Therapeutic Residential Care Worker (Crisis and Intervention)
Full time: 40 hours per week
About Us
Set up over 30 years ago with a simple ethos “to give children and young people in care stability, beautiful homes, support and time to heal.” Based in Berkshire, South Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Hampshire, Calcot Services for Children provides warm, caring, family-style homes for looked after children with emotional, learning, social, and behavioural difficulties who, for whatever reason, are unable to live with their family.
Children placed in our homes may be at risk of absconding, sexual exploitation, offending behaviours, non-engagement in education, self-harming behaviours, and may have been subjects of/witnesses to physical, emotional, sexual abuse, neglect, and domestic violence. Children placed may have had numerous placement breakdowns in the past, come from a failed fostering and adoption, or this may be their first care placement.
Over the years, we have developed our service to achieve placement goals and the best possible outcomes for our children and young people, recognized and celebrated by placing authorities, Ofsted, their family, external agencies, awarding bodies, and within the sector.
This has been achieved by using therapeutic principles within our daily interactions, communications, and practice within the homes and by using other recognized approaches such as cognitive behavioural therapies, psychodynamic counselling, observational studies, restorative justice principles, task-centred practice, crisis intervention, creative care planning, and child-focused individual care pathways.
About the role
Are you fun? Have a caring nature? Have a willingness to help young people and children? Then look no further.
Calcot Services for Children are expanding, and we are looking to recruit Children’s Support Workers to join our team. We are looking for individuals who wish to make a difference in our Children & Young People’s lives. You will ideally be an experienced support worker that has worked in a residential service before; however, don't worry if this is a complete career change. CSfC offers exceptional in-house training to support your career.
You will need to be a fun and kind candidate that wants to make a difference to the young people and be a driver as you may be taking the young people to school or out to do activities and hobbies on evenings and weekends.
Your role as a support worker will be to support young people and your colleagues to provide the very best care. You will be responsible for helping the young people feel safe and at home. You will support the young people to access education and to be involved in activities and hobbies. You will get to know the young people so you can understand them, and how they are feeling and why they are feeling that way.
Can you work any of the following shifts? (7am - 3pm or 2pm - 10pm or double shifts 7am - 10pm). You will be paid an additional £36.50 per sleep in.
In return we offer
* A rewarding career in Children Services
* Making a real difference in young people's lives and improving outcomes for young people
* Top rates of pay
* All employees have access to subsidized health care (Vitality)
If the above is of interest to you and you would like to discuss the role further with our team, please contact the Recruitment team at 01189 952 190 option 2, or visit our website at www.csfc.co.uk.
Calcot Services for Children are committed to ensuring that all positions are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and references. Calcot Services for Children is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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