Northolt/London
Circa £24,500 + £1775 Outer London weighting per year
37Hours - Permanent - Full-Time (Rota basis includes earlies, evening, weekends and sleep in's)

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

The role

Haydock Short Breaks is a 6 bedded service providing short breaks to children and their families aged 8 to 18 years of age. The service supports children and young people who have various disabilities and complex needs. The aim is to ensure they provide a fun and welcoming environment.

As a Residential Worker you'll help the team provide a safe, stimulating, fun and caring environment, supporting the children with household tasks and all aspects of their care. You'll also attend training, team meetings and supervision during the day.

You will make a difference by:

- Having a higher level of accountability.

- Supporting the children and young people in their personal care, administration of medication and procedures in line with the services policies and procedures.

- Maintaining relationships with the families to ensure they feel confident with the care being provided.

- Shift leading / Supervising staff / Rota allocations.

- Being a Key Worker updating care plans and risk assessment.

- Liaising and building a strong rapport with families, multi agencies and attending meetings.

You will need:

- Experience of working with children/ young people or elderly with disabilities would be an advantage.

- Level 3 QCF Working with Children and Young People or equivalent is desirable, or the willingness to work towards this.

- Working on own initiative, but also ability to work effectively as part of a team.

- A positive and confident approach to engaging with children and young people.

- A flexible approach to working hours (service open seven days a week).

- A good standard of written English for accurate for record-keeping purposes.

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 and values to understand more about the way we work here.

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 Machaela Huggins on 07776 659 803 or email

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.