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Job Title: Residential Care Worker (RCW) & Senior RCW Location: Cannock, Staffordshire Salary: £13.50 – £15.50 per hour (Role & experience dependent) Setting: Solo EBD Provision (Child under DoLS) Reports to: Registered Manager Service Overview Join an established and reputable residential provider as part of a brand-new service launch in Cannock. This is a specialised solo provision designed to support one young person with complex Social, Emotional, and Behavioural Difficulties (EBD) who is currently under a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard (DoLS) order. We are building a foundational team of resilient, therapeutic-led professionals to provide a stable and nurturing environment. Core Responsibilities (Both Roles) * Therapeutic Support: Deliver high-quality, 1:1 person-centred care, ensuring the young person feels safe, valued, and supported. * DoLS Compliance: Work strictly within the legal framework of the DoLS order, ensuring the young person’s rights are protected while maintaining necessary safety measures. * Behaviour Management: Use approved de-escalation techniques (e.g., Team Teach, PRICE, or MAPA) to manage challenging incidents with a calm and professional approach. * Daily Living: Support the young person with life skills, including cooking, cleaning, education, and accessing local community activities. * Reporting: Maintain acc...

Bright Futures, Inspired By You. There’s nothing more rewarding than helping someone believe in themselves and have the confidence to celebrate their own uniqueness and achieve success that is personal to them. At Horizon, we live up to our values, and we value our people.We are proud to be one of the most innovative providers of young people’s residential care and education in the UK. Horizon Care and Education have an opportunity for a Children's Residential Support Worker to join our team. As a Children’s Residential Support Worker, you will support young people in the many different aspects of daily life within our homes including: Helping young people continue with hobbies, social activities, and friendships, and learn new skills. Provide day-to-day care and create a safe, homely, therapeutic environment. Providing support with daily routines such as getting ready for school and making sure they have healthy and balanced meals. Ensuring the young person has a safe space to relax and unwind within the home. Supporting our young people to reach their potential and experience new opportunities. Support young people's development through stimulating activities and consistent care. Build meaningful relationships and ensure safeguarding needs are met. Work collaboratively with other professionals and contribute to care planning.If you're passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and enabling them to shape their own future, then we want you to be part of our team. What we’re looking for from you: Full UK Manual Diving licence is essential to be able to take our children to school. appointments and activities. Ability to be a great role model to our looked after children. Ability to build trusting relationships. A genuine care and compassion to work with looked after children. Flexibility to be able to work shifts that include evenings and weekends and sleep ins. Willingness to complete a Level 3 qualification in Childrens and Young People Workforce.Why work for us? Access to Tastecard, Bluelight card and MyGym discounts! Real Living Wage employer Competitive pay rates. Generous Refer a Friend Scheme Financial wellbeing service Life Assurance Ongoing training and professional development plus High quality CPD opportunities Comprehensive induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing, and local induction period. Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via our SHINE programme. Employee assistance programme – free, confidential support. Looking after your wellbeing - supporting you need to feel good about what you do. We’re in this together. Supportive management and senior leaders. INDRESBAU

