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Specialist Child Care Worker - Riverbank Cottage, Preston
Client: Riverbank Cottage
Location: Preston, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: d253cc0be9e5
Job Views: 14
Posted: 14.03.2025
Expiry Date: 28.04.2025
Job Description:
We are currently recruiting for: Specialist Childcare Workers
The Role:
Riverbank Cottage offers a psychologically informed, therapeutic environment to support young people with complex trauma-based behaviour. The service will provide three components, which include residential care, an education offer, and a health offer.
We are currently recruiting for specialist childcare workers who will:
1. Work as part of a staff team, on a 24-hour rota, 7 days a week, working with children and young people in a children’s residential home.
2. Assist the Leadership Team in ensuring all aspects of the Children’s Homes Regulations including the Quality Standards are implemented and adhered to.
3. Deliver care that is formulation driven: to participate in the development of psychological formulations based on trauma and adverse childhood understandings that inform and direct care provision.
4. Support young people to be kept safe through the relationships they form with staff, rather than physical restrictions. To use models of complex relational care, in order to prepare young people for progression to fulfilling adult lives.
The Person:
The successful applicant will:
1. Hold a Level 3 Diploma for residential childcare (or equivalent) or be willing to work towards this.
2. Demonstrate a commitment to support and care for vulnerable and traumatised young people.
3. Engage in good child care practice.
4. Recognise and set limits of behaviour and provide controls to traumatised and vulnerable young people.
5. Handle emotional and physical conflict.
6. Respond quickly and appropriately to crisis situations and to use initiative.
7. Understand the needs of children and young people.
8. Understand the stages of child development, attachment, and impact of trauma.
What we offer:
1. Salary Range - £24,584 - £25,439 (depending on experience).
2. Corporate Healthcare cover via Medicash.
3. Life Assurance Scheme.
4. 30 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays).
5. Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave.
6. Occupational Sickness Scheme.
7. Access to offers and discounts.
8. Recommend a friend scheme.
9. Values Awards.
10. A comprehensive induction programme with ongoing training and development.
11. Regular supervisions and annual appraisal scheme.
12. Career Progression opportunities.
13. Enhanced DBS check which is fully paid for by Nugent and maintained on the DBS update service.
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