We are looking for a Senior Children's Residential Support Worker to join a therapeutic children's home set in a rural location in the Peak District.

The organisation specialises in working with children and young people who have suffered abuse, neglect and those at serious risk of exploitation. The staff team are well established and endeavour to maintain a home environment that exceeds the needs of the young people, enabling them to express their characters, feel safe and enrich their lives.

Working as a Senior Residential Support Worker, you must be willing to go above and beyond for the children and young people - ensuring that they have an experience of childhood that they can reflect upon and carry with them into adulthood.

In return, you will be rewarded with a career defining opportunity to impact on an ambitious and growing organisation that is committed to staff retention, development and equality.

‪Benefits

· Regular overtime and enhancements on offer

· Quality training including therapeutic intervention (PACE) delivered by a top psychologist

· Fully funded Level 5 Leadership and Management qualification

· Workplace pension

· Genuine opportunity for progression into more senior roles

‪Requirements

· Able to work a two on four off shift pattern (rolling rota)

· Experience of working in residential children’s home or similar setting

· Have the resilience to work with children and young people who present challenging behaviour

· Level 3 Health and Social Care CYP (or equivalent qualification) desirable

· Full UK Driving Licence

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £25,728.00 per year

Additional scheme

Ashberry Recruitment represent hundreds of experienced Residential Child Care Workers across the North for casual, ad-hoc and temporary work with our specialist social care clients.

Presently we are keen to identify new staff to supplement our current team of amazing support workers and are particularly interested in candidates who wish to work on this basis, with a variety of client groups including vulnerable children and young people with learning disabilities, autism or challenging behaviours in the Yorkshire area.

When working within a residential childrens home you'll be providing support for the young people in all aspects of their care. You'll be expected to be a positive role model for the young people, daily running of the site as well as well as 1-1 work with a young person. You will be expected to engage with the children and young people and be pro-active, and always work to the childrens homes standards.

Our bank workers are dependable, reliable and committed. We need workers who can be available at short notice, across 7 days to include weekends, days, sleeps and waking nights. Ideally drivers with theirown transport.

Benefits:

· Only pick up the shifts you want to work

· Competitive rates of pay

· Full compliance with Agency Worker Regulations

· Excellent customer service

· Weekly pay

Requirements:

· Experience of working within residential provisions for children and young people

· NVQL3 Health & Social Care qualification would be advantageous but isn’t essential

*subject to DBS, reference and ID checks*

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary contract, Zero hours contract

Salary: £9.50-£12.53 per hour

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Weekend ID: YorksGenLW

After School Club Assistant

We are looking for a committed Play Leader qualified to NVQ level 3 in childcare or equivalent to help lead our thriving Breakfast & After School Clubs, five days per week during the school term. There will also be an opportunity to work during the school holidays. The person appointed will help manage a small team of play workers and be responsible for providing interesting and enjoyable wrap-around school care to children from our school. The Club is open to 24 places at the clubs, but we anticipate this will increase with time. The successful candidate will enjoy working with children, be able to plan and provide a range of interesting play opportunities for age groups, be effective at working within a small team, flexible and hard working.

Knowledge

Understand the key issues relating to quality play-care with reference to project administration

Understand the key issues and procedures relating to safeguarding children

Understand the key issues of equal opportunities in this field of work.

Demonstrate an understanding of the family and community needs of parents and children

Demonstrate an understanding of working in partnership with schools and other agencies

Understand the range of needs which children and their families may have

Understand the key issues relating to quality play-care

Understand the key issues of equal opportunities in this field of work

Understand the key issues and procedures for Safeguarding Children

Skills

Ability to provide and facilitate safe and creative play.

Ability to use paper and I.T. based administration systems.

Ability to communicate well with a wide range of groups and individuals.

Ability to work as a team member.

Ability to use judgement and common sense.

Ability to work on own initiative

Ability to spend within a budget and to keep appropriate records of spending

JPAC LTD are an equal opportunity employer

Job Types: Part-time, Contract, Permanent

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Salary: £10,000.00-£11,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Childcare
• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme
• Loyalty bonus
• Performance bonus

Ability to S6 5HN: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Part Residential Child Care Worker (2 Posts)

6 Months Temporary

Salary Grade

£20010 - £24,627 (Dependant on qualifications and experience), plus £38 sleep in shift allowance.

What we are looking for

You will be enthusiastic, have a good sense of humour, dynamic, like children and have a sound understanding of child development and Attachment Disorders, we are looking for someone who has previous experience in working with children.

You should also have the ability and experience to contribute with colleagues to form individual personal plans and plan any therputic interventions.

You should have completed your HNC in Social Services (or an award of certificated knowledge with 96 credits at or above SCQF Level 7) and or successfully have been assessed at SVQ Level 3 in Social Services (Children & Young People).

All applicants must meet the SSSC registration requirements for the appropriate part of the register, have recent experience working with children in a residential child care setting or similar and have basic computer skills.

