Job Description
This role is part of a Hays Exclusive campaign with one of our key clients, a Children's Residential Service based in South West London.\nYour new company \nThis is a 5-bed home, supporting 11-17 year olds with EBD, and have recently been able to maintain capacity for 5 young people. The home is also mixed gendered, and has typically had a mix of 2-3 females or 2-3 males at any given time. Most of the young people have free time for themselves out in the community, and rarely require 1:1 support.
However, most of the young people require support to access education, and all of the young people require staff support whilst out in the community to spend and manage their allowances. The needs tend to be more of the 'traditional' needs within residential care, and the therapeutic approaches to managing and understanding these risks is key. Young people can and will display challenging behaviour, both within the home and out in the community.\nSome of the typical needs they support are:\n\nAt risk of criminal exploitation (county lines, theft)\nManaging safe and positive relationships\nAccessing and engaging in Education\nManaging emotions leading to threats of or actual physical aggression\nSubstance misuse; typically cannabis and alcohol\nMissing episodes/ absconding\nUnderstanding/ safeguarding their own sexual health\nManaging their free time effectively/ safely\nCSE risk both in the community and onlineYour new role \nThe key skills you will need for this role are:\n\nBe very aware of the outside influences/ risks to young people in the inner-city environment.\nCan build a great rapport with young people who need to be exposed to positive activities to engage with in the community.\nResilient to challenging behaviour\nMaturity within the role, both professionally and personally\nCan set clear expectations for behaviour in a professional way\nCan work within a team to be vigilant around the home and in the immediate locality of the home.
\nCan bring elements of fun to the role and will be willing to engage in activities with the young people.\nUnderstanding of the missing protocol and works with us to go above and beyond on our efforts to safeguard when young people are missing. What you'll need to succeed \n\n3 years of experience supporting young people with challenging behaviour within a residential care setting\nYou will need to be physically and mentally strong to cope with the challenges of this role\nAvailable to work full time (average 39 hours per week), and be able to cover some weekends and bank holidays\nIdeally have NVQ L3 in Residential Childcare (or equivalent), or be willing to work towards itWhat you'll get in return \n\nCompetitive salary based on your level of experience and qualifications\nOpportunity to work towards L3 qualification (if required), and further career progression\nDBS check completed by client (if required)What you need to do now \nIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.\nIf this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.\n\nHays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)