Residential Childcare Worker - Registered Children's Home

1. This vacancy is open to those over the age of 22 only (Exempt under the Equality Act 2010, pursuant to schedule 9, Part 1).
2. We will support you to reach your potential within your role through Psychologically led and informed reflective practice sessions in addition to standard support and supervision.
3. You will have the opportunity to gain additional qualifications as well as be trained by a multi-agency team of professionals.

What we expect from you

• To provide young people aged 14 plus with excellent care and support within the home. Ensuring high levels of emotional and physical care, appropriate activities, as well as a comfortable, safe and supportive environment are provided to the young people who live within the home,
• Support the young people to build and manage relationships with their families, and others, as well as working with a range of external partners/services, to ensure that the young people receive the best possible standards of care and opportunities whilst living within the home.
• Key working responsibilities with the young people using Psychological / trauma informed practice to provide a child-centred, kind and empathic approach to support being given.
• Recording and evidencing all key work activities in line with both Llamau and CIW requirements. Supporting the Registered Manager and Deputy Manager to manage key areas of risk, including highlighting and escalating health and safety, and safeguarding concerns, and providing compliance information where required.
• To build a warm, welcoming and non-judgement home for young people to feel empowered, nurtured and thrive.

Hours of Work: Full time, up to 46 hours, days and Sleep-ins.

What you can expect from us 

• We will support you to reach your potential within your role through Psychologically led and informed reflective practice sessions in addition to standard support and supervision.
• We will provide you with meals on shift where you will eat with the young people and become a part of their home.
• We are passionate about nurturing talent, our senior leadership team includes colleagues that have progressed through the business from entry level roles
• You will have the opportunity to gain additional qualifications as well as be trained by a multi-agency team of professionals.
• Enhanced Group Pension Scheme of 10% contributions (after qualifying period)
• Cycle to Work and Eye care voucher scheme
• Business mileage: £0.45 per mile
• You’ll also have free access to an internal wellbeing and counselling team

Person specification

Essential

Education

• Current or expectation to register with Social Care Wales.
• QCF level 3 in health and social care (children and young people) or equivalent or willingness to work towards within time period set by Social Care Wales.

Other

• Full UK driving licence.
• This vacancy is open to those over the age of 22 only (Exempt under the Equality Act 2010, pursuant to schedule 9, Part 1).