Residential Support Worker
Stroud
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: Residential Support Worker
- Job Location: Longhouse, Stroud
- Salary: £27,803 - £30,296 per annum pro rata
- Hours per Week: 25 hours and 30 hours
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Closing Date: 30/04/2024
- Job Requisition Number: 6318
Watching someone achieve the remarkable. Giving someone quality time and support. This is why we do it. This is why we care.
As part of our Adult Social Care team, amazing moments like these will be part of daily life as you support those who need us most. What’s more, you’ll help us take our service to new heights. Add to that an array of brilliant benefits – including an employee assistance programme, tax-free childcare, cycle to work scheme and staff discounts – and you’ve got a rewarding role in every sense.
Our short video will give you an idea of what it's like to work in our Adult Social Care team: Adult Social Care Inhouse Team
About the role
As a Residential Support Worker 2, you’ll be part of a dedicated team at our short break unit, Longhouse is a seven bedded unit providing planned and emergency respite care for adults with learning disabilities. Situated in Cainscross in Stroud, they also take countywide referrals. In this highly rewarding role, you’ll create a positive, caring and stimulating environment that meets every resident’s needs.
Learn more about our Respite Unit locations on our website. Our centres are designed for adults with learning disabilities and other complex needs, who may display challenging behaviour. Each unit provides 24-hour care for planned, unplanned and emergency stays.
The goal is to make sure residents enjoy fulfilling and dignified lives – and you’ll play a big part in that. Guided by care plans and risk assessments, you’ll help them with personal care and medication, leading shifts as the Officer in Charge if required. Our residents will be relying on you to give your best, so we’ll make sure you get expert support and training.
About you
As well as an NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) qualification, you’ll have hands-on experience of working with people with learning disabilities. With this background, you’ll be used to administering medication and helping individuals with personal care. Practical and positive, you’ll manage your own workload and work as part of a team. With every opportunity to learn, you’ll also be keen to develop and take our service from strength to strength.
You’ll join us on a shift basis, which will include every other weekend and sleep in duties as required. Please note that you must be flexible to help out at other locations when required.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about. See our values page to find out more.
If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you! In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role.
About us
It’s a fantastic time to join Gloucestershire County Council, as we transform our Adult Social Care services. Through our team, we’re helping people with increasingly complex needs to remain independent and have a say in how they live. To succeed, we need people who’ll go the extra mile to see others well and happy, and give families peace of mind. People who know that caring is the most rewarding feeling around.
Join us, and you’ll have a great opportunity to make a real impact on people’s lives. Meanwhile, we’ll thank you with a range of excellent benefits and give you the training and support to develop your career. We genuinely care about our colleagues and support their wellbeing.
Applying:
Please write your application with consideration for the criteria in the Job Profile (see link below).
Your application should include examples of why you should be considered and cover the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post. Please also include details of your English and Maths GCSE qualifications (or equivalent) in the application form.
To arrange an informal discussion with the Team Manager, please contact ASCrecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk to arrange a convenient time for a call back. Or click ‘apply’ today!
Please note: we are unable to provide sponsorship.
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-
Residential Support Worker 2 - Job Profile
This Position is subject to a DBS check.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to the volume of applications received and / or due to the needs of the service. The advert will be open for a minimum of 7 calendar days. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.