Children and Young Peoples Residential Care Worker

Posted 26 April by Rapier
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£28,770 - £32,076 per annum
Cheshire , North West England
Permanent, full-time
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Posted by Rapier
Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through their core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.
As a Residential Childcare Worker you will join an organisation where the focus is on achieving the best outcomes for the children and families who we work with. The team strive to have purposeful relationships where all our interventions can truly bring about change and make a real difference to the lives of children and young people.
Over the next few years, the Council is looking to build and expand on this quality service to open new quality homes. Their Children and Families work in a trauma informed way using our innovative multi-agency partnership model ‘Our Way of Working’.

You will also have access to a range of benefits including:
  • Competitive salary
  • Enhancements up to £4/5k
  • Annual Leave - You will receive 25 days annual leave per annum rising to 31 days after five years continuous Local Government Service. 
  • Grow your own culture - We have a Career Progression structure comprising of three levels of progression programmes to support your professional development. Extensive training, induction and support will be offered to all candidates who want to join the council and regular appraisal process surrounding development needs.
  • Working rewards – we have a variety of schemes available to employees which include; additional Annual Leave, car and cycle purchase scheme, WorkFit Membership, home and electronics purchase scheme, in addition to discounts at a wide range of high street and on line retailers.
  • Pension Scheme – our Local Government Pension Scheme is a career average pension scheme with employee contributions of between 5.5% and 8.5% and employer contributions currently of 23.8%. The scheme includes ill health and death in service benefits (after two years membership).
  • Employee Assistance Programme - 24-hour, seven day a week lifestyle support for when you or your family members need a ‘listening ear’ from qualified advisor on a wide range of personal and work issues.

Responsibilities:  
  • Maintain a warm, caring and stimulating environment in which service users can receive good physical, emotional, social and intellectual care.
  • Act as a key worker to a number of service users, working in partnership with them and any other relevant persons to identify needs and co-ordinate/implement their individual care plans
  • As a key worker you will contribute to the process of assessment, implementation, recording and reviewing of individual care plans to the standards identified in the service specification
  • Maintain effective record systems to enable the preparation of Social Work reports for Court Reviews, Planning Meetings etc.
  • Liaise with other professional staff and relevant external people, so that appropriate resources may be identified and mobilised for the benefit of the individual
  • Be aware of and comply with statutory requirements, group policies, equal opportunities and any other regulation and procedure. Identify problems and service deficiencies by the continuous review of service user needs and make recommendations for improvement so as to contribute to the achievement of the overall service objectives

As a Residential Care Worker you do not necessarily need specific qualifications, although these are desirable. They will train and support you in this role.
  • Ideally hold a Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (or equivalent) or be working towards this qualification, or they will support you in this when in post.
  • Receive high quality supervision, with your own personal development plan to support your career and learning aspirations.
  • Have the opportunity to deliver quality services in partnership with stakeholders based upon a manageable workload within the team.
  • A working environment where you be supported in adopting an evidence-based approach to practice. 

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Reference: 52541320

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