About Us
Thrive Childcare Services Ltd are an inclusive, supportive, and rewarding employer, who provide care for children and young people with SEMH needs.
Residential Care Worker
We offer an extremely competitive package:
Residential Care Worker:
- Salary between £26,801.16 to £28,524.24 (including 7 sleeps per month on average) depending on experience and qualification.
- 173 hours on average per month on average over the year
Our values underpin both what we believe and how we behave, creating a pathway for children and young people to excel:
- Caring – We care about the children, and lead by example.
- Transparent – Whether things are good or bad. We openly convey information as we know it. No problem is too big or small.
- Accountable – We are responsible for our words, actions, and results, everyone knows their role.
- Trust – We trust our teammates to do the right thing, we promote you to make sensible decisions.
- Fun – We enjoy the work we do, and the people that we do it with. We are happy and optimistic individuals by nature.
- Regulatory – We meet and exceed the expectations of our regulator and stakeholders.
We are seeking passionate and committed individuals, who embody our ethos and values and want to join our specialists’ Residential Children's Home.
You will be a dedicated person, who thrives in making a difference in the lives of others and want to challenge yourself to develop your skills and knowledge in the children's home sector.
Overall Objective:
To support all the children and young people in our care. To help in providing a fulfilling environment where the children and young people can develop to their full potential.
Qualifications & Training:
Previous experience of working in the care sector would be an advantage, but not essential. All staff must agree to sign up for and complete their Level 3 Diploma within 18 months of joining the organisation.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To work with and support all the children and young people in our care.
- To provide support in all areas of personal, education and social needs, both in the home and the community, in accordance with the agreed support plan and within an agreed plan of risk taking.
- To facilitate increased independence by encouraging and supporting participation in education, daily living activities and opportunities.
- To work with people, their families, team members and partner organisations to ensure that support is tailored to meet their individual needs and wishes.
- To use a range of communication methods to assist people to make informed decisions and choices about the issues affecting their lives.
- To contribute to the smooth running of the home and school through effective communication with the people living there, the staff team, family members and partner organisations.
- To be familiar with and work within the organisation and the service’s values, policies and procedures, maintaining records and reports accordingly.
- To preserve and respect the dignity and privacy of people and their families and observe confidentiality at all times.
- To attend and participate in team meetings, supervisions, appraisals and training as requested and required by your Manager.
- To follow best practice guidance regarding Safeguarding, Care Standards Act, Health and Safety and managing risks legislation to promote independence.
- To work flexibly and creatively to meet the needs of people by working weekends, bank holidays and people’s holidays and providing cover as required in the event of staff shortages in the Home.
- Supporting the children and young people on holiday, to include overnight stops away from the normal place of work.
- To support anti-discrimination policies and procedures and promote equality of opportunity at all times.
- To undertake such additional duties appropriate to the post and to support the organisation’s wider goals by working flexibly across the organisation from time to time as determined by your Manager.
- Successfully complete induction, refresher training and QCF standards.
- To act as a key worker for designated individuals as determined by your Manager.
The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be modified from time to time in accordance with the development of the service and the employee.
Candidates must be over 21 years old to apply.
Staff are paid hourly rates.
Work remotely: No
Equal Opportunities
We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.
The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our stakeholders, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £26,801.16-£28,524.24 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Wolverhampton WV11: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Application question(s):
- If you require Tier 2 sponsorship by the company to work in the UK WE CANNOT OFFER THIS currently.
Experience:
- Residential Children's Home: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Level 3 Residential Childcare (Children and Young People) (required)
- Driving Licence (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
