Residential Support Worker in Kenilworth

• Over 7 weeks inclusive paid leave and the option to buy or sell leave (pro-rata)
• 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.
• As part of our commitment to staff wellbeing, you'll receive a paid annual Wellbeing Day to use however you choose, supporting a healthy balance between work and life.

As Residential Support Worker, you will play a vital role in helping young people transition into our service working closely with them to understand and meet their unique needs. You'll support them in building confidence, independence, and life skills- maximising their opportunities for a bright and positive future.

This is a hands-on rewarding role where no two days are the same. you'll be actively involved in fun activities and creating meaningful experiences with the children every day.

• 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.
• Being resilient in supporting the young people through challenging situations.

Hours are Shifts these will be different term time to weekends and school holiday 07.00-14.30 - 14.00-21.30 these will be shorter hours during term time with regular weekends

Role: Residential Support Worker

Location: Kenilworth, Warwickshire

Salary: £25,949.00 per annum (pro-rata, dependant on qualifications and experience)

Contract/Hours: Permanent - Part Time - 24 hours a week

Blossom House is a 3 bedded registered Children's Home for children and young people with severe learning disabilities and complex needs. We provide a homely welcoming and fun environment in which young people feel safe and free to gain a sense of their own self. Your skills, passions and interests could help us to continue achieving this. Whether it's being a whizz on the PlayStation, creating origami animals or exploring nature you can inspire our children.

If you want to make a real difference to the lives of disabled children and young people, why not apply to join our great team.

• Excellent experience of working in a care setting and developing positive relationships through trust
• An application of a range of techniques to co-ordinate and communicate with service users and their families.
• A solution focused approach to address problems, individually and in a team setting.
• Emotional resilience to respond to the challenging nature of the role.

If you require any support with the application process, or information on the role please contact Sarah Manderfield at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 13859

At Action for Children, we are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and able to thrive. We know that racism and discrimination create barriers, and we are taking active steps to challenge these inequalities in our organisation and in the communities we serve.

We strongly welcome applications from people who are Black, Asian, or from other racialised and ethnically marginalised communities, as well as disabled people, who are currently under-represented in our workforce. We are committed to removing barriers in our recruitment processes and ensuring fair access to opportunities.

We also encourage applications from men, who are under-represented in our Children's Services roles. We recognise that people hold multiple identities, and we value the richness this brings to our team.

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