Childrens Residential Youth Worker Runcorn, England
Job description
Children’s Residential Youth Worker
Embrace service Preston and Warrington and Halton Regions
Full Time / Flexible shift pattern that include sleep Ins.
Flexible working options are available (full time/part time)
**£500 sign up bonus**
**£1000 refer a friend bonus**
On shift meals provided
CPD opportunities after successfully passing probation and fast-tracked career development for suitable candidates.
Clinical training and qualifications to develop your career
Here at the Cambian Group, our vision is to inspire lives, and develop individuals, families and communities. Our values are; Quality, Advocacy, Perseverance & Patience. We are making sure that the support we offer is constant, reliable and of the highest quality and it is our fantastic staff who are making this happen.
With this in mind we are launching a new Cambian service, Embrace, and are looking for the right team members to develop and grow with us.
Embrace will be a clinically informed therapeutic solo service aimed to provide care for the hardest to reach young people.
Working closely with the home’s leadership team you will help respond to the needs of young people who may feel let down and frustrated and present with a range of complex trauma behaviours.
Are you looking to make a real difference to the lives of others?
We are seeking residential care workers to join our team delivering a new Cambian service, Embrace. As part of our team you will be working in one of our OFSTED registered homes located across the Preston and Warrington and Halton regions.
We are looking for team members to join us in making a positive impact on the lives of the young people in our care. Supporting children between 8-18 years of age that have a range of complex needs - which will include emotional and behavioural difficulties. Providing our children with homely settings that care for one young person at a time. This package of care, in which you will play an important part in delivering, is aimed to support the development and the mental wellbeing of the children in our care.
As part of the care team you will support the home’s leadership team, working alongside other qualified care givers and clinicians to meet the needs of all aspects of our young person’s everyday life, such as household duties, engaging children in education, maintain paperwork systems and enriching their lives through activities and supporting hobbies. Helping young people to safely access the local community and maintain important relationships means that you will need to help transport them.
Our clinically informed training and clinical support will support you in forming meaningful relationships with young people that help them shape their lives and make good outcomes for themselves.
Confidence, emotional resilience and a willingness to get involved with the determination to make a difference are essential qualities for the role. Our leadership, training and clinical support will support you in being the very best you can be. You will be expected to continue to train and develop your practise always striving to deliver the very best care.
Duties:
Delivering the highest quality care for our children
Offering guidance, support and structure to their everyday lives
Supporting the young people to engage and access education
Promoting a healthy life style and positive living choices
Accessing clinically led training to improve your skills and develop practise
Household duties
Record keeping and report writing
Days out (e.g. social events, shopping, cinema, swimming)
Contacts, visit, key work meeting and therapy sessions
Providing transport for the young people to access different provisions
Requirements: MUST hold a Full UK Driving Licence
Desirable but not essential to hold: NVQ Level 3 in Residential Childcare; Previous experience working in a therapeutic environment or therapeutic qualifications; Experience supporting and leading educational engagement; Previous leadership skills and qualifications. Higher level training and qualifications. This role would support those seeking a second career path.
Benefits:
A dedicated and skilled Regional Manager who provides excellent leadership across the region
Qualified managers who are fully committed to supporting staff development
Level 3 – Level 5 diplomas fully funded
In depth induction and clinically informed training
Clinical support and debriefs – reflective practise
Fast track CPD opportunities considered for all
Management development programs - if you wish to sustain a long term and progressive career with an organisation that has an international presence like no other provider in this field
Tax Free Childcare
Employer Pension Scheme
Mileage allowance
Free parking
High street discount scheme
Dental and optical simply health plan (after 2 years of service)
Accelerated earning potential – overtime and extra sleep ins available
Disturbance pay during sleep ins
About the Cambian Group
We are one of the largest providers of specialist education and behavioural health services for children in the UK.
Although our work embraces many specialist disciplines, we all have the same purpose: To enable all people in our care to achieve their personal best.
We provide services to almost 2,000 children and young people across 224 locations. We work with the majority of local authorities in England and Wales and employ more than 3,800 people.
Requirements for DBS and reference checking will be undertaken in line with government regulations and safer recruitment best practice.
The Cambian Group are an equal opportunities employer.
Cambian’s continued commitment to our team members meant that during COVID we did not furlough any of our staff we saw through the pandemic with job security and sustainable long-term employment and commitment to our staff. We have in place a staff hardship support fund, which all staff can access in the event as we know we do, for those members of our family who may experience difficulties.
We recognise with our staff the resilience and commitment they make towards their work with our children and we also recognise that its ok not to be okay and have invested in our Mental Health support agenda for staff. This has enabled Cambian to keep and retain good staff. We have, during the height of the pandemic grown our business and portfolio and we are looking to continue with our growth plans over the next 3-5 years.
This is an exciting time to join Cambian and to be part of its plans to develop children Services across the United Kingdom. To learn more, apply today and be part of something unique and rewarding in supporting some of the most vulnerable children in our society today!
If you would just like to have an informal discussion with our Managing Director we are organising a virtual webinar and would be delighted if you wanted to join us.
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Runcorn - Childrens Residential Youth Worker - SYS-2172
