Do you want to make a positive difference to vulnerable children and their lives? Are you keen to work with an outstanding provider who offers clear development and progression opportunities? Do you have a passion for personal development?
If you have answered yes to any of the above, then please get in touch as we have an opportunity available with National Charity who specialises in providing Therapeutic care, education and treatment to vulnerable children and young people.
On offer is a fully funded, industry accredited training programme which offers you an excellent career progression into management or as a qualified Child Psychotherapist. My client has a fantastic reputation for nurturing staff and are an industry leader with their in house training programmes.
This is a role where you will be working with one of the most reputable care providers in the area and will benefit from ongoing training and support to ensure you have everything you need to become successful in the role.
Benefits for the Therapeutic Residential Worker include:
Starting salary of £31600
Full-time contract
40 days annual leave
Paid for DBS
Fully funded training
On-going progression opportunities
Pension, maternity and paternity benefits and more!
The unique opportunity to become a qualified child psychotherapist whilst working in children’s home.
Responsibilities of the Therapeutic Residential Worker:
Ensuring to help the children with their emotional, physical and developmental needs.
Display yourself as an appropriate role model
Demonstrate a positive attitude, empathy and resilience
Encourage positive life experiences for the children
Please follow the instructions on this website to apply your interest, or alternatively for more information on this position please contact Alex Day at Charles Hunter Associates on 0118 948 5555
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I'm looking for an experienced children's social worker to join Warwickshire County Council in their Family Adolescent Support Team.
Warwickshire are rated as 'Good' by Ofsted and this role is to come in and support the service as a locum social worker.
You will be part of a supportive, dynamic service and contribute positively to the authority's service improvement journey to ‘Outstanding'.
About the Team
I am looking for a Social Worker to join WCC's excellent multi-disciplinary adolescent service. You will work with children and young people aged 11+ where the main area of concern for them is harm outside of the home, for example exploitation in all forms, peer on peer domestic abuse, peer on peer harm, online harms, and radicalisation.
You will work within a contextual safeguarding framework and work alongside parents and carers as partners in safeguarding. You will also support children who are being discharged from tier 4 hospital and young people 16+ presenting as homeless. I am looking for a Social Worker with experience of child in need work, children in care and section 47. The majority of the work within the team is child in need work but at times things can escalate. You will be expected to be in the office for 2/3 days per week and for the other days to be from home.
Main Role Responsibilities
Undertake statutory visits to children in care and who are placed in a variety of settings, including Foster and Residential Placements along with Placements at home with family.
Manage casework including Court Proceedings, preparing Court reports, statements, care plans evidence and giving evidence in Court.
Complete a variety of system work including risks assessments, review reports, care/pathway plans, case recordings and essential paperwork.
Undertake direct work, along with Life story work with children and young people to support their understanding of their journey and to achieve permanency
Social workers are essential professionals in family group conferences, leading care management meetings and attending wider service/statutory meetings.
How to Apply:
If you are interested in applying for this role please submit your CV via email to oscar.morgan@servicecare.org.uk or call 01772 208964 to discuss the role with me directly.....Read more...
Support Worker required to support in a 12-bed Residential Home in Headington.
You must have Right to Work in the UK.
About the role:
You will be working in a residential home supporting children aged 9-19 with learning disabilties and complex needs. This is a home for 6 children who live there and 6 children who can stay in respite.
Temporary to Permenant Position
About you:
A successful candidate will have experience working in a care setting but with a resilient and out-going personality. The client are open to taking on candidates with less experience as long as you have the right attitude.
Pay starting from £11.50 per hour PAYE and £15.22 per hour Umbrella
Requirements for you as the Support Worker:
Self-motivated individual with clear communication skills
Enhanced Child and Adults DBS
Be able to travel to Headington in your own vehicle or by public transport.
Shift Times:
38 hours per week
Working 1 weekend on 1 off.
Mix of shifts starting at 07:00 and finishing at 22:00.
Benefits for you as the Support Worker:
Holiday Pay 12.07%
Weekly Pay
Pension
Dedicated Consultant
Opportunity for Permenant Work
For more information please contact – Neave Winterbourne
Nwinterbourne@charecruitment.com / 01189485555
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What the Job exists to do:
Remain awake throughout the night and effectively and appropriately care for and keep safe the children and young people looked after and educated by The Lioncare Group, and the adults sleeping-in at the home, whilst gaining the necessary training, knowledge, skills and experiential learning necessary to become a Waking Night Therapeutic Carer.
To achieve this, you will;
Actively engage in all aspects of the night-time care tasks and domestic duties required of you in the home and the surrounding environment.
Assist in supporting each child or young person to gain a positive experience of living in a home that can really keep them safe and secure and emotionally comfortable whilst they sleep.
