Salary: £25,000 per annum, pro rata
Location: Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Contract/Hours: Permanent / Part Time - 25 hours per week
Closing date for applications is 31st October and interviews are provisionally scheduled for 6th and 7th November
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.
A bit about the role
Our Residential Support Worker is a great opportunity for those experienced working in a care setting and looking to implement those skills with an aim to progress to the next stage of their career with our help. You'll manage risk in a way which empowers young people and builds resilience, whilst at the same time ensuring their safety. You'll demonstrate a high standard of person-centred practice, have good social care values and be a strong role model to our children and young people.
In return we'll offer you amazing opportunities to progress within our organisation. We offer an in-depth induction process and training. Alongside this, we'll enrol you in the qualifications which you need to work in the industry. Regular supervision with your line manager and team meetings will ensure you feel part of our team. Once you've gained the relevant experience and qualifications you'll be ready to progress to the next step in your career with us.
About the service
Intensive Supervised Structured Care work with vulnerable and high-risk young people aged 13 to 20 with significant social, emotional, and behavioural needs. Our aim is to provide a safe and nurturing environment which enables our young people to understand their behaviour, make positive choices and thrive. We support them to develop confidence, self-esteem, and life skills, engage in education/training/employment and to feel included in the wider community; we want our young people to feel loved and cared for.
As a Residential Support Worker, you'll work as part of a fantastic team to deliver high quality, person centred residential care under the GIRFEC framework. You'll manage risk in a way which empowers young people and builds resilience, whilst at the same time ensuring their safety. You'll demonstrate a high standard of person-centred practice, have good social care values and be a strong role model to the young people.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
Some key responsibilities of the Residential Support Worker roles are:
* 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 a creative thinker and having a solution-focused approach.
* Using your skills, knowledge, and experience to meet the ever-changing needs of the young people.
* Having a good understanding of the challenges faced by vulnerable, care experienced young people.
Let's talk about you
Are you resilient and have a positive approach to change and challenge? We're looking for someone with a 'can do' attitude to join our team. Ideally you'll have:
* Demonstrable experience of working in a care setting and developing positive relationships through trust.
* The ability to adapt to challenging situations and make decisions under pressure.
* A knowledge of GIRFEC and outcomes-based models of practice and service delivery.
* Demonstrate a solution-focused approach to address problems, individually and in a team setting.
* Demonstrate emotional resilience to respond to the challenging nature of the role.
* Possess a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or recognised equivalent) or if you do not possess this you must be prepared to complete this within 2 years of commencing employment with us, full support will be provided.
Good to know
Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
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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