Senior Residential Worker

1 week ago

Wakefield, United Kingdom Wakefield Council Full time

Exciting opportunity – Senior Residential Worker needed in our Children’s Home Many children are misplaced into children’s homes due to a national shortage of foster placements for children. The resultof this leads to young people who are most vulnerable being placed a long way from home and not always achieving the bestoutcomes. To support this, we are now seeking to appoint a suitably skilled, qualified and motivation Senior Residential Worker to work alongside the Assistant Manager and Homes Manager to lead and develop our home, working with children aged between 5 – 17 years old. An excellent understanding of the needs of children in care, with a clear ambition to provide outstanding services for the children we look after is required. We will provide you with excellent supervision, appraisal, on – going training and support in obtaining your management qualification awards. This post requires an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual with good communication skills. You will need to be organised and confident in interactions with children and young people. Previous experience of trauma informed practices, therapeutic caring and connective parenting are desirable although full training will be provided. It is essential that you are kind, caring, patient, resilient and can see the need behind behaviours. You should be committed to improving the life chances of the children and young people and share our ethos of never giving up and a full team around the child approach. Candidates will have significant experience of working in a relevant setting for children and young people, experience of preparing, implementing and reviewing care plans for children. The successful candidate should have the ability to: Relate and communicate to a wide spectrum of people, which includes children and young people, their carers and other professionals. Work in a therapeutic manner. Work and take appropriate decision when under pressure. Good experience of contributing to the support and mentoring / mentoring of staff. Demonstrate literacy and numeracy skills to maintain records and prepare reports. Assess needs and draw up and implement appropriate care plans in conjunction with partner agencies. Have high emotional resilience Work and take appropriate decision when under pressure. You will hold a NVQ3 / Diploma in Caring for Children and Young People. Effective supervision, Induction and good training are provided to all staff. The work involves shift patterns, including weekends and Bank Holidays. Benefits include Weekend Allowance Shift allowance Enhanced Bank holiday and weekend pay Generous annual leave entitlement Competitive salary with yearly increments Employee Assisted Programme Access to OHU Want to Know More? If you would like to know more about the role, the recruitment process or working for Wakefield Council feel free to contact Nat Towning. Tel: 07721645147 E-mail: nstowning@wakefield.gov.uk To apply please click theApply Now link below. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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