Where necessary offer and provide a child or young person with the appropriate care, nurture and comfort they require should they wake during the night, feel unwell, experience a night-terror or upsetting dream, or otherwise need the support of a safe adult.
Actively develop your skills, knowledge, and understanding of the role and responsibilities of a Waking Night Therapeutic Carer through using all opportunities and resources offered to you and at your disposal.
Give the children in your care and your employing organisation an undertaking to commit to a minimum 2 years’ service where this remains in your control to do so.
General Tasks & Responsibilities:
- Carrying out tasks & responsibilities professionally at all times.
- Working with integrity, honesty, and openness at all times.
- Informing Managers of all concerns and issues requiring further attention and acting on these where appropriate or where directed to do so.
- Working at all times in the best interests of the children and young people in our care and ensuring their basic and essential care and learning needs are met.
- Ensuring positive links are maintained and improved between all areas of The Lioncare Group.
- Comply with current legislation, regulation, and guidance relating safeguarding and to the provision of care and education for children in residential children’s homes and special schools.
- At all times, liaise in a professional manner and promote effective working relationships & positive links with clients, colleagues, and agencies working for and associated with The Lioncare Group and the wider Community.
- Undertake delegated tasks and instructions from Line Managers and others with relevant authority, to a level of competence expected from the grade of the post.
- Attend meetings and all other relevant forums and gatherings and participate and fully engage in the formal process of supervision and performance reviews as appropriate and necessary....Read more...
What the Job exists to do:
Remain awake throughout the night and effectively and appropriately care for and keep safe the children and young people looked after and educated by The Lioncare Group, and the adults sleeping-in at the home, whilst gaining the necessary training, knowledge, skills and experiential learning necessary to become a Waking Night Therapeutic Carer.
To achieve this, you will;
Actively engage in all aspects of the night-time care tasks and domestic duties required of you in the home and the surrounding environment.
Assist in supporting each child or young person to gain a positive experience of living in a home that can really keep them safe and secure and emotionally comfortable whilst they sleep.
Where necessary offer and provide a child or young person with the appropriate care, nurture and comfort they require should they wake during the night, feel unwell, experience a night-terror or upsetting dream, or otherwise need the support of a safe adult.
Actively develop your skills, knowledge, and understanding of the role and responsibilities of a Waking Night Therapeutic Carer through using all opportunities and resources offered to you and at your disposal.
Give the children in your care and your employing organisation an undertaking to commit to a minimum 2 years’ service where this remains in your control to do so.
General Tasks & Responsibilities:
- Carrying out tasks & responsibilities professionally at all times.
- Working with integrity, honesty, and openness at all times.
- Informing Managers of all concerns and issues requiring further attention and acting on these where appropriate or where directed to do so.
- Working at all times in the best interests of the children and young people in our care and ensuring their basic and essential care and learning needs are met.
- Ensuring positive links are maintained and improved between all areas of The Lioncare Group.
- Comply with current legislation, regulation, and guidance relating safeguarding and to the provision of care and education for children in residential children’s homes and special schools.
- At all times, liaise in a professional manner and promote effective working relationships & positive links with clients, colleagues, and agencies working for and associated with The Lioncare Group and the wider Community.
- Undertake delegated tasks and instructions from Line Managers and others with relevant authority, to a level of competence expected from the grade of the post.
- Attend meetings and all other relevant forums and gatherings and participate and fully engage in the formal process of supervision and performance reviews as appropriate and necessary....Read more...
Bank Support Workers required to support in a Residential home within a SEN school in Cranleigh.
You must have the Right to Work in the UK.
Own transport is desirable due to the semi-rural location
About the role:
As a support worker you will be working in our school’s residential home supporting young people from ages 5-19 with severe emotional and social difficulties. Being a Support Worker, you will play a vital role in improving the life skills and independence of the young people. This will be on a bank/agency basis.
About you:
A successful candidate will have empathy, compassion, and resilience working with children and young people with learning disabilities, mental health, or autism. You must have a driving license and your own vehicle as it is a rural location.
Pay starting from £11.44 per hour PAYE and £14.57 per hour Umbrella.
Requirements for you as a Bank Support Worker:
Experience in Support Work or SEN (Desirable)
Self-motivated individual with clear communication skills
Enhanced Child and Adult DBS
Be able to travel to Cranleigh in your own vehicle (Essential)
Happy doing personal care
Shift Times:
Monday – Sunday
Days / Lates / Long Days
Potential block bookings / temporary to permanent opportunity.
