Therapeutic Intervention Worker & Edge of Care Outreach Worker - Part Time

We’re celebrating an OUTSTANDING achievement across all areas in our latest Ofsted inspection (December 2024) and now, we’re looking for social workers to help build on this success. This marks Kingston's second consecutive Outstanding outcome, a true reflection of AfCs commitment to ensuring children and young people across Kingston have great outcomes. Providing Outstanding services means we need a great workforce and in AfC Ofsted recognised that our “Leaders prioritise the well-being of the workforce, and this is highly valued by staff."

If you’re looking for a workplace where you’ll be supported, appreciated, and empowered to thrive, this is your opportunity!

Therapeutic Intervention Worker & Edge of Care Outreach Worker | Part time - 99 hours per month| Sleep in allowance | S
hift work across 7 days a week, over the full year including Christmas, New Year and other bank holidays | Salary advertised is full time equivalent and will be pro rated accordingly.

Achieving for Children (AfC) is opening a second children's home whilst also developing our outreach services to children and young people on the edge of care. Therefore we are now looking to recruit workers who are attracted to a role which will include both working within a children's home setting and offering outreach support to children in the community. We are excited to announce the opening of a new home inOld Windsor, offering a range of exciting opportunities to join our team.

Come and be part of our pioneering residential and edge of care outreach service which will involve working across different sites including Old Windsor, Teddington and by 2026, Surbiton.

You’ll be working alongside experienced professionals who are passionate about delivering high-quality care and keeping children within their families wherever possible. There will be opportunities for growth and development within this team whilst contributing to our ongoing work supporting children and families.

Please note:
This role does not offer sponsorship.

The Therapeutic Intervention Worker will provide day to day care of children and young people within a family based environment that promotes positive attachments and relationships.

• You will work alongside the wider framework of professionals and families in orderto understand a child’s life experience and respond and act in ways that promote achild’s opportunities and potential.
• Work directly with children and young people.
• Provide the best quality of personalised nurturing care that meets the needsof very vulnerable young people.
• Contribute to developing and maintaining a stimulating, nurturing homewhere children feel happy, cared for and safe.
• Provide 1-to-1 outreach support to children, young people and families intheir own homes and in the community.

• Ability to engage appropriately with young people and develop rapport.
• Recognise signs of abuse and trauma and deal with safeguarding issues appropriately when they arise.
• Able to recognise and deal with conflict and challenging behaviours and situations with young people.
• Able to form and sustain positive and professional working relationships.
• An understanding of the social, emotional, educational, cultural, religious and recreational needs of young people.
• Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy)
• Able to constructively engage with a wide network of professionals.
• Able and willing to undertake all tasks associated with parenting a young person and able to demonstrate good parenting skills.
• Ability to cope with the pressures of a residential care setting.