Salary: £26,800 per annum plus an opportunity to earn an additional £3,600 per annum based on an average of 6 sleep-ins per month Location: Mold, Flintshire Contract/Hours: Permanent, Full-time – 37 hours per week (on a rota basis, working days, evenings, waking nights and weekends) Benefits:
• 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays and options to buy or sell leave • Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages • Pension with up to 7% matched employer contribution with included life assurance cover • Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts • We are a Real Living Wage accredited employer
We are one of the largest children’s charities in the UK and have been making a difference to the lives of the UK’s vulnerable children for over 150 years. Find out more about Action for Children here: Action for Children and on X, LinkedIn, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better.
About the Service Arosfa Disability service, provides short breaks and long term residential support to children and young people who have disabilities and or additional needs. We pride ourselves on providing a home-from-home experience for our children and young people. Our well-equipped setting gives parents complete peace of mind while their children enjoy a sleepover' and we're certain that our staff have plenty of fun, too! If you enjoy engaging with young people and seeing them reach their full potential then come and join our fantastic team.
About the role Qualified or currently working towards a level 3 in Health and Social Care, within this Residential Support Worker role, you’ll lead a team of support workers on shift, ensuring high standards of care and personalised support for the children and young people we support. This will include supporting in the absence of the Registered Manager or Team Leader, supervisions of staff, case managing and assisting in the development of the service.
How you’ll create brighter futures • Lead shifts with the primary aim of the provision of a high-quality service. • Provide 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. • Attendance at professional meetings including reviews, court work etc. • Supervise and guide staff as required, in accordance with Action for Children policies and procedures.
Let’s talk about you • Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care children and young people (or recognised equivalent) or currently working towards (essential) • Experience of shift leading a team of support workers • Flexibility to work a variety of shift patterns as agreed via the rolling rota. • Experience and training in safeguarding • Experience of developing tailored care plans
Good to know
Interviews to be held on 20th June 2025 at Arosfa Disability Service
We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role
We also have a number of entry level roles on full-time, part-time and casual basis
For more information about the role, please review our full job description by clicking here.
Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.
How to apply
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