Residential Child Care Practitioner - Cartref Mynydd

Residential Child Care Practitioner - Cartref Mynydd

The job requirements are detailed below. Essential qualifications, skills and experience are listed in the Job Description s/Person Specification which can be found under the attachments section below.

Mae’r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.

Cartref Mynydd Children's Home , Wattstown, CF39 0PP

Do you have what it takes to make a positive difference in the lives of children and young people?

Are you a hardworking and resilient individual who is able to engage with and emotionally support children and young people?

As a Residential Child Care Practitioner, you will be part of a caring team, that provides a safe, nurturing home for children and young people, led and supported by an experienced Registered Manager, and Senior staff.

Successful applicants will be committed to improving the lives of children with complex needs and those who have experienced childhood trauma. You will need to work creatively with a high level of active engagement in activities and direct work. You will be supported and trained to practice in a therapeutic environment, utilising the Trauma Recovery Model of care.

Much of your role will be spent supporting individuals to work through their individual experiences, with the goal of aiding recovery and building resilience, to achieve their personal goals. This work will support the assessment of the ongoing care and support needs of the individual to ensure positive future planning.

This will involve you providing emotional, physical and personal care and support to enable children and young people to reach their full potential, sometimes in challenging situations. This will include working actively with families and professionals to ensure care and support is personalised to meet individual needs, and that children and young people can move on positively from placement.

To succeed in the role, you must be passionate, patient and committed to those you work with, and the professional standards of the role.

Candidates will need to demonstrate:

• Positivity and resilience
• A commitment to providing safe and caring environments for children and young people to learn and grow
• Compassion and Empathy, and an enthusiasm to promote individual choice
• The ability to invest in developing trusting relationships.
• An enthusiasm and commitment to learning
• An ability to work flexibly

Shifts are inclusive of bank holidays and weekends and are typically worked from 7.30am – 3.30pm and 3pm
-11pm. Sleep-in duties and occasional nights on a rota basis are also required. You may occasionally be required to work in other residential locations to support our other homes within the local authority, to meet the needs of the service.

You will be expected to hold or be prepared to work towards the QCF Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Children and Young People) or predecessor qualification NVQ Level 3 (Children and Young People). You will be registered with Social Care Wales, either on appointment, or following completion of the Induction Framework.

We recognise that working in Social Care is professionally and personally challenging and demands considerable levels of skill, commitment, and enthusiasm. We offer a dedicated in-house Learning and Development Centre which actively supports our staff to maintain their skills and Continuous Professional Development.

Successful applicants will be fully funded to receive the necessary training and support required to undertake the role. Successful applicants who do not hold the relevant qualification will be supported to achieve the QCF Level 3 Diploma in…