Residential Support Worker

Are you looking for a new challenge in your career? Do you have skills you feel aren't being fully maximised and feel passionate about helping young people with emotional and mental health issues and making a difference?

Then we are looking for you

Oakfield is a company that has for the past 10 years worked within the NHS. However now heavily focuses on providing specialist homes to young people who are leaving hospital and secure services who have suffered trauma and have complex emotional and behavioural needs.

Oakfield is one of the only providers in the country providing such a specialist service and has been unique in achieving meaningful and transformative outcomes for the people it has supported. We provide targeted therapeutic trauma informed care to such young people, leaving their trauma and risk behaviours behind and supporting them to live and thrive in the community, building confidence, independence and achievement.

Just a few examples of our success stories:

16 year old Female who has spent majority of life within hospital services due to risk. High level self-harm, challenging behaviour.

Following Therapeutic placement with Oakfield: no self-harm, no challenging behaviour, full time education, part time employment, no return to hospital

Young person

'I really like this place and don't want it to be over because it makes me feel safe'

15 year old: complex trauma, long term periods spent within secure settings

Following Therapeutic placement with Oakfield: No return to hospital, no new episodes of self-harm, return home to parents successfully, full time employment.

None of this could have been achieved without our dedicated and passionate staff team We are looking to expand our team and bring more like-minded people into our Oakfield specialist team.

What to expect:

· Extensive 2 week Induction training to prepare you adequately for the role covering trauma, therapeutic principles and crisis management

· Ongoing training weekly/monthly by experienced staff

· Excellent Opportunities for continued professional development including Diploma

· Supportive environment focused on outcomes, engagement and fulfilment

· Bonus incentives

· Competitive rates of pay

· Experienced supportive staff team

· Company pension scheme

· Health and wellbeing programme

We asked staff one word that describes how you feel about Oakfield

'Proud'

'Unique'

'Rewarding'

'Never Boring'

'Best team'

'Friends for life'

'Working with great people'

As a Residential Support Worker you will become an essential part of a young person's life by delivering support that is focused on all aspects of their health, wellbeing, education, independence, and development. You will be responsible for:

• Working in accordance with our company values of Everyone Matters, Inspire, Teamwork, Resilience, and Excellence & Quality.
• Providing an outstanding quality of care that is underpinned with the Children's Home Regulations and Quality Standards.
• Building and maintaining appropriate positive relationships with our children and young people; colleagues; and professionals/outside agencies.
• Adopting trauma informed therapeutic approach to delivering support.
• Providing a safe, nurturing, and positive living environment.
• Providing domestic support within the home.
• Engaging in meaningful activities that the child or young person enjoys
• Ensuring our children feel heard and are able to communicate their individual wants, needs and wishes.
• Managing conflict and challenging behaviour appropriately with the aim of producing positive outcomes.
• Working as part of a team.
• Committing to developing your professional knowledge and skillset.
• Working shifts as part of a rolling rota (including long shifts; nights; weekends; sleep-ins).
• Typically staff members complete 48 hours per week comprising of 3 long shifts and 1 sleep shift

Preferred candidates

· Level 3 Diploma Residential Childcare

· Driving licence UK

Experience of a similar role would be beneficial; however, it is not essential because we pride ourselves on facilitating a bespoke learning and development programme that encourages career progression within our organisation and the childcare profession. If you do not hold a Level 3 Diploma in Children and Young People's Workforce upon joining the organisation, you will be supported in obtaining your qualification within the first two years of your employment.

It takes a truly special person to support the young people we care for, to keep them at the heart of the service no matter what the day brings, and we want to meet those people. If you think that could be you, and you share our values and goals- Please get in touch today

The Oakfield Team

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to £28,080.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Flexitime
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:

• Residential Childcare: 1 year (preferred)
• Support Environment: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)
• NVQ Level 3 Residential Childcare (preferred)
• Safeguarding Children Certification (preferred)

Work Location: In person