Location: Stockton on Tees
Pay: £34,507.20 pa
Working hours: 40 hours per week, rota including early, late and night shifts and rotational weekend working.

About us
Spark of Genius is one of Scotland's largest residential child care providers. For over 25 years, we have been delivering high quality care to young people who need to be looked after. Spark of Genius is also part of the UK-wide CareTech family who are committed to providing each child with opportunities to have their individual needs met.

In your new role
This is an opportunity to be part of a dedicated and trauma-informed team, and to work directly with young people with a range of complex needs connected to their individual life experiences and childhood adversity.

This is also a chance to make a difference to outcomes for young people! Our mission is to make Every Second Count, to help us succeed you will:

• Provide a supervisory and mentoring role to RCCWs who will be providing a caring role to our Young people.
• Take responsibility for practice development of the care team including allocated supervision and performance management of staff.
• Ensure that the care team have the skills, knowledge and ability to care for children and young people effectively.
• Ensuring that staff understand and are fully aware of the daily routines of the home.
• Support on call arrangements as a Senior Member of the team.
• Assist with management tasks including finance, fleet, environment and Health and Safety, staffing matters including absence, recruitment, training and development.
• Contribute to assessment and care plan arrangements, participating in reviews and other meetings as necessary.
• Ensure both local authority and internal care plans are in place and that staff fully understand their role.
• Deputise in the absence of the management team, where necessary.
• Ensure staff are aware of and deliver the support required to ensure the life chance opportunities of the young people for their social, educational, leisure, emotional, physical, and cultural needs are met.
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people.
• Promote and actively encourage the delivery of a safe, structured and nurturing environment.

You will ideally have:

• A minimum of 2 years experience as Residential Child Care Worker.
• Remote location, driving licence is essential.
• High standard of reporting and recording.
• Experience of working in a mentoring role.
• Wide knowledge of the behaviours displayed by children and young people and an understanding of a myriad of intervention strategies.
• Working knowledge of legislation in relation to child care including National Care Standards and Child protection.
• An understanding of the process of child development.
• Knowledge of how to apply systems and processes within residential homes that are compliant with the national care standards.
• Ability to work shifts including evenings and weekends.
• An ability to assist in on call arrangements to meet business need.

Benefits
As part of this role, we offer specialist training programmes to support you in your work and invest in your professional development, including a fully paid induction programme, Every Second Counts bespoke training, therapeutic crisis intervention training, child protection training, attachment and trauma training, and a full suite of e-learning modules.

We also offer a benefits package including a full time contract, competitive rates of pay, a pension scheme, free training, paid induction, a £1000 recommend a friend bonus and a £500 welcome bonus.

Safeguarding statement
CareTech is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children. All applicants must pass an enhanced DBS/PVG check and provide references covering the past two years plus all roles involving vulnerable groups.

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