohaveanunderstandingof andcommitmenttosafeguarding best-practice.

Don't meet every single requirement?

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

There are 5 sections for you to complete - Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration – please refer to the Job Description when applying.

We also want to know what unique qualities you can bring to help us reach our vision for children and families.

Talent Pool:We're sure you've got what it takes to join our ambitious team. If you're unsuccessful this time around, we'd like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up that you might be better suited for. But feel free to let us know if you'd rather we didn't do that.

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See below for further information about working with us:

Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement