Residential Worker - Nights

Overview

We are looking for dedicated night support workers to join our expanding team. You will be working in one of our residential homes located in Aylesbury and the surrounding villages, providing care for children and young people aged 8 to 18.

The children in our care exhibit emotional and behavioural challenges, so we need resilient yet compassionate individuals who can meet their needs and help them overcome their difficulties. Your role will involve not only supporting them through their challenges but also ensuring they have fun and enjoy their time with us.

If you are a caring and strong individual ready to make a positive impact, we would love to hear from you!

About us

Buckinghamshire Council is expanding our children's residential homes to ensure that children in care have homes in the surrounding Bucks area. With six existing homes and several new ones opening over the next two years, there will be numerous opportunities for growth and development.

We are seeking motivated, ambitious, and inspiring individuals to join us on this journey. You will enjoy a range of benefits designed to ensure your happiness both at work and at home.

About the role

As a night support worker, you will be part of a dedicated team providing a safe and nurturing environment for young people in care. Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting Wellbeing: Work to maintain or improve the mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing of young people, and help prepare them for independence.
• Corporate Parenting: Assist children with attending education, following routines, and implementing healthy boundaries while collaborating with professionals such as social workers and families.
• Shift Work: Night shifts
• Role Modelling: Lead by example for the young people, adhering to Buckinghamshire Council's policies and procedures.
• Professional Meetings: Attend and support young people at meetings with professionals.
• Independent Living Skills: Help young people develop and maintain skills for independent living.
• Documentation: Document and report any changes or concerns regarding the wellbeing of individuals

As a ‘fixed’ worker, you’ll spend most of your time in the same location, which will likely be a fixed office or location where your role is performed. Typically, you’ll be based in the same location as the rest of your team, because you provide a particular service from that fixed location or need access to information there.

About you

Join Us in Providing Exceptional Care for Children and Young People!

We are seeking individuals who are passionate about delivering the highest level of care for our children and young people. Ideal candidates will:

• Qualifications: Ideally hold a Level 3 Diploma in Children's Residential Care or an equivalent qualification.
• Behavior Management: Be capable of managing challenging behaviors, with ongoing training provided to support you.
• Initiative: Use initiative and proactively support young people in a challenging environment.
• Open-Mindedness: Have an open and forward-thinking approach to healthy change and parenting styles.
• Flexibility: Be willing to engage in a variety of tasks, as every day brings new experiences!

Other information

If you would like to find out more about this role, please contact Laura Armstrong at [email protected]

Closing date: 05/05/2025.

Interview date: TBC

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020 and 2023).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance published by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

 

Our values and culture

We have a set of values, which our employees have chosen, that represent what we are – Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy.

By joining Buckinghamshire Council, you can expect:

• a fair and inclusive culture
• the chance to really make a difference to those around you
• health and well-being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
• a unified voice through our Employee Representative Group
• ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career with us
• opportunities to take part in fun activities such as fundraising and social events

At Buckinghamshire Council, we know that our biggest strength comes from the people that work for us, and that’s why we’re working hard to ensure we continue to be an accessible and inclusive organisation.

From dedicated staff networks overseen by our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group, to proudly standing as a Disability Confident employer, it’s important to us that all our colleagues feel engaged, listened to, and valued. Our offer of flexible working empowers a productive and happy workforce and allows employees to combine work with other responsibilities and commitments.

We believe our workforce should reflect the diverse communities we service in Buckinghamshire, and are looking for like-minded individuals to join us in promoting equality, fairness, and inclusion for everyone.

About the Business Unit

Buckinghamshire is a successful, growing place with fantastic natural assets, a highly productive economy and many resourceful and thriving communities. However, we are far from complacent and our new and ambitious unitary authority is well placed to tackle the challenges associated with growth, an aging population, climate change and inequalities in both opportunities and outcomes – particularly for our children and young people.

Children’s Services is on an improvement journey and as our very recent Ofsted report shows, we have continued to improve despite the pressures of the pandemic and have built solid foundations for future success. Relationships with partners are strong and our collective response to the pandemic has strengthened and deepened our work together.

We have a big, ambitious agenda for Buckinghamshire, and our teams work collaboratively and at pace to make a positive difference to the lives of children and young people across the county.

We are looking for talented and driven individuals to help us achieve the best outcomes for our children, young people and families in Buckinghamshire. Our key priorities include continuing to protect vulnerable children and young people from harm, whilst sustaining an environment where social work practice can thrive. Through our vital work with our partners, including The Buckinghamshire Safeguarding Childrens Partnership, we continue to improve our collective response to children and young people who have been exposed to domestic abuse, exploitation, substance misuse and mental health issues.

No matter what role you take on in our Children’s services, you will be part of a team who is dedicated to supporting children and their families to achieve their full potential.

We recognise and reward you

Hard work and success deserves recognition. That’s why we pride ourselves on the benefits we give our people. We actively encourage a good work-life balance and promote flexible and agile working arrangements. We provide discounts on various Cafés, restaurants, shops and auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme. In addition to the opportunity to gain membership to Costco, we have discounted gym memberships, travel discounts with Arriva and much more.

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