Residential Child Care Worker

Job Title: Senior Residential Childcare Worker & Residential Childcare WorkerLocation: Hertford Starting Salary*:

Residential Childcare Worker £25,545 progressing to £28,770 per annum plus 6% market enhancement - Pay increase pendingSenior Residential Childcare Worker £32,076 progressing to £34,834 per annum plus 6% market enhancement - Pay increase pending*Sleep In allowances are paid at £40 per night. There are opportunities to work additional hours and overtime across the Service.Hours: 37 per weekContract: Permanent

"It's the best job in the World""The work life balance is brilliant""Without the support of my team and managers this would be a really difficult job""I am at home more than I am at work - both families benefit""Thanks for running me a bath - is what made me smile today - win/win"

Working in our Bright Skies environment these are some of the things you could say about your role on a day-to-day basis and if you REALLY REALLY want to make a difference to a young person's life then read on......

Bright Skies is a unique service offering in Hertfordshire, where we are able to offer an extended family support mechanism for 3 young people (between 11 and 17) with complex needs, who desperately need our help, support and guidance.

It is hard to put a job title on a role where you can be mentor, teacher, coach, deliverer of parental guidance, role mode, therapist, councillor, and family liaison.....often all in the same day.

Curiosity is our mantra, and we give full training on Informed Practices, we do not act in a punitive way, and we adapt our ways to each individual in our family. We help you to develop your understanding of working and supporting in Trauma situations.

We also have several statutory training courses along with intensive training around our ARC framework, NVR (non-violence resistance) Therapeutic skills and all our team will undertake the NVQ 4 for Children and Residential Services. Basically, you will get paid to go to college!

On a daily basis you will be liaising with a host of individuals and services, from our young person's family, to schools and education authorities, social workers, police and a whole range of other internal and external contacts.