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It is a great opportunity to
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be able to make a difference
to the lives of children and young people.
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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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To work in the residential care field,
you need to be able to show respect
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to the children and young people
we work with, but also to their families.
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It is important to be honest
and trustworthy, it is really important
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to do what you say you will do.
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So, it is also important to have patience.
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With the ability to believe in people,
when they can't believe in themselves.
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And to encourage people
to do what they don't think they can do.
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So, it is very important to be
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<i>nurturing</i>
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and
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<i>caring</i>
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all the time, but also in the difficult times,
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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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It's really important to be thick skinned
and that you don't take things personally,
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because it's about the children
we work with, not about us, isn't it.
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After I finished my qualification as
a social worker, I was very fortunate
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to work in Conwy and Anglesey
and Gwynedd in a lot of different teams,
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I've been through a social work career and then I've come then
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back to work in a residential home,
because here I enjoy it more.
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I'm one of the deputy managers here now.
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I get to work with children and young people
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and do that very important work
where you get to spend time with them.
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It's…
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<i>really interesting.</i>
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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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<i>no day's the same.</i>
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I get to do really fun things
like going to the cinema.
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Doing a lot of really nice things,
but a lot of really difficult things.
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But yes being there for the children
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and young people in those
difficult times makes it better for them.
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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.