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Job Description
Support Care Worker-Amberleigh Care Amberleigh Care is a privately owned, specialist therapeutic child care and education service. We are not the same as other residential child care settings in that we have a very defined profile of young people – we do one thing – and we are experts in that field. This means that we do not offer emergency placements, we have very carefully matched and long-term stable placements. Our working model informs the way staff and trained and supported and our multidisciplinary teams are diverse in age, gender, experiences and backgrounds. It works – for children, for staff and for placing local authorities.
*This role is based in Welshpool, Powys**All applicants should have the right to work in the UK as Amberleigh Care are unable to sponsor any visa applications at this time**Responsibilities: ** In essence you will be part of a team of carers (divided into sub teams) and working on a rolling rota to provide ongoing care and support to the young people.
* The ‘shift’ has a Team Leader and/or Senior leading and coordinating and then a team of therapeutic carers – typically 6-7 adults working together evenings and weekends, more around during office and school hours
* Safeguarding and managing boundaries is a key part of the role – but we do this with very open communication and active use of relationships – we have very low levels of incidents, safeguarding referrals or more extreme challenging behaviours.
* The role is varied from hour to hour,