Transform the lives of children in care and gain valuable development in the Team Leader role within Children’s Homes! • Job Title: Senior Children’s Residential Support Worker, • Home Type: 2 Bedded EBD home – therapeutic PACE approach, • Location: Walsall Wood, • Basic Pay: Up to £16 p/h + £50 per sleep-in, • Overall package: Up to £36,720 p/a (based on a sleep-in on every shift), • Shift pattern: 10am-10pm, 2 on 4 off, 160 hours per month Who will you be working for? Start your journey as a Team Leader within this fantastic 2 Bedded EBD home in Walsall Wood! This is a relatively new organisation with one small children’s home currently in Walsall with plans to expand into the Wednesbury area. They have been registered for just over a year and support young people that display social and emotional difficulties, behaviours that challenge, and come from traumatic backgrounds using a therapeutic PACE approach, informed by principles of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP). You would be supported by an incredible senior management duo with prior success achieving Outstanding with Ofsted as Registered & Deputy Managers, now excelling in the Responsible Individual and Home Manager capacities, respectively. They are looking for an excellent individual with a drive to learn and progress with the organisation as they expand and look to identify their next class of managers in-house. The Package & Benefits: • Basic pay: £15 - £16 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications, plus £50 per sleep-in, • Estimated package: Earn up to £36,720 per annum, based on 10 sleep-ins per month, • Shift Pattern: 10am starts on a 2 on 4 off shift pattern!, • Annual Leave: Use 2 days annual leave and receive up to 10 days off in a row!, • Professional Development: Opportunity to complete a fully funded & accredited Level 5 in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare qualification, paid induction program, and continuous training opportunities, including the therapeutic ‘PACE’ approach, and more! What Will The Role Entail? As a Senior Children’s Residential Support Worker, you will be the backbone of the staff team whilst on shift. You will pull from your experience working in children’s homes to manage and lead your passionate team to ensure smooth operation of the home and second-to-none delivery of care for young people. The Successful Senior Children’s Residential Support Worker Candidate Will Excel At: • Communicating effectively with young people, your colleagues, families, and external professionals. Shift-leading, problem-solving, and being calm under pressure is vital for a Senior., • Key-working with young people, considering their thoughts, wishes, and feelings, promoting life skills and independence, encouraging them to engage in education, activities, and hobbies. Most importantly, readying them for adult life when they leave care., • Developing and reviewing Ofsted required paperwork such as care plans, behaviour support plans, and risk assessments, to name a few., • Following Ofsted’s regulations related to Quality Standards and understanding safeguarding policies and procedures., • Understanding the operations of the home regarding Health and Safety, medication administration, cleanliness and finances. Requirements for the Senior Children’s Residential Support Worker role: • 2+ years’ experience working specifically within a children’s home environment, • Level 3 or 4 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent), • Full UK Manual Driving Licence and access to a vehicle, • Flexibility to carry out the shift pattern described at the top of the advert, including sleep-ins, • A genuine passion for supporting the well-being and healthy development of young people If you are keen to discuss the Senior Children’s Residential Support Worker vacancy further, have more questions, or this one isn’t quite the right fit, please don’t hesitate to reach out! Any successful candidates will, as per Safer Recruitment guidelines, undergo an enhanced DBS check, references, and an employment history verification

Children's Residential Senior Support Worker Walsall Wood From £16 per hour + £50 per sleep in My client is a well-known, Children's Residential Care Company. My client believes that no child should be disadvantaged and that all children should be part of a community. This is an excellent opportunity for a Team Leader to join the Children's Home in Walsall Wood and works extremely well with external agencies including local authorities. In return for hard work and commitment you can expect, in addition to competitive pay and conditions and a range of benefits, to have a high-quality induction and ongoing training and development. As the Team Leader in Walsall Wood home, you will be responsible for deputising in the Deputy Managers' absence and supporting the Support Workers. The Team Leader will be: Leading and supervising a team of care staff in Walsall Wood children's residential home. Providing guidance, support, and mentorship to staff. Ensuring the team adheres to policies, procedures, and safeguarding regulations. Conducting staff meetings, appraisals, and performance reviews. Supporting with staff rotas and shift planning Ensuring the wellbeing, safety and welfare of the young people in the home. Responding appropriately to any incidents, safeguarding concerns or disclosures. Providing emotional and practical support to children, ensuring their needs are met. Creating and maintaining care plans tailored to individual children's needs. Encouraging children's independence, life skills, and positive behaviours. Supporting with education, activities, and social engagement. Addressing and managing challenging behaviours using de-escalation techniques. Maintaining accurate records of children's care plans, daily logs, and incidents. Ensuring compliance with Ofsted regulations and Children's Home Standards. Completing risk assessments and following health and safety protocols. Monitoring and ensuring compliance with legislation and organizational policies. Participating in inspections and audits, providing evidence of good practice. Working alongside social workers, therapists, teachers, and healthcare professionals. Attending and contributing to multi-disciplinary meetings. The ideal candidate for the Team Leader will have: NVQ Level 3/4 Residential Childcare. Experience working within a Children's setting, at least 2 years. Experience in a supervisory or leadership role. Safeguarding training and knowledge of child protection procedures. Empathy, patience, and resilience when working with vulnerable children. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to handle challenging behaviours effectively. Excellent organizational and administrative skills. Our client offers job satisfaction, long term prospects, good pay and conditions, a pension, a range of share schemes, good training opportunities to help you achieve recognised qualifications and a range of specially developed benefits: Employee Assistance Service including free & confidential advice on a range of issues including medical, financial, housing, legal and tax Pension contributions Professional training, development, and career pathways Wellbeing Programme Recommend a Friend scheme Long Service Awards If you have the relevant experience and are based in the Walsall Wood area and would like to learn more, then please contact SaferHandSolutions and ask for Anna Ashley. Alternatively, submit your application for consideration. Please note, SaferHandCare are acting as an employment agency on behalf of a client and by applying you agree to register with us and for us to hold your details on file. Due to the volume of applications, we will only contact applicants who have been successfully shortlisted but may contact you in regards to any other suitable vacancies