Kenilworth, Warwickshire Circa £9.53 per hour Hours - 18.5 hours per week

Finding safe and loving homes for vulnerable children and young people.

The role Warwickshire Disability is a registered Children's Home offering residential overnight short breaks for children and young people with severe learning disabilities and complex needs. Our extremely dedicated and professional staff team work in a sensitive and caring way to support disabled children to remain living with their families.

We offer a homely welcoming environment, which makes children feel safe and where they can have fun enjoying different activities. Our aim is to provide positive, life enhancing experiences, and the staff team are committed to putting children at the heart of everything we do. They also develop positive relationships with families and other professionals to ensure the best outcomes for the children and young people that we work with.

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.

You will make a difference by:

Working individually and as part of a team to provide responsive, high quality and person-centred care to children, young people and their families.
Monitoring children and young people overnight during their stay.
Providing personal care, administering medication and carrying out clinical procedures.
Building and maintaining professional working relationships and providing emotional, social and practical support to young people who can display challenging emotional and social difficulties.
Ensuring that the views and needs of children and young people are heard and responded to by promoting communication and participation.
Contributing to the development and evaluation of care plans.

You will need:

Relevant qualification in Social Care to at least Level 3 or a willingness to undertake relevant qualification within one year of being appointed.
Experience in the provision of services for disabled children, young people or adults.
An awareness of the Children's Home Regulations including Quality Standards, legal frameworks relating to children and young people and application of Health & Safety legislation.
Experience in safeguarding disabled children and young people, and skilled in identifying risks.
Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and appropriate way, with an open and honest manner.
Innovative and creative approaches to problem solving and developing the service.
Self-awareness in being able to ask for help and support when needed
Ability to use Microsoft I.T applications.
A commitment to ongoing personal development

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. Have a look at our behaviours

Kenilworth, Warwickshire Circa £9.53 per hour Hours - 18.5 hours per week

Finding safe and loving homes for vulnerable children and young people.

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.

You will make a difference by:

Working individually and as part of a team to provide responsive, high quality and person-centred care to children, young people and their families.
Monitoring children and young people overnight during their stay.
Providing personal care, administering medication and carrying out clinical procedures.
Building and maintaining professional working relationships and providing emotional, social and practical support to young people who can display challenging emotional and social difficulties.
Ensuring that the views and needs of children and young people are heard and responded to by promoting communication and participation.
Contributing to the development and evaluation of care plans.

You will need:

Relevant qualification in Social Care to at least Level 3 or a willingness to undertake relevant qualification within one year of being appointed.
Experience in the provision of services for disabled children, young people or adults.
An awareness of the Children's Home Regulations including Quality Standards, legal frameworks relating to children and young people and application of Health & Safety legislation.
Experience in safeguarding disabled children and young people, and skilled in identifying risks.
Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and appropriate way, with an open and honest manner.
Innovative and creative approaches to problem solving and developing the service.
Self-awareness in being able to ask for help and support when needed
Ability to use Microsoft I.T applications.
A commitment to ongoing personal development

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. Find out more about our exclusive Action for Children benefits here. 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. For more information, please contact Maria Sorrentino on 07917482469 or email recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.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.

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