Exciting career opportunities within Worcestershire Children First residential care team
Make a difference every day and join our residential care team at our new one-bedroom children’s home in North Worcestershire.
Do you want to make a genuine difference to a young person’s life? Are you passionate and driven to do the best for children and their families? Are you looking for a career where you’ll be fully supported and trained? Are you looking for an employer who values you and can offer you career pathways and opportunities to progress if you choose to? Then welcome to Worcestershire Children First!
Worcestershire Children First have multiple opportunities at our newly created, purpose built One Bedroom Children’s home in North Worcestershire. We are looking for enthusiastic and committed staff to join our residential team in preparation for our launch.
We are recruiting to the following roles
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We are looking for a passionate and committed worker who has the resilience to work with complex situations, be flexible and support a group of staff managing complex behaviours.
You will work on rota to support the manager and staff in running the home to get the best possible outcomes for our children. You will join an excellent team of managers who will support you with induction, training and development, to ensure you are ready for the challenges. If you want to make a difference for our children and young people, we will welcome you to our service.
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To be a Residential Support Worker you need to be ambitious for young people. You’ll be working directly with them day to day, building relationships with them and their families whilst offering a safe and caring environment to help them achieve their goals. Therefore, we’re looking for the right people to join us. So, whether you’ve always wanted to work with young people or you’re looking for a career change this could be exactly the opportunity you’ve been looking for.
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We are looking for caring and compassionate Waking Night Staff members to support the home’s resident throughout the night. As this home provides two to one care, you will be working alongside another member of the team. The other member of the team will be working until 10pm and will then sleep at the home. If needed overnight, they can be woken up to assist you with any care that may be required. Waking night shifts are from 22:00 to 07:00. Full training is provided as well as a comprehensive induction.
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- £3,000 welcome payment for the appointee to the Registered Manager post. The residential care recruitment and retention policy is reviewed annually.
- £1,000 welcome payment for appointees to the Assistant Manager, Residential Support Worker and Wake Night roles. The residential care recruitment and retention policy is reviewed annually.
- Great Holiday Entitlement: As well as bank holidays, you’ll get 25 days paid holiday (pro rata for part-time staff). This goes up to 30 days when you have been with us for 5 years. If you get more than 25 days where you work now, don’t worry because if you join us without a break, we’ll match your holiday up to 30 days. If you’re successful and want to take advantage of this do let us know!
- Brilliant Pension Scheme: The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is a nationwide, career average pension scheme and is a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government.
- Professional Learning & Development: We actively encourage learning and development for all our staff should they want to progress further or explore other areas within the organisation.
- Key Benefits: Enjoy access to hundreds of leisure, lifestyle, travel and holiday discounts!
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Our one bed home will focus on short term placements for children with a range of emotional and behavioural needs. The home will provide immediate accommodation to one child at any one-time following breakdown of their previous placement.
We want any child or young person living in the home to receive support from a staff group that role model unconditional positive regard, that emotionally contains the young person using self and relationship-based practice to affect change.
After a period of stability, you and your team will collaborate and work in partnership with the allocated WCF social worker and team manager to create a child centred transition to a longer-term accommodation that will continue to meet the needs of the young person.
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Our Company’s mission is for all children to be happy, healthy, and safe and our vision and values reflect our unwavering focus on children and families and our commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Our workforce is our most valuable asset in successfully delivering services that make a positive difference for our children and families in Worcestershire. We strive to be the ‘employer of choice’ for children’s services staff, and we approach this through a culture that values the impact that our staff have in improving children’s lives.
2023-24 will be the fourth year of Worcestershire Children First (WCF) delivering children’s services across the county of Worcestershire. These services include Early Help and Support to Children in Need, Children’s Social Care and Safeguarding, Through Care Services for Looked After Children and Care Leavers, 0 – 25 All-Age Disability service, SEND services, Education Improvement and Learning and Achievement services.
The Company is 100% owned by Worcestershire County Council and delivers its children’s services on behalf of the local authority, working with partners across the county to ensure children, young people and families receive the best possible services.
The business plan sets out how we plan to sustain the timeliness and quality in our service delivery to children, young people and their families and our key business development priorities for 2023/24.
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Worcestershire is a great place to live and work, with a Cathedral city, beautiful market towns and industrial centres. There’s plenty to see and do in the County with wide open spaces, the rolling Malvern Hills and towns and villages to explore. Worcestershire boasts multiple visitor attractions and is well connected with great transport links.