Id Job: 31727a4
Working in children's residential care is undoubtedly one of the best jobs in the world as the impact you make is lifelong!
Recruiting Children's Residential Support Workers to work in a small residential home setting for children and young people who are healing from trauma and adverse childhood experiences.
Our homes are in Derby, close to the city centre and all amenities. Each home has three bedrooms for three children and young people who are supported by a family of support workers and qualified professionals.
Our young people may have experienced neglect, violence or abuse. They may have previously been in an environment where their emotional needs had not been met. They may have been exposed to substance misuse, criminality, domestic violence for example.
Adverse Childhood Experiences can have lasting, negative effects on their health and well-being as well as life opportunities such as education and job potential. These experiences can also increase risk of injury, teen pregnancy, involvement in sex trafficking and suicide.
We create and sustain safe, stable, nurturing relationships and homely environments for all children and young people that come into our care and we help every young person to reach their full potential
We provide careers, not just jobs!
We do have roles at all grades, so if you are looking for a change in career and have no experience we would still love to read your CV! Please note, you must be 21 and over to be considered for this role.
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We are recruiting a new team who are child-focused, committed, and who understand the complexities of childhood trauma and how this can truly impact on behaviour and life. To join our team you should show your understanding of trauma and you should either have had some previous experience of working within challenging work environments, for example, mental health hospitals, youth offenders/adult prisons OR you should be able to highlight some valuable skills, for example de-escalating difficult situations.
For this role you need the following:
Day to day responsibilities:
Our children and young people may have severe behavioural problems so we will be looking at certain qualities when making up our new team, for example:
The benefits of working in children's residential care include:
When reviewing CVs we will take into consideration the following:
If you have a curiosity and a strong desire to support young people in care and you are willing to undertake all training and complete the mandatory qualification after your probationary period, submit your CV and our team will let you know if your application has been shortlisted. We hope this job spec provides you with a little guidance and an overview of your responsibilities.
Please note, the screener questions are part of the application process. If these are not completed your CV may not be reviewed. Please note, this job and person specification should be treated as a guide. You may not meet the full criteria, but we believe in providing opportunities and a starting base to build your experience etc.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £30,559.00-£31,087.00 per year
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Work Location: In person
Reference ID: H5RSUNDBYMICDE24RSW
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