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The values that are important for a child care worker,
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I would say, are resilience,
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nurturing,
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being proactive,
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being able to listen well,
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to have that understanding.
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It is really important to be able to have fun,
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and to be able to play and think outside the box too.
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You're not there because you're paid to be there,
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you’re there because you care
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and you want to make a difference to them.
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You have to be able to think quite quickly.
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It’s having that understanding
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of how they are, who they are
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and what they need.
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Where they've been life, where they want to go in life,
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and what their ambitions are.
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No young person is the same.
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You have to really get that relationship
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and understand the young people
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to know what works and what doesn't.
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It’s having that understanding of what they've seen,
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why they present different behaviours,
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and what we can do to support them.
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Residential care is about creating a safe
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place for young people and children to live
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when they can't live with their families
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or when they can't live in foster care.
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In order to create a safe place for them to live and develop their skills.
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I myself went through the
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social care system.
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I always wanted to give something back
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because of the positive experience from it.
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When the opportunity
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came to have a contracted role in residential,
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I took that up straight away.
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I was with the police before doing this job
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so I just wanted to try and make a difference to children’s lives.
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There's a lot of training
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which has helped me to, I suppose
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go up the ladder and become a manager.
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So I've come a long way in the 15 years
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all the training that I've accessed to where I am today.
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I thought the job, you know care
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it’s sort of sterotypical as a female job,
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perhaps an older female,
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but working in the industry now
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there’s a lot of young males that work,
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and a lot of young people in general
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that sort of like bring their life experience on.
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You never know what's going to happen next.
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You come into work in the morning and
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no day's the same.
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It is a great opportunity to be able to make a difference
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to the lives of children and young people.
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It can be really hard, but I wouldn't do anything else.