Female Residential Child Care Worker
Package Description
Job Title: Therapeutic support worker - young person
Salary: From £27,581 per annum PLUS additional £3k - £6k per annum for sleep ins.
Hours: Full-time, 39 hours per week working a rolling shift pattern which includes long days and additional sleep ins.
Rated OUTSTANDING at Ofsted inspection.
We are looking for Female Residential Support workers to join our specialist 5 bed Children's home and be part of an amazing team, supporting young people to reach their full potential and have positive outcomes, giving them hope for the future.
Our Home is a well-established Residential Children’s Home, which is part of the nationwide company Keys Group. The home accommodates up to 5 young ladies, all who have experienced trauma and can present varying levels of behaviours that challenge. The Manager & Team are very experienced at working with young ladies who present CSE Challenges, and have had many, long term successful placements, with the young people staying for over 4 years and transitioning on as adults after their 18th Birthday.
The home is a large detached family home, set on a large plot, it is rurally located in the beautiful countryside setting of the South Downs in West Sussex.
At this home, we support vulnerable young females, who display behaviours of concern, and specialise in working with Child Sexual Exploitation, absconding & Self Injurious Behaviours, alongside others, which can include mental health, risk taking and emotional challenges.
Alongside our therapeutic approach, we also work with Keys Clinical Psychologist and with our Keys Specialist Team of advisors
Working in our home can be intense but extremely rewarding, we have great fun promoting the interests of our young people who enjoy horse riding and equestrian as their favourite pastime.
Qualifications, training and career progression
Keys Group provide excellent ongoing training to support and develop you in your role, with recognised qualifications and potential for career progression within an ever growing national Company. We are in the Sunday Times Top 10 Organisations for Apprenticeship providers
Benefits of joining Keys Group:
- Competitive Salary: The Real Living Wage as a minimum
- Full induction and introductory programme
- Fully funded training and qualifications
- Enhanced pay scales that recognise both qualifications and experience
- Enhanced company maternity & paternity pay
- Access to free wellbeing and life counselling service
- NEST Pension Scheme
- Life assurance
- Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check paid for by us
- 28 days annual leave.
- Staff Referral Scheme – Refer a friend to join Keys Group and split a £500 referral bonus between you
- Real progression opportunities
- Amazing Discount Schemes - You'll have access to both the Hapi App & a Blue Light Card which give you incredible discounts at high street retailers, days out, gifts, holidays - even when buying a car
What does the job involve?
- Act as a professional parent, to to give encouragement and praise.
- Provide emotional and physical support to allow the children to reach their full potential in sometimes challenging situations
- Build friendships and trusting relationships
- Help them to find pleasure in everyday tasks
- Empower them to make decisions about themselves
- Ensure a safe home environment, cleaning, laundry, cooking is part of the job.
What do you need?
- We want people who are naturally caring, flexible and resilient.
- Passionate about supporting children to lead happy lives.
- Great communication skills, positive and energetic.
- Experience in care or transferable skills such as youth work, education, sports or working with vulnerable people is beneficial
- Ability to remain calm during sometimes challenging situations.
- Full UK Driving licence is desired & highly beneficial (due to location of the home)
- You need to be able to work flexibly in caring for the children. This will include working shifts and sleep-ins