Senior Therapeutic Care Worker

Senior Therapeutic Care Worker

Up to £36,000.00 per year

39 hour week 

My client is looking for an experienced Senior Therapeutic Care Worker for a residential homes care for young people aged between 13 and 21, who have experienced trauma in their lives.

The company offer a nurturing home that are beautifully situated in glorious rural Gloucestershire hamlets and create a supportive family lifestyle, offering our young people a place of security and regular therapy. We also have an associated SEN school that supports their learning and development to a high standard.

Seniors take on a supervisory role and run shifts, supporting the house management and guiding the support workers. They take an active role in providing the children with emotional, social and behavioural support in order to achieve their goals and help them overcome the traumas they have suffered.

Guided by the Registered Manager work you will pro actively work with and direct the team within the daily routine and agreed structures of the house, to include day to day parenting responsibilities.

Candidate requirements: 

• You must hold a full manual UK driving licence as you will be expected to transport the children in company cars
• Age exemption due to regulatory requirements, candidates must be 21 years or older due to the nature of our service
• You must successfully apply for an enhanced DBS certificate, and register with the update service, which the company will fund
• You must have the right to work in the UK
• You must be available to work to the house shift patterns which will include unsociable hours over a rolling 7 day working 39 hour week pattern
• You must be able to provide acceptable references
• Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare 
• 2 years experiences within Chidlrens care

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Childcare
• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Sick pay

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing service that offers clear career progression and delivers quality care. 

For more information, please call Rhys Jones in the Cheltenham Safehands office. 

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