Residential Worker - Children's Home - Across Services (Casual)

We're celebrating an OUTSTANDING achievement across all areas in our latest Ofsted inspection (December 2024) and now, we're looking for social workers to help build on this success. This marks Kingston's second consecutive Outstanding outcome, a true reflection of AfCs commitment to ensuring children and young people across Kingston have great outcomes. Providing Outstanding services means we need a great workforce and in AfC Ofsted recognised that our 'Leaders prioritise the well being of the workforce, and this is highly valued by staff.'

If you're looking for a workplace where you'll be supported, appreciated, and empowered to thrive, this is your opportunity!

This rewarding role is based across our children's homes. We look after up to five children aged years who have experienced significant trauma in their early lives. Providing therapeutic day to day care of children and young people that is grounded firmly within the Secure Base model.

The young people we look after have experienced significant trauma which requires high levels of compassion, empathy, resilience and understanding and we have a responsibility to make them feel safe and cared for.

Please note the following important information before applying:

• This role requires shift work across all 7 days of the week, throughout the full year, including Christmas, New Year and other bank holidays.
• The role includes sleep in duties. A sleep in allowance is paid where applicable.
• This is a casual position.
• Due to the nature of working in Children's Homes, enhanced vetting is required. This includes reviewing your full employment history from the point you left school.
• This post will be based across provider services in Windsor, Teddington and Surbiton children's homes.
• This role does not offer sponsorship.

You will promote positive attachments and relationships, working within the wider framework of professionals and families in order to understand a child's life experience and respond and act in ways that improve a child's opportunities and potential. You will work directly with children providing the best quality of personalised care that meets their needs whilst working part of a team that provides warmth, nurture and care for very vulnerable young people.

As a Therapeutic Intervention Worker you will be responsible for:

• Recognising signs of abuse and trauma and dealing with safeguarding issues appropriately when they arise
• Recognising and dealing with conflict and challenging behaviours and situations with young people
• Following risk assessments to keep children safe
• Direct therapeutic work with children and young people
• Work within a Secure Base therapeutic framework
• As well as working with the children, completing household chores

If you would like to find out more about this exciting opportunity, please contact Christine Flowers, Operations Manager at .

You will be passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people as well as demonstrating the following points:

• Diploma level 3 in caring for children and young people is desirable (desirable)
• Personal determination, drive, energy and ambition to overcome obstacles, achieve challenging objectives, celebrate success and deliver excellent outcomes for children
• Ability to engage appropriately with young people and develop rapport
• Have a resilience and ability to cope with the extreme pressures of working in a trauma focused, therapeutic residential childcare setting
• Self aware to your own triggers