Benefits for you as a Bank Support Worker:
Holiday Pay 12.07%
Weekly Pay
Pension
Online Rota app
Free E-Learning Platform
Two day Team Teach
Shift consistency
Hands on management
For more information please contact – Kira Hindmarsh
Khindmarsh@charecruitment.com / 01189485555
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I'm looking for an experienced children's social worker to join Leicester City Council in their Children in Need Team.
Children in NeedIdeally need people that have been qualified for at least 2 years. Also need people with experience of doing court work and child protection as this is their most pressured area as over 50% of their workforce are newly qualified workers. Its hybrid working, Leicester like teams in on a Tues and Weds but will be up to the Team manager if any other days. Caseload will be approx. 20. Locums park where all staff park in local car parks and claim back their parking expense.
Main Role Responsibilities
Undertake statutory visits to children in care and who are placed in a variety of settings, including Foster and Residential Placements along with Placements at home with family.
Manage casework including Court Proceedings, preparing Court reports, statements, care plans evidence and giving evidence in Court.
Complete a variety of system work including risks assessments, review reports, care/pathway plans, case recordings and essential paperwork.
Undertake direct work, along with Life story work with children and young people to support their understanding of their journey and to achieve permanency
Social workers are essential professionals in family group conferences, leading care management meetings and attending wider service/statutory meetings.
How to Apply:
If you are interested in applying for this role please submit your CV via email to oscar.morgan@servicecare.org.uk or call 01772 208964 to discuss the role with me directly.....Read more...
We are recruiting for a Social Worker to join a Leaving Care Team.
ONLY APPLY IF YOU ARE A QUALIFIED SOCIAL WORKER, REGISTERED WITH SOCIAL WORK ENGLAND
About the team
This team works closely with children in care and their carers to progress their care plans and to ensure that foster and residential homes are meeting the needs of children up to the time when they transition to leaving care. As a ‘’corporate parent’’ the role is to ensure that the children and young people is given every opportunity to achieve the best outcomes possible.
About you
The ideal candidate will have post-qualifying experience in child protection, children in need, safeguarding, looked after children or referral and assessment. A degree in Social Work(Degree/DipSW/CQSW). You will also need to be Social Work England Registered.
What’s on offer?
Up to £41,418
Mileage coverage
Flexible Working
Free Parking
Generous Annual Leave
Continuous Training Development
Job type: Full-time
For more information, please get in contact:
Samantha Cunningham, scunningham@charecruitment.com, 07825213518
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Holistic growth of the young people in their care. Consolidation of progress to date. Ofsted Good or Outstanding. The right hand of the Managing Director whose background is the care and support of children and young people, for one of the most notable providers in the country.
That's the brief for this Operations Manager position, which comes with:
The reponsibility (and prestige) of being responsible individual
A salary in the region of £55k-£60k subject to performance at interview and negotiation
A bonus that amounts to an additional £4k per annum, as well as
TOTAL autonomy to shape this position and organisation as you see fit
That's right. Until recently, working for one of the countries most notable providers of children and young people's care was an entreprenuer busy caring, learning, observing and absorbing everything that makes children's and young people's services amazing, or rather, Outstanding.
Now, with the support of their family, they're out there running 2 brand new residential services of their own, 1 in Greater Manchester and 1 in West Yorkshire, which have been carefully chosen and lovingly redeveloped to a high standard, complete with a range of therapeutic spaces and staff suite's, so as to provide the best possible standards of holisitic, outcome focused and child centered care for 10-18 year olds with a staffing ratio of 2:3 which speaks for itself.
Curious to find out more? If you are looking for somewhere to make your own for the next 3-5 years and like the idea of opening a 3rd home, before consolidating the operation to ensure Ofsted Good or Outstanding as top priority, please apply. If you've been a successful Registered Manager of Children and Young People's services and have the ambition and drive to achieve more in your career, please don't hesitate to apply.
I look forward to speaking with you.
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Are you an experienced Children's Home Manager within residential children’s homes? Work for an established providerin Children's Social Care, with a competitive salary of up to £57,000, Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm based in Wokingham
Please do not apply for this job if you require sponsorship to work in the UK. This position is only available for those who have right to work in the UK.
Charles Hunter Associates are a specialist recruitment consultancy, established for 13 years. I work within in the South of England and work closely with you to help find the most suitable role.
Benefits
A competitive salary of up to £57,000 per annum
This is a highly exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking council that have exciting expansion plans
Be part of a newly refurbished home
Excellent pension scheme
Overtime in lieu
More about the role
My client is a local county council who have exciting expansion plans to open children’s homes in the county.. I am looking for a Registered Manager to lead a brand new 4 bed children’s home for young people aged 8-18 with EBD
Requirements
Previous Ofsted Registered Manager experience or extensive Deputy Manager experience (min 3 years) in a children’s home
QCF Level 5 Leadership and Management
Strong knowledge of children’s social care legislation, Ofsted, safeguarding
Positive personality who is child led in practice.
