Residential Worker (Foster Hub Home)

Exciting opportunity – Residential Worker needed for a new children’s home!

Wakefield is ambitious for children and have adopted an innovative approach throughout its residential model.

Many children are misplaced into children’s homes due to a national shortage of foster placements for children. The result of this leads to young people who are most vulnerable being placed a long way from home and not always achieving the best outcomes.

To support this, we are now seeking to appoint suitably skilled, qualified and motivation Residential Workers to work alongside Management team with a focus on returning children to stable foster placements. Children within the foster hub home will be aged 10 – 15 years old.

An excellent understanding of the needs of children in care, with a clear ambition to provide outstanding services for the children we look after is required. We will provide you with excellent supervision, appraisal, on – going training and support in obtaining your management qualification awards.

This post requires an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual with good communication skills. You will need to be organised and confident in interactions with children and young people.

Previous experience of trauma informed practices, therapeutic caring and connective parenting are desirable although full training will be provided. It is essential that you are kind, caring, patient, resilient and can see the need behind behaviours.

You should be committed to improving the life chances of the children and young people and share our ethos of never giving up and a full team around the child approach.

The successful candidate should have the ability to:

• Relate and communicate to a wide spectrum of people, which includes children and young people, their carers and other professionals.
• Work in a therapeutic manner.
• Demonstrate literacy and numeracy skills to maintain records and prepare reports.
• Have high emotional resilience
• You will hold a NVQ3 / Diploma in caring for children and young people or be willing to work to achieve this qualification following appointment within two years.
• Effective supervision, Induction and good training are provided to all staff.
• The work involves shift patterns, including weekends and Bank Holidays.

Benefits include

• Weekend Allowance
• Shift allowance
• Enhanced Bank holiday and weekend pay
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Competitive salary with yearly increments
• Employee Assisted Programme
• Access to OHU

For further information contact Jo Poundford, (Registered Manager) on 07588789899

What can I expect?

• A competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy up to 10 extra days of annual leave
• Hybrid working (subject to role suitability)
• Access to high-quality training programs to advance your career to the next level.
• We are committed to supporting the wellbeing of our staff. We recognise that resilient teams need good work life balance as well as supportive leadership.
• Discounted and subsidised public transport (Arriva Bus Annual Travel Ticket, Northern Trains Limited (NTL), MetroCard).
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and a Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVC) scheme providing a tax efficient way to increase our pension.
• Great range of benefits including an Employee Assistant Programme, discounted membership to our excellent leisure facilities with free 12 weeks exercise program, discounts for a range of retail, entertainment, health and leisure providers, a cycle to work scheme, and many more

Want to know more?

If you would like to know more about the role, the recruitment process or working for Wakefield Council, feel free to contact.

Name: Jo Poundford

Tel: 07588 789899

E-mail: jpoundford@Wakefield.gov.uk

Join us and make a real impact in the community. Apply today to become a valued member of our team!

Safeguarding

Wakefield Council is wholly committed to ensuring children and vulnerable adults are fully supported and safe. We are dedicated to the safeguarding of all children and vulnerable adults whilst promoting their welfare. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this responsibility.

DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service)

The successful applicant will be required to complete a Disclosure Application Form and to provide criminal conviction information.

Probation

In accordance with the Council Probation Procedure, this post is subject to a 6-month Probationary Period.

Fluency Duty

To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), public facing roles will be subject to the Fluency Duty.

Diversity

Having a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve helps us to achieve the best outcomes for all. We encourage applications from everyone and actively seek to ensure that everyone feels included in the workplace so that we can make the most of our differences.

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