Job Description

Role: Ref 10721 - Assistant Residential Worker

Salary: \xc2\xa321,029.27 per annum

Location: Enniskillen, County Fermanagh

Contract/Hours: Fixed Term - 10 months, Full Time - 37 hours per week (This is a 24 hour service and shifts will begin at 8am or 8pm)

Interview date: 9th & 10th October

Benefits: 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, Blue Light card, excellent training and developments opportunities, professional qualifications, excellent training and development opportunities, flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages, up to 7% employer contribution pension, discount portal with your favourite brands.

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 670,000 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

Our Rossorry Grove Supported Accommodation is a purpose built 13 apartment supported accommodation service for young people who were homeless or at risk of becoming so. We work with young people aged 16 to 21 years, many of whom have been in care and / or struggle with significant mental health concerns and substance misuse issues.

Each young person will have their own self-contained flat and staff work closely with them to support their development of independent living skills and enabling them to move safely into the community.

As an Assistant Residential Worker, you\'ll build and maintain professional working relationships with our young people and their families, by providing emotional, social and practical support. You\'ll work as part of a fantastic, committed team to provide a high quality and person-centred care to our young people and their families, ensuring the views and needs are heard and responded to by promoting communication and participation.

Working in residential care can be extremely rewarding. Our aim is to give every young person we work with the support and guidance to reach their potential and support their aspirations for a positive future, and continue to promote independence.

How you\'ll help to create brighter futures

Some key responsibilities of the Assistant Residential Worker role are;

• Supporting young people to achieve their potential.
• Establish relationships and links within the community to assist our young people and their families.
• Assisting the Residential Workers to support the young people.
• Contributing to care plans, support plans and risk assessments.
• Carrying out 1-2-1 work with the young people to help them with cooking, budgeting and looking for jobs etc. and attending appointments with them.

Let\'s talk about you

• Diploma Level 3 in youth work or a social care related qualification, however we are very open to those with equivalent experience.
• Experience of working with vulnerable young people.
• Registration with the Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) or the willingness to register.
• Good IT skills.
• The ability to work as part of a team and cover shifts which will include evenings, nights and weekend work.
• Access to a car. The job requires the ability to travel according to the needs of the job, with reasonable adjustments, if required, according to the Equality Act.

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.

Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we\'d love to hear from you.

We work together to reach our mission to give children a healthy start in life.

Good luck! We can\'t wait to hear from you.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

At Spring Oscars 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 the organisation. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups.

Male staff are often under-represented within this sector and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles.

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.

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.

Application Process

There are 5 sections for you to complete - Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration - please refer to the JD and Person Specification when applying.

We also want to know what unique qualities you can bring to help us reach our vision for children and families.

Talent Pool: We\'re sure you\'ve got what it takes to join our ambitious team. If you\'re unsuccessful this time around, we\'d like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up that you might be better suited for. But feel free to let us know if you\'d rather we didn\'t do that.

If you need support with your application, please contact our Recruitment Partner Lynn Kelly on

We\'ll be happy to give you any support you require.

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