Residential Childcare Worker (Hays Exclusive)

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Ein etabliertes Unternehmen im Bereich der Jugendhilfe sucht engagierte Fachkräfte zur Unterstützung von Jugendlichen in einer Wohnumgebung. In dieser Rolle arbeiten Sie in einem dynamischen Team, um jungen Menschen mit herausforderndem Verhalten zu helfen und ihre Entwicklung zu fördern. Sie bringen nicht nur Erfahrung und Resilienz mit, sondern auch die Fähigkeit, positive Beziehungen aufzubauen und Aktivitäten zu gestalten, die das Engagement in der Gemeinschaft fördern. Diese Position bietet die Möglichkeit zur beruflichen Weiterentwicklung und zur Arbeit an einer wichtigen Mission, die das Leben junger Menschen positiv beeinflusst.

Benefits

Möglichkeit zur beruflichen Weiterbildung

Karrierefortschritt

Unterstützung bei der Qualifikation

Qualifications

• 3 Jahre Erfahrung in der Unterstützung von jungen Menschen in einer Wohnumgebung.
• Fähigkeit, in einem Team zu arbeiten und klare Erwartungen an das Verhalten zu setzen.

Responsibilities

• Unterstützung von jungen Menschen bei der Bewältigung herausfordernden Verhaltens.
• Sicherstellung der Sicherheit und des Wohlbefindens der Jugendlichen.

Skills

Erfahrung in der Unterstützung von jungen Menschen

Resilienz gegenüber herausforderndem Verhalten

Teamarbeit

Aufbau von Beziehungen zu jungen Menschen

Education

NVQ L3 in Residential Childcare

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London, United Kingdom

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

Job Description:

This role is part of a Hays Exclusive campaign with one of our key clients, a Children's Residential Service based in South West London.

Your new company

This is a 5-bed home, supporting 11-17 year olds with EBD, and have recently been able to maintain capacity for 5 young people. The home is also mixed gendered, and has typically had a mix of 2–3 females or 2–3 males at any given time. Most of the young people have free time for themselves out in the community, and rarely require 1:1 support. However, most of the young people require support to access education, and all of the young people require staff support whilst out in the community to spend and manage their allowances. The needs tend to be more of the ‘traditional’ needs within residential care, and the therapeutic approaches to managing and understanding these risks are key. Young people can and will display challenging behaviour, both within the home and out in the community.

Some of the typical needs they support are:

• At risk of criminal exploitation (county lines, theft)
• Managing safe and positive relationships
• Accessing and engaging in Education
• Managing emotions leading to threats of or actual physical aggression
• Substance misuse; typically cannabis and alcohol
• Missing episodes/absconding
• Understanding/ safeguarding their own sexual health
• Managing their free time effectively/ safely
• CSE risk both in the community and online

Your new role

The key skills you will need for this role are:

• Be very aware of the outside influences/ risks to young people in the inner-city environment.
• Can build a great rapport with young people who need to be exposed to positive activities to engage with in the community.
• Resilient to challenging behaviour
• Maturity within the role, both professionally and personally
• Can set clear expectations for behaviour in a professional way
• Can work within a team to be vigilant around the home and in the immediate locality of the home.
• Can bring elements of fun to the role and will be willing to engage in activities with the young people.
• Understanding of the missing protocol and works with us to go above and beyond on our efforts to safeguard when young people are missing.

What you'll need to succeed

• 3 years of experience supporting young people with challenging behaviour within a residential care setting
• You will need to be physically and mentally strong to cope with the challenges of this role
• Available to work full time (average 39 hours per week), and be able to cover some weekends and bank holidays
• Ideally have NVQ L3 in Residential Childcare (or equivalent), or be willing to work towards it

What you'll get in return

• Opportunity to work towards L3 qualification (if required), and further career progression