Job Overview
Residential Support Worker
Employer: Action for Children
Location: Hexham NE47
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time
Working Hours: 37 hours per week, with varied morning, evening and night shifts plus weekly sleep-ins
Salary & Benefits
Salary: Up to £28,899 per year, plus £3,600 per year sleep-in allowance based on an average of 6 sleep-ins per month
Benefits include:
- Over 7 weeks of paid leave, including the option to buy or sell leave
- Excellent training and professional training opportunities
- Flexible maternity, paternity and adoption packages
- Up to 5% employer pension contribution
- Life assurance cover
- Blue Light Card eligibility
- Discounts at 15,000 national retailers
- Employee discount
- Sick pay
- Additional leave
- Store discount
Key Responsibilities
- Support children with moderate to severe learning difficulties and complex health needs
- Support children through daily routines, personal care, play, learning and social activities
- Help young people develop new skills, explore interests and build confidence
- Complete risk assessments
- Contribute to individual care planning
- Advocate for each child
- Work closely with families and other professionals
- Respond positively to challenging situations
- Create safe, engaging and meaningful experiences for children
- Help create a safe and fun environment both in the home and community
- Communicate effectively with children, families and professionals
Requirements
- Compassion, emotional resilience and a positive approach to challenges
- Strong communication skills and the ability to build trust
- Solution-focused approach to problem-solving
- Commitment to diversity and inclusion
- Experience working within a care setting
- Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare, or equivalent, or willingness to achieve this within 2 years of starting
- Experience and training in safeguarding
- Innovative and creative approach to problem-solving
- Experience developing tailored care plans
- Ability to create a safe and positive environment for children and colleagues
- Flexibility to work mornings, evenings, nights and sleep-in shifts
About The Role
Action for Children is recruiting a permanent, full-time Residential Support Worker at Monksfield in Hexham.
The role involves supporting children with moderate to severe learning difficulties and complex health needs through their daily routines, personal care, play, learning and social activities. The successful candidate will help young people develop new skills, explore their interests and grow in confidence through meaningful experiences.
The position is hands-on and requires compassion, patience and emotional resilience. Responsibilities include completing risk assessments, contributing to care plans, advocating for children and working closely with families and other professionals.
The role offers varied working patterns across mornings, evenings and nights, together with weekly sleep-ins, so flexibility is essential.
Action for Children is looking for someone with a positive, solution-focused approach who can respond constructively to challenging situations. Experience in a care setting and safeguarding training are ideally sought, alongside experience developing tailored care plans.
A Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or an equivalent qualification is required, or the successful applicant must be able to achieve the qualification within two years of starting.
The organisation offers more than seven weeks of paid leave, training and development opportunities, pension contributions of up to 5%, life assurance, flexible family leave packages and Blue Light Card eligibility.
Source
Indeed / Action for Children
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