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Exciting opportunity – Residential Worker needed in our children’s home!
 

Wakefield is ambitious for children and have adopted an innovative approach throughout its 2-bed residential model.
 

This post requires an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual with good communication skills. You will need to be organised and confident in interactions with children and young people.
 

An excellent understanding of the needs of children in care, with a clear ambition to provide outstanding services for the children we look after is required. We will provide you with excellent supervision, appraisal and on-going training and development.
 

Previous experience of trauma informed practices, therapeutic caring and connective parenting are desirable although full training will be provided. It is essential that you are kind, caring, patient, resilient and can see the need behind behaviours.

You should be committed to improving the life chances of the children and young people and share our ethos of never giving up and a full team around the child approach. 
 

The successful candidate should have the ability to:
Relate and communicate to a wide spectrum of people, which includes children and young people, their carers and other professionals.

• Work in a therapeutic manner.
• Work and take appropriate decision when under pressure.
• Demonstrate literacy and numeracy skills to maintain records and prepare reports.
• Have high emotional resilience
• Work and take appropriate decision when under pressure.
• You will hold a NVQ3 / Diploma in Caring for Children and Young People or be willing to work towards this whilst in the role.
• Effective supervision, Induction and good training are provided to all staff.
• The work involves shift patterns, including sleeps, weekends and Bank Holidays.
• You will need to drive for your role.
   

Benefits include 
Weekend Allowance

• Shift allowance
• Enhanced Bank holiday and weekend pay
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Competitive salary with yearly increments
• Employee Assisted Programme
• Access to OHU

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.

Company: Wakefield Council

Salary: £32,061.00 - £34,434.00, Grade 7

Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Sector: Health and Social Care

Job Role: Support Worker