Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
Circa £10.67 per hour
Casual Contract

Giving children and young people the foundations they need to thrive.

The role

Short Breaks @ West Hyde has the primary aim and focus to provide quality, outcome-driven support to children and young people between the ages of 5-18 that have complex health issues, learning disabilities and/or behavioural and sensory impairments.

As an Assistant Residential Worker, it will be your responsibility to liaise with the Children, Young people and their families to ensure that their care is always to the best possible standard. You will also be supporting them with all aspects of their care and helping them to work on aims and goals both within West Hyde and out in the wider community.

You will make a difference by:

- Providing a safe and fun environment to achieve positive outcomes.
- Encouraging communication and participation across the service.
- Promoting independence.
- Completing general household chores.
- Building excellent rapports with Service Users, their families and other care professionals.
- Updating care plans and risk assessments.
- Preparing meals from the menu.
- Ensuring safeguarding practices are in place.
- Supporting service users in their day to day activities.

You will need:

- Experience of working with Children or Young people is preferable (experience working with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour would also be an advantage) but full training is provided.
- Level 3 QCF Working with Children and Young People or equivalent is desirable, or the willingness to work towards this.
- An open mind with a positive attitude is a MUST.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Be able to be adaptable to change.

The way we work

We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team.

Rewards

We want our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, a comprehensive employer-matched pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts on our dedicated benefits portal.

For safe and happy childhoods

At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK.

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.

Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.