Support Worker

2 weeks ago

Walsall, Walsall, United Kingdom High5 Recruitment Full time

Vacancy:
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QUALIFIED Residential Childcare Support Worker
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Location: - Walsall, West Midlands

  • Full UK DL essential
  • Qualified Salary £34,812.34 a year
  • Rising to £35, upon successful completion of your sixmonth probationary period

Looking after children and young people who cannot live with their birth family is a difficult, complex, and challenging role and that's why we require experience for this role. You MUST be qualified with your L3/4 Diploma Working with Children and Young People.

Working with us offers you the chance to make a positive difference in the children's residential care sector by building strong, and meaningful relationships, and by becoming a dependable role model and advocate for children and young people who are living in a children's residential care home.

Our team consists of individuals from various social and academic backgrounds, who contribute their skills, passion, enthusiasm and expertise to support young people who are healing from all forms of abuse.
We have a higher number of qualified staff in our homes. However all staff go through a thorough induction and intensive training.


You may at first experience young people pushing back, refusing and rejecting your support, but you still have to keep going.

It is vital you do not give up on any child as they have been through such traumatic experiences.

About the Role:

You will be a member of a responsible team in charge of the day-to-day care of young people with Emotional and/or Behavioural difficulties within a Children's home

Day to day responsibilities will vary BUT your focus is always the same -
To help build confidence, self-esteem,
resilience and to help improve the lives of
young
people.

Skills required:

  • Building rapport with young people
  • Listening, patience and empathy

Some of your responsibilities include:

  • Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children/young people
  • Actively promoting structure, boundaries and routines within a safe and nurturing environment
  • Working in partnership with schools, colleges, OFSTED, Social Workers and other agencies and professionals to ensure the needs of the young people are met
  • Engaging in a variety of activities with the young people
  • Being a strong and positive role model for the young people
  • Working in line with the young people's care plans
  • Undertaking regular training as part of my professional development
  • Completing admin tasks
  • Schoolruns, attending plays and school events
  • Maintaining the home
  • Attend school plays, and concerts
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Seniors will lead a team on shift, attend LAC Reviews, and write reports and may stand in for the Deputy Manager

Therapeutic Focus:
We believe that all children and young people should be supported through therapeutic practices in every way possible. Our staff teams are provided with intensive therapeutic training.

We use an array of therapeutic approaches to support healing and wellbeing and to help young people understand their experiences and to find alternative ways of expressing hurt, sadness, anger, and frustration.

How we evaluate your suitability for this role will be based on how well you meet the above requirements. We take into consideration your job titles, trainings and qualifications. We will also gain a better understanding during the pre-assessment and interview process.

We do have an essential criteria

  • Able and willing to work 1 day on 2 off
  • Able and willing to sleep in on shift when the rota requires
  • Must be motivated, dedicated and passionate about transforming young lives
  • Able to work fulltime (we are not offering parttime, day or night shift only)
  • DBS check must be satisfactory
  • Work references must be returned and satisfactory
  • Full UK DL

We offer many great benefits:

  • Salaries above industry rates
  • Fully funded and recognised qualifications
  • Casual dress code
  • Celebrations/parties/team building days
  • Charity events/Themed Days
  • Career progression for those who want it
  • Holidays and trips away
  • Life Insurance
- £400 refer a friend bonus scheme

  • Opportunities to maximise takehome pay

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

  • To be child focused
  • The ability to be inclusive to all children and young people

Are you ready to transform lives?


Have a think about what you might have to offer to children and young people who are in need of safe, stable, dependable adults in their lives.

This role can be transformative for both child and for you

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
From £34,812.34 per year

Benefits:

  • Canteen
  • Casual dress
  • Company events
  • Company pension
  • Discounted or free food
  • Employee discount
  • Free parking
  • Life insurance
  • Onsite parking
  • Referral programme
  • Store discount

Supplemental pay types:

  • Bonus scheme
  • Performance bonus

Application question(s):

  • We politely request that you do not proc

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