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SalaryRole: Assistant Residential Worker
Salary:£11.72 per hour
Location: Falkirk
Contract/Hours: Casual
With a casual post, there is flexibility to choose when you work, around your study, family, retirement, or home life!
Vulnerable children in the UK need your help
Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.
Last year, we helped more than 671,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.
Why Action for Children?
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.
A bit about the role
Tayavalla is a short breaks service based in Camelon, Falkirk offering residential short breaks to children and young people with complex health care needs, learning and physical disabilities. We encourage inclusion, ensuring that the children and young people are part of the wider community, through outings and activities we aim to provide a fun and stimulating environments for all our young people.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
- Supporting children to achieve positive outcomes for their future
- Providing support to meet Health and Social Care Standards
- Adopting approaches in line with the principles of The Promise
- Maintaining a safe environment for them to enjoy time with their friends
- Giving families the break they need to continue supporting their children.
- Assisting the children in all aspects of their care and supporting their health and wellbeing.
Let's talk about you
- Ideally, a HNC and SVQ 3 in a social care discipline, a qualification in social care, nursing, education, or someone undertaking studies which would meet the SSSC registration requirements.
- Applications from candidates who do not have any qualifications but applicable experience will be considered
- Experience of working with disabled young people.
- The ability to use MS Office to record case notes.
- Excellent communication
- Safeguarding
- A positive approach, providing a fun environment for all the children in our care.
Contact: Sarah Manderfield, Recruitment Partner via email; sarah.manderfield@actionforchildren.org.uk
Diversity, equality and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
Don't meet every single requirement?
If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.
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