If you are looking for your next exciting and rewarding career, then apply to Laura, I can answer any questions and fast track your application to my client.
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Service Care Solutions are recruiting for a Speech and Language Therapist to support our established client in the Cumbria area. The service is a specialist day and residential school for Children and Younger People between the ages of 8-19 who have a range of Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.The successful candidate will provide support Younger People with varied Learning Disabilities including ADHD, ASD, SEMH and SLCN as well as Developmental Trauma, Neuro-developmental Conditions and Special Educational Needs. The service received a rating of ‘GOOD’ in their most recent Ofsted report. Job Purpose: Speech and Language Therapist Salary: £28,285-£34,767 per annum + £250 SCS Sign-Up BonusLocation: Grange-over-Sands, CumbriaWorking Hours: Monday to Friday, 08:30-16:30Contract: Full-time | 37.5 HoursThe post holder will work as part of the Multidisciplinary Team to engage, encourage and inspire the Younger People to be themselves. Key Responsibilities:
Ensure the needs and views of our children and young people are at the heart of everything we do: offering evidence based, holistic and child-centred assessments and interventions across the Three Waves of Intervention and in line with the Therapeutic Focus Model.
Use advanced specialist knowledge and levels of experience appropriately and effectively across a range of work practices which is underpinned by comprehensive and extensive theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
To undertake high quality assessments of children and young people and make recommendations about appropriate therapeutic interventions for each child or young person, in accordance with individual assessed needs
To provide line management and clinical supervision to allocated Therapies Assistants within the setting and to support Newly Qualified Speech and Language Therapists within the setting
To work closely with children, young people, their parents and staff to ensure a personalised plan of delivery.
To participate in service and practice development.
To identity training needs, develop and facilitate training sessions to staff and parents/carers.
Essential
Registered with the HCPC
Degree or equivalent qualification in Speech and Language Therapy
Substantial experience working with Children & Younger People
Benefits
Paid School Holidays
Family Healthcare Plan – Access to instant check-ups and consultations
Car Purchase Scheme
Career Development and Training
Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Support
Pension Contribution
Life Insurance
High-Street Vouchers and Apple Scheme
Family Days Out
Discounted Gym Membership
Free Meals
Are you happy with your current agency? At SCS, we believe in rewarding your loyalty and hard-work!
£250 Welcome Bonus – We are offering a Welcome Bonus of £250, paid after completion of four weeks in your new placement.
Refer a Friend (Earn up to £750 per Referral) – Simply refer your friend. If they get the role, we’ll give you up to £750 per Referral.
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We are recruiting for a Qualified Social Worker to join a Leaving Care Team.
ONLY APPLY IF YOU ARE A QUALIFIED SOCIAL WORKER, REGISTERED WITH SOCIAL WORK ENGLAND
About the team
This team works closely with children in care and their carers to progress their care plans and to ensure that foster and residential homes are meeting the needs of children up to the time when they transition to leaving care. As a ‘’corporate parent’’ the role is to ensure that the children and young people is given every opportunity to achieve the best outcomes possible.
About you
The ideal candidate will have post-qualifying experience in child protection, children in need, safeguarding, looked after children or referral and assessment. A degree in Social Work(Degree/DipSW/CQSW). You will also need to be Social Work England Registered.
What’s on offer?
Up to £41,418
Mileage coverage
Flexible Working
Free Parking
Generous Annual Leave
Continuous Training Development
Job type: Full-time
For more information, please get in contact:
Samantha Cunningham, scunningham@charecruitment.com, 07825213518
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We are recruiting for a Qualified Social Worker to join a Leaving Care Team.
ONLY APPLY IF YOU ARE A QUALIFIED SOCIAL WORKER, REGISTERED WITH SOCIAL WORK ENGLAND
About the team
This team works closely with children in care and their carers to progress their care plans and to ensure that foster and residential homes are meeting the needs of children up to the time when they transition to leaving care. As a ‘’corporate parent’’ the role is to ensure that the children and young people is given every opportunity to achieve the best outcomes possible.
About you
The ideal candidate will have post-qualifying experience in child protection, children in need, safeguarding, looked after children or referral and assessment. A degree in Social Work(Degree/DipSW/CQSW). You will also need to be Social Work England Registered.
What’s on offer?
Up to £41,418
Mileage coverage
Flexible Working
Free Parking
Generous Annual Leave
Continuous Training Development
Job type: Full-time
For more information, please get in contact:
Samantha Cunningham, scunningham@charecruitment.com, 07825213518
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