Residential Therapeutic Intervention Worker & Edge of Care Outreach

About the role

The Residential 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 order to understand a child's life experience and respond and act in ways that promote a child's opportunities and potential.
• Work directly with children and young people.
• Provide the best quality of personalised nurturing care that meets the needs of very vulnerable young people.
• Contribute to developing and maintaining a stimulating, nurturing home where children feel happy, cared for and safe.
• Provide 1-to-1 outreach support to children, young people and families in their own homes and in the community.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Christine Flowers, Operations Manager wers

The successful candidate will be:

• 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.

We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:

• 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month (Or for term-time workers, your leave entitlement consists of the non-working periods in your contract)
• Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
• Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
• Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
• A range of staff benefits and discounts
• An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway

Start dates: Achieving for Children have set start dates meaning successful candidates join on a set date in each month. Candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.

Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the  website for right to work guidance.

Equality: We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams. Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.