Residential Childcare Worker - (Waking Nights) x6

Do you want to work to make a positive difference to the lives of young people?

We are passionate about working together to make a positive difference to the lives of children and young people to 'have the best life possible' by providing them with a supportive and homely environment that is centred on their individual needs. This will be achieved by putting the child / young person at the centre of all support planning and developing strategies that will enable the child/young person to develop skills in all aspects of their life to give them independence and feeling included in their communities based on what is important to them.

Sylva Garden's is a Registered Children's Home for 3 children up to the age of 18.

What you will do:

- Support children and young people through the night
- Undertake the role of 'Lead on Shift' as required and provide mentoring and guidance in accord with the home's principles to less experience staff members Level 1 & Level 2.
- Support Level 1 and Level 2 Residential Childcare Workers on shift, to ensure tasks are completed and to inform colleagues of developments and significant incidents, for example, during handover.
- Assist children and young people to have their voice heard and support them to develop skills towards their longer term future.
- Plan and implement imaginative activities with the person that will also help them to develop skills.
- Understand that some children communicate their thoughts and feelings using behaviours of concern and you will have a 'can do' approach to teach the child to communicate in a different way, team working is key.
- Work as part of a team in the Child's home or local community, motivating and supporting the individual to take part in a wide range of special interests and activities that support their health and wellbeing such as trampolining, visiting the beach /park, walking, swimming, baking / cooking, playing games, singing and dancing, crafts to name a few.
- Provide support in a homely, kind and friendly environment which is unique to each child/young person where they feel happy and safe.
- Work as a team providing bespoke support unique to each child's development needs.

You will be expected to:
- Ensure that you promote, and value 'Active Support', 'Positive Behaviour Support' and the 'Reduction of Restrictive Practices' approaches as a central method of enabling children and young people to engage more in their daily lives; building strong relationships with those surrounding them, developing independent living skills and becoming active members within their communities through delivering high quality care.
- Be able to deal with difficult encounters and critical situations and apply appropriate / innovative strategies in supporting children/young people to manage behaviours that challenge.
- Demonstrate commitment, openness, and willing to engage with the approach to the model of care in order to meet the needs of the children/young people.
- Create a homely, warm, kind, friendly, environment ensuring that all your actions are transparent and open for discussion in professional supervision in accordance with the Codes of Professional Practice for Social Care.
- Develop trusted professional relationships with children and young people to keep them safe, balancing empowerment and limit setting in a nurturing, supportive and consistent way.
- Develop own skills to successfully communicate with the child/young person following a strategy that they would understand.
- Work unsociable hours on a rota basis and work through the night to meet the individual needs of the children and young people.

What we are looking for from you:

- To have experience of working effectively with children and young people who present challenging behaviours.
- You will have completed the City & Guilds Level 3 Health & Social Care or equivalent in Children and Young People.
- You will support Level 1 and Level 2 workers to develop their practice to meet the requirements of Social Care Wales registration. Including renewal of registration.
- Ability to achieve a Level 3 Positive Behaviour Support qualification to understand why people display behaviours of concern and how to support them to manage these behaviours.
- Undertake training to gain skills to be able to effectively communicate with the children and young people e.g. Makaton, PECs.
- An ability to be creative and open minded with support approaches for the children to reach their potential
- Have a friendly, trustworthy, and supportive nature with a positive outlook on life and be able to build positive and constructive relationships with the children you support.
- Have resilience, we all have our good days and bad days, you will need the ability to remain calm and supportive.

We will also be holding 2 information sessions to enable interested applicants to find out more about the post. Please contact Sonia Booth for further information and details.

Manager details for informal discussion: Sonia Booth, Team Manager (01492 577604, sonia.booth@conwy.gov.uk)

Welsh Language Skills: The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. We are committed to our Welsh language and are proud of our Welsh culture. We welcome applications in both Welsh and English and application forms received in either language will not be treated less favourably than each other.

We're passionate about supporting and encouraging you to use your Cymraeg whatever your level. We offer free classes at all levels, in-person and on-line to support you.

Conwy is committed to safeguarding. Qualifications and references will be verified.

In promoting Equal Opportunities, Conwy welcomes applicants from all sections of the community. All Disabled applicants who meet the essential job requirements will be guaranteed an interview. The Council will provide appropriate additional work facilities for disabled applicants. There is an option for disabled people to apply on different formats.

Please contact the HR Team on 01492 576129 for further advice.

Mae'r ffurflen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg hefyd.