Night Residential Care Worker

About the role:

Night Residential Care Worker to work in a new therapeutic Children's Home in North

Powys supporting 3 children/young people (Age 11-18) with complex emotional and

behavioural difficulties due to their early life experience. As part of a dedicated team,

you will create a safe home that will improve placement stability and parenting capacity

to support children and young people with the most complex needs to achieve positive

outcomes.

About you:

• We are looking for people who care and can connect with young people and share our values: Professional, Positive, Progressive, Open and Collaborative.
• POSITIVE parenting can you build relationships through nurture, teaching connection before correction with a patient and calm manner?
• PROFESSIONAL specialist support, can you follow agreed policies, procedures and standards in your work to provide a safe and effective service, sensitive to the needs of children and young people?
• PROGRESSIVE opportunities, can you motivate children and young people to promote well-being and discovery of their ability?
• OPEN responsibility, can you work as part of a team that is reflective and resourceful to create a culture of trust?
• COLLABORATIVELY promote, can you show us how you would listen to children and young people with dignity and respect?

What you will do:

Night Residential Care Workers will work a rota of night cover to provide care

and support on shift in the week and at weekends.

• Your role will be responsible for promoting healthy, safe routine and creating a warm, inclusive home under the direction of the Registered Manager.
• Undertaking key worker tasks and responsibilities as directed. To actively promote, participate in and ensure the provision of high standards of physical care, hygiene, safety and welfare of all children and young people.
• You will be part of a team that organises, encourages, and shares activities inside and outside, including activities such as maintaining the gardens, creating a vegetable patch and responsibility for the care, feeding and welfare of small animals.
• Work in partnership with families and carers of young people in achieving the aims and objectives of the young people's plans.
• To ensure that The All Wales Safeguarding procedures and all relevant legislation and regulations including the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 and Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 are adhered to at all times. To keep up to date with new developments, practice, and legislation in childcare.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact:

Jules Taylor

recruitment@powys.gov.uk

This position has a requirement for an enhanced DBS check