A PVG check will be carried out for all succesful canditates through Disclosure Scotland

A full UK driving licence is preferable as you will be requried to transport children.

This position requires someone who will be innovative and promote the individual needs and rights of very vulnerable children. You will be required to write reports, attend meetings, childrens hearings and participate in family work.

You will have responsibility for ensuring progression of the children's care plans and work in partnership with all professionals involved in the lives of the children being cared for in Crannoch.

The Resources

The post holder will be supervised by a Senior Residential Child Care Worker.

Duties will include maintaining a safe and nurturing environment, including undertaking household tasks, participation in activites with children to promote their needs in accordance with National Care Standards and the principles and values of Girfec.

The successful candidate will have access to an induction programme as well as regular eLearning that will be relevant to your role. Additonal training will be provided in managing difficult behaviour, Attachment Disorders and Trauma as well as other topics, as required to enable staff to carry our their task of caring for children and young people.

If you feel that you meet the above criteria we would love to hear from you. As part of our safer recruitment policy we will require our Application Form to be completed so if could please include your direct contact information along with your CV so that we can send this directly to you that would be appreciated.

Job Types: Part-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 6 months
Part-time hours: 25 per week

Salary: £20,010.00-£24,627.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• Weekend availability

COVID-19 considerations:
Temperature taken on arrival for every shift and PPE will be provided in the event of this being required.

Education:

• Certificate of Higher Education (required)

Experience:

• Residential Childcare: 2 years (required)
• Support Environment: 2 years (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• SVQ Level 3 in Social Services (preferred)

Application deadline: 28/06/2022
Reference ID: PT RCCW TEMP Post (6 start date: 30/06/2022

Company description

Abbey Green Therapeutic Childrens Services is a small family owned Residential Care company based in the Nottinghamshire area. We have 5 small Residential Children’s Homes and have recently been judged 'Outstanding' by Ofsted'.

We are looking for Senior/RCW support workers to join our team. 'Therapeutic Parents’ who are nurturing and supportive, that can give our children, high levels of care, allowing them to achieve outstanding outcomes.

Our Mission:

Abbey Green are driven to changing children’s’ lives for the better by providing a specialist service that tailors’ therapeutic packages of care to support young people in their development. We specialise in attachment and early life trauma using therapeutic parenting, DDP and PACE.

We offer extensive training packages, QCF level 4 residential, and QCF level 5 management for the right candidate, as well as an extensive in-house training program. All employees have access to our employee assist program with peninsula; benefits include legal advice, counselling and therapy sessions for you or your family. We offer competitive salaries and fantastic training and development opportunities to the right applicant.

Job description

Abbey Green Therapeutic Children's Services is a Therapeutic Children's Home for children aged between 8-17 with Emotional Behavioural Difficulties.

To provide outstanding therapeutic care for young people between 8 - 17.

• Work as a team of aspirational therapeutic support workers
• Make a positive difference to the lives of children and young people
• Ambitious, enthusiastic, interesting and aspirational

Skills & Experience (Essential)

• A commitment to delivering high-quality care.
• Knowledge of EBD and other complex needs/challenging behaviours.
• Hold a current UK Driving Licence.
• A minimum of 1 years experience in a position relevant to the residential care of children.
• NVQ Level 3 in Children and Young People or equivalent / or willing to work towards.

MUST BE ABLE TO DRIVE

A completed company application form will be required post interview. This will be part of the offer process.

The recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicants will be appointed subject to references and enhanced DBS check. To be successful in your application, you will be subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process and must adhere to a strict code of conduct regarding your behaviour at all times.

All positions are subject to enhanced DBS check and satisfactory reference request.

Age 21 or over.

Location of employment: NG13, NG22

Required Education, Skills and Qualifications

Senior Residential Support Worker

Must have experience of working with young people with complex needs. Must have good communication skills and good literacy.

· Must hold level 3 QCF for residential childcare or working towards. (Training Provided)

· Experience of working with young people EBD

· Must have good communication skills and good literacy.

· Experience of working therapeutically /PACE would be an advantage.

Benefits:

Full Training will be provided for successful candidate.

All carers receive 1:1 supervisions and support from a manager and group supervision with the home’s therapist. Whilst on duty all meals are supplied and activities to support the young people are paid for.

28 days annual leave including bank holidays.

· QCF level 4 training provided

· QCF level 5 provided for candidates that would like to progress in the company.

• Career Development
• Opportunity to train and develop into a Deputy Manager/Manager
• NEST Pension
• Employee Assist Program

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £27,200 -£29,280 per year (including sleeps)

£60 Per Sleep in

COVID-19 precaution(s):

• Remote interview process
• Virtual meetings
• Sanitisation, disinfection or cleaning procedures in place

Work Remotely

• No

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £27,200.00-£29,280.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Weekend availability

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom Location: In person