Action for Children
Location
Treharris, Merthyr Tydfil | United Kingdom
Job description
Residential Support Worker
Salary: £23,500 per annum plus £50 per sleep in
Location: Merthyr Tydfil
Contract/Hours: Permanent Full Time - 37 hours per week (working shifts on a rota basis including days, waking nights and sleep-ins)
Benefits:
Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
Vulnerable children in the UK need your help
Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.
Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.
About the service
Daisy House provides long-term residential care for children & young people who are looked after.
The underpinning philosophy of our Children's home's is to support them through a range of needs such as early childhood trauma, attachment disorders, challenging behaviours and those who have been subject to various placement breakdowns to enable them to come to terms with their past and build on the skills needed to achieve the best possible outcomes.
A bit about the role
The young peoples care will involve professional practice that is sensitive to their trauma history.
Our therapeutic model will provide an environment where they will receive positive experiences of reliable, consistent parenting through providing specific and structured care, with very clear consistent boundaries.
You'll be working within a supportive 4:1 ratio, with your Registered Manager, Team Leader, and fellow Residential Support Workers there every step of the way to guide and assist you.
As part of your induction, we are committed to providing you with comprehensive training which includes instruction on the therapeutic model including therapeutic intervention, supporting mental wellbeing, P.A.C.E training and much more.
Our goal is to equip you with the necessary tools to excel in your role and confidently carry out your responsibilities.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
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Good to know
As a non-profit organization, we are committed to the recent update from the Welsh Government in relation to 'eliminating private profit from the care of children looked after '.
"80% of care homes in Wales are run by the private sector. Our aim is to ensure that public money invested in the care of children looked after does not profit individuals or corporate entities, but is wholly spent on children's services to deliver better experiences and outcomes for children and young people, supporting service development and improvement and further professional development for staff."
By 2027, they aim to have the care of children who are looked after in Wales, to be provided by the public Sector and charitable or non-profile organisations.
For more information, please visit their website .
Have a question about the role? Contact Scott Jones via email at or via telephone on 01923 361 778
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace by actively encouraging applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic candidates and people with disabilities, as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and meaningful action to ensure fair opportunity to all groups in our communities and for AFC.
Don't meet every single requirement? If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.
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£23.5k per annum
