Working hours: 37 hours
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Various Locations in the Borough
This is an exciting opportunity to join Team Caerphilly and provide support across the wider Residential Services.
We pay an attractive salary of £33,024 - £35,745 and offer access to training and development opportunities. Are you looking to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable young people? Do you have at least two years' experience working with challenging behaviours in a residential setting and are looking to make a difference through a therapeutic approach? If so, the post of senior RCCW could be for you.
Caerphilly CBC are looking to recruit a Senior RCCW to join one of our expanding children's residential homes. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual who is experienced, skilled and knowledgeable in residential childcare and who strives to make a difference to the lives of these vulnerable children.
Working for Caerphilly is very rewarding, and we provide a great system of support for our employees and in return we expect a high standard of care and professionalism. We work very closely with the Caerphilly MyST team whose central purpose is to improve the psychological wellbeing of young people as well as their relationships with birth family, their attachments with safe adults, reduce placement disruptions and particularly the risk of out-of-county placements for young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties. Together, we proactively provide 24/7 care to help these young people to encourage their social, physical, emotional and moral development so that they can reach their full potential.
For the role, we ask that you have: - NVQ 3 Caring for Children and Young People or NVQ Level 4 in Care, or Predecessor QCF Diploma Level 3 in Health and Social Care Children and Young People
- An understanding and an awareness of how trauma can impact on a child and subsequent behaviours.
- Full UK Category B (Cars) driving licence and the use of a motor vehicle insured for business / work purposes to travel throughout the borough to undertake home visits, attend meetings etc
To view the Job Description and Person Specification please select the relevant attachment from the attachments list
After reading the Job Description and Person Specification, if you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Karen Williams on 01443 811498 or email willik19@caerphilly.gov.uk
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
We are legally required to ask you to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. Successful applicants are required to provide appropriate documentation such as a birth certificate, passport or work permit in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
If you have any difficulty applying online, please contact webrecruitment@caerphilly.gov.uk for further information.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on all successful applicants. This will include an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The Social Care Wales (Registration) Rules 2023 set out the requirement for all residential childcare workers, domiciliary care workers, adult care home workers, residential family centre workers to be registered with Social Care Wales within six months from your start date in post.
The Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) National Minimum Standards for Children's Homes state that individuals providing care must be at least 18 years old and must be at least 4 years older than the oldest child accommodated. This is a protected characteristic under the occupational requirement of the post in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
