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Exciting opportunity – Senior 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.

We are now seeking to appoint a suitably skilled, qualified and motivated Senior Residential Worker to work alongside the Assistant Manager and Homes Manager to lead and develop our home.

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.

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.

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.

Candidates will have significant experience of working in a relevant setting for children and young people, experience of preparing, implementing and reviewing care plans for children.

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.
• Good experience of contributing to the support and mentoring / supervision of staff.
• Demonstrate literacy and numeracy skills to maintain records and prepare reports.
• Assess needs and draw up and implement appropriate care plans in conjunction with partner agencies.
• 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.
• 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.