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Children's support worker

Randstad Delivery (GBS)
Posted 14 days ago, valid for 11 days
Location

Brecon, Powys LD3 9EA, Wales

Salary

£20,000 - £24,000 per annum

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Contract type

Part Time

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  • Randstad is seeking ongoing temporary Residential Support Workers for children's residential care homes, focusing on promoting independent living and discipline.
  • Candidates must have experience in the sector, with additional experience in handling children with challenging behavior being advantageous.
  • The role requires confidence in managing severe behavior issues, including self-harm and attempts to escape, with preferred skills in de-escalation techniques and restraint training.
  • Experience with young people with autism is also preferred, and an enhanced DBS on the update service is required, which can be arranged for a fee of £44.
  • Further details will be provided after the initial application, and candidates must be registered with Social Care Wales; specific salary information was not provided.

Residential Support Workers for Children's Services Needed

Randstad are recruiting for ongoing temporary support workers to staff various children's residential care homes. The main purpose of this role will be to promote independent living, encourage routine and provide discipline. Experience working within this sector is essential, experience working with children with challenging behaviour advantageous. The young people have been through traumatic experiences during their lives and as a result of this can have very severe behaviour issues so we need someone that would be very confident in dealing with this. They can sometimes tend to self harm and try to escape the placements. You would need to have experience in de escalation techniques and restraint training is preferred. Experience and training in working with young people with autism is also preferred.

We have a consistent flow of excellent and rewarding opportunities for candidates with extensive experience working with looked after children with mental health challenges and behavioural challenges who require caring, compassion and dedicated professionals to support them.

An enhanced DBS on the update service is required. If you don't have this we can put this in motion at a charge of £44. You also need to be registered with Social Care Wales.

More information will be provided in a telephone consultation after your initial application to this advert.

We look forward to engaging with you on this exciting endeavour.

Randstad Business Support acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Business Support is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.