Residential Support Worker

Residential Support Worker

Action for Children are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Residential Support Worker to join their team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing high-quality care and support to children and young people with physical and learning disabilities.

The Residential Support Worker will work on a rolling rota covering various shifts, including some weekends.

They will be responsible for building bonds with the children, supporting them with day-to-day personal care needs, and promoting their independence.

• Work as part of a team to provide flexible, responsive, and person-centred care to children and young people based on an assessment of their needs


• Build and maintain professional working relationships with children, young people, and their families


• Establish relationships and links within the community to assist the child, young person, and their family


• Support children and young people in their personal care, administration of medication, and clinical procedures


• Ensure that the views and needs of children/young people are heard and responded to by promoting communication and participation


• Undertake routine household tasks to enable the smooth running of the home and promote independence


• Contribute to the development and evaluation of care plans and input to service planning meetings where required


• Refer issues as appropriate that require specialist or management support


• Record observations and maintain up-to-date files (paper and electronic)

• Level 3 in Residential Childcare or equivalent within two years of starting.


• Enhanced DBS.


• Some weekend shifts on a rota basis.


• Willingness to participate in relevant on-the-job or off-site training.


• Ability to manage difficult situations within the remit of the job.


• Knowledge of safeguarding and risk assessment.

If you are interested, please call Chris Richardson on 01772 208964 or email me your CV - Christopher.richardson@servicecare.org.uk

If this role isn't right for you, but you know someone who would fit perfectly to our engaged and devoted team and you refer them, you will receive a referral bonus of £250.

The benefits of working with SCS:

• A specialist dedicated Social Work consultant offering single point of contact.


• Exceptional referral bonuses - £250 per referral placed in to work!


• An extensive & exclusive range of Social Work vacancies across the UK


• Nationwide provider Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities.


• Payroll service twice a week.


• Ltd and PAYE payment options available.


• Annual training budget of up to £250 and continued online CPD training.


• Excellent Annual Loyalty schemes / bonuses.


• DBS disclosures provided via fast-track online services free of charge.