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Support Workers - Children's Homes

Employer
St Christopher's Fellowship
Location
Walsall, Great Barr or Dudley
Salary
Salary £20,174 rising to £20,929
Closing date
24 Dec 2021
Reference
12934

Job Details

Young People 12 - 17 years old

Salary £20,174 rising to £20,929 upon successful completion of probationary period and mandatory training

40 hours per week, shift work including weekends and bank holidays

Days or Night vacancies available

Locations: Walsall, Great Barr or Dudley

We have presently a fantastic opportunity to join one of our  Residential Homes in the West Midlands Region, and make a real difference to our Young People’s live.

About Us

Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future.

St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people and we are proud of our history for providing fostering, children's homes and a range of innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man.  We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do.  We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home.

We are an equal opportunity employer and keen to develop an inclusive workforce were people feel they belong.  We hope to attract applications from under- represented groups including people from different cultures, nationalities, socio economic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religion, faith, sex, orientation, child care responsibilities and with gender diverse identities.

Your role will include:

  • Spending time with children and young people helping them to develop key life skills, having fun with them and building trusting relationships.
  • Reducing barriers to learning, empowering young people who from adversity are developing their resilience 
  • Creating environments where young people can flourish and experience success.

You need to be:

  • Resilient to cope with challenging behaviour and circumstances
  • Able to build genuine and trusting relationships with young people
  • Open and able to work as part of a team empathetic but able to understand the importance of  professional boundaries
  • Able to undertake shift work including weekends, bank holidays and with notice, occasional sleep-ins.

St Christopher’s Academy

At St Christopher`s we can provide more than just a care job. We can offer you a career where you can develop your skills and knowledge while making a difference to young people’s lives.

When you join St Christopher’s, we will set you up in your career with a tailored development plan. Whether you want to move across to a different service, become a Manager or just explore further your current role, we will support you to map out your career trajectory and help you achieve your professional ambitions. If you want to learn more about St Christopher’s Academy, please visit our website

We are proud that 84% of all our Team Leaders, Deputies and Managers are internal promotions. 

What you should expect from us

  • Salary: £20,174 rising to £20,929 upon successful completion of probationary period and mandatory training.
  • Competitive pay and reward structure offering salary progression based on performance.
  • A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture.
  • 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays, pro-rata.
  • Industry Leading training programme including access to level 3 qualifications, children’s right and participation, CSE, empowerment, mental health and Social Pedagogy,
  • Contributory pension scheme, Enhanced Maternity and Company Sick Scheme.
  • BUPA Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support.
  • Interest-free season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme.
  • Discount shopping scheme at hundreds of retailers across the UK.
  • Discretionary Funded Training Programs.
  • Employee Awards based on performance and length of service.
  • Fantastic opportunities to develop your career within our range of services.

Recruitment Process

St Christopher’s is committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people in our care including the principals of Safer Recruitment. During the recruitment process you will be expected to complete an online application form to ensure we capture essential information to meet legislation, best practice and vetting requirements to assess your suitability to work with children and young people.

Applicants will ideally already be on the DBS Update Service; if this is not the case St Christopher's will carry out a DBS (police) check prior to your start date.

For more information or assistance during the application process, please visit our website.

We advise to apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and this opportunity might be filled before the stated closing date.

St Christopher’s Fellowship has a minimum age requirement of 21 for roles working directly with children and young people in our residential and semi-independent Homes.

Company

Founded in 1870, St Christopher's Fellowship has provided care for vulnerable children and young people for over 140 years. Drawing on our broad experience, we help build brighter futures for young people across the UK and in the Isle of Man.

Through our children's homes and fostering services we are able to provide stable, effective placements for young people, providing them with a safe, caring community in which they can learn to build positive relationships. We also work in partnership with local authorities to offer accomodation for 16 to 25 year-olds, supporting them to develop emotional and practical skills and so easing their transition into adult life.

The principles of social pedagogy shape our philosophy of care. Put simply, this is a holistic approach that centres around building positive relationships with young people to bring out their full potential or “their diamond”. We use the “heads, hearts, hands” principles which stress the importance of relationships, respect and reflection.

Our vision is to deliver excellence. To achieve this we seek to attract and retain the very best staff, and we are committed to creating a friendly, supportive work environment where your skills are developed and appreciated. Working for St Christopher's will be both challenging and rewarding; it will demand high standards of professionalism and teamwork, but will make a qualitative difference to the lives of vulnerable young people.

Company info
Telephone
0208 780 7800
Location
1 Putney High Street
London
London
London
SW15 1SZ
GB

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