Key Worker

Safe Places for Children UK have an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic and dedicated experienced staff members to join our growing charity to provide therapeutic care to the most vulnerable traumatised young people. Safe Places for Children UK have originated from Australia and have brought over their developed and researched Integrated Practice Framework over to the United Kingdom to help generate and create a new therapeutic residential service for young people. Position Title: Residential Key Worker Annual Salary: £34,035.04per a Year Base Salary and opportunities for additional Pay-out of hours Employment Type: Full Time Position Reports To: Registered Manager Location:Downpatrick, Northern Ireland Benefits with our Charity: Career pathways towards Deputy Manager and Registered Manager Positions. An induction period to help with being embedded into the home and the team. As well as an opportunity to complete Shadow Shifts. Flexible working and a planned structured roster. Supporting team members work life balance. Paid 3 weeks induction training that includes; Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training (TCI), Health and Safety, Fire Safety, Safeguarding, Medicine Management, Trauma and Attachment Training etc. Ongoing commitment to training and your professional development. Key Worker assigned a Professional Development Plan after successful 6 month probation period. Internal reflective supervision, ongoing coaching, professional development plans, additional support requests and a team ethos. Access to 24 hour on-call support, 7 days a week with a trained TCI Post Crisis Response staff member. Access to our Triple Tier support, that include external counselling service offered to all employees (Paid by the Charity). Multi-national, friendly and a supportive workplace, that is centred on the needs of the staff and young people. A new model of working in regards to providing a child centred focused therapeutic residential homes to young people in the UK. Be a part of Safe Places for Children journey and evolvement to be one of the leading therapeutic residential providers across the UK. 33 days of paid Annual Leave, and monitoring of staff members work life balance through hours bank system. Bi-Yearly Anniversary Bonus of £250.00 every six months after successful completion of 6 month probation period. Required Weekly Hours: 32 shift hours and 2 sleepovers (Hours Bank System) 6 Non-Contact Hours (Allocated time for Key Worker Duties) 2 At Calls to be completed on a weekly basis (additional hours worked paid out at high rates) Shift Patterns: A regular shift is 24 hours long. It consists of 16 hours awake working time and 8 hours paid sleepover period. Two shifts to be completed every week and opportunity to add to your Hour Bank System. Opportunity to work additional shifts and seek pay out of additional hours. Why work for a Charity like Safe Places for Children UK The organisation values a small and stable team with a consistently calm and positive framework that can help support vulnerable traumatised young people to form attachments and feel safe. A focus is on the quality of care to the young people and that we provide small homely environments for no more than 2 young people. Effectively assisting the child to gain increased independence and to explore their behaviours in difficult times and be willing to try some more positive coping strategies a lengthy and challenging but very rewarding journey A goal is always to see the child make progress that will help prepare them for their future transition into family-based placement, family reunification, group setting or independent living arrangements The importance of understanding that the childrens behaviours are coping skills and our focus is more on whats lying beneath the behaviour. The need to respond to behaviours in a way that role models an ability to remain calm, hopeful, caring, consistent, respectful and understanding of others (as opposed to reacting emotionally) Collaboration is needed to support the child across the various areas of their life (i.e. protective services, health services, counselling services, educational facilities). Ongoing support provided to team members on shift and constant access to 24/7 on call support for urgent matters. Support provided to staff through TCI Post Crisis Response and Reflective Supervision. Opportunities to coach and develop other team members within your home and have an overall responsibility for leading your shift as a Key Worker. Position Requirements Essential Third Level Qualification or a Level 3 Diploma in a Relevant Subject. 2 Years experience in working with challenging behaviours; preferably within a Registered Residential Service. Have held a UK Driving Licence for more than 1 Year and no more than three penalty points. Ability to do shift work and sleeping sleepovers (All shifts have asleepover component) Willing to undergo a Northern Ireland Social Care Council Registration and Enhanced Access NI. Able to pass checks. Application Process Clink on the Apply Now Link on Safe Places for Children website and complete the Application Form Interview and Training Dates Interviews to be conducted the week starting the 30 December 2024 Three weeks compulsory induction training commences on the 13 January 2025. Skills: Compassion Communication Responsibility Shift Lead Empathy Benefits: Extra Annual Leave EPA Leave Loading