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Are you looking for a new opportunity to really change the lives of vulnerable children? Then Join our specialist team! Are you an experienced Residential childcare Worker? Have you got experience supporting children and young people in crisis? Are you passionate about supporting the most vulnerable young people in our community? Do you want to expand your experience and develop your career?
We are keen to speak to dedicated and passionate Residential Childcare Workers who are committed to making a difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable children and young people in our communities. You will join specialist teams who deliver high level support, create safe environments and offer a deep understanding of how trauma and a young person's journey through life has an impact on current behaviours, communication and understanding.
By joining one of our specialist teams you will enjoy a number of benefits:
- An elevated pay rate that will exceed existing local pay rates
- A rolling rota offering consistency and predictability
- A supportive and close knit team for daily support
- excellent communication and support from your Randstad local specialist team
- A variety of pay options
- A opportunity to use your specialist experience and skills and develop other
- Access to training for professional development
What can you expect from joining a specialist team:
- An opportunity to dedicate your experience and skills to a vulnerable adult
- Providing day to day support relating to activities, appointments, family contact and much more ideally you will have a driver's licence and business insurance
- Being busy engaging and encouraging the young person to take part in activities and form structure
- Providing accurate reports and information to support the development of care plans and goals
- Playing a critical role in the safety and wellbeing of the young person
What you will bring:
The role - each specialist team will have differences, to excel in this specialist setting you will need to evidence:
- Supporting young people in a residential setting or their own home
- Confidence to work with colleagues at times of heightened behaviours to de-escalate situations
- Experience of using de-escalation techniques to keep people safe
- Experience making decisions and taking action in challenging situations
- An understanding of detailed and accurate daily record keeping, incident reporting
- Be creative when engaging and establishing trust with children and young people
- Demonstrate sound communication and judgement
- Clarity over protecting personal and professional boundaries at all times
Skills and training
- Ideally drivers licence and business insurance
- DBS on update service or support new application
- Registered with relevant regulatory body
- PMVA trained - ideally or willing to undertake training
Does this sound like the next step in your career? Want to hear more? Then apply now, send your CV to Dayna or call
Seeking a fresh opportunity, but this isn't quite the right fit? Visit the Randstad website to explore our full list of vacancies!
Please note Randstad does not provide sponsorship.
Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.
