Job Description

About us

Safe Haven Care is a small residential home for children in Raglan. We are professional, agile, supportive, and our goal is to deliver high quality care and support to vulnerable children and young people with complex needs.

About the Service

The home is a 4 bedded residential service which provides a long-term placement for children and young people aged 7-18 with complex needs.

As a Residential Support Worker, you'll join the friendly team to provide support to children and young people within the home and access the local community.

You'll be a key role model to the people we support, whilst helping our young people to develop emotionally, socially, behaviourally and independently. Your role will also require you to attend training, team meetings and take part in supervisions during the day.

About the role

As our Residential support Worker, you will be responsible for creating a safe and supportive environment for children and young people to thrive. Your role will encompass supervising the smooth running of shifts, supervising children and young people on a minimum 1:1 basis, demonstrating leadership, and confidently maintaining the service in the absence of the Team Leader or Manager.

You will ensure that both staff and the children or young people's wellbeing is prioritised. You will deliver and guide your team to offer person centred care, guidance and advocacy. It is crucial that both children and staff feel secure and supported whilst achieving their maximum capabilities.

In return we offer an in-depth induction and realistic opportunities for career progression. You will be enrolled you on necessary industry qualifications along with regular supervision and team meetings to ensure you remain to feel part of our team.

Once you have gained the relevant experience and qualifications you will be welcomed to apply and progress to the next step in your career with us.

Location:

Raglan, Monmouthshire

Contract / Hours:

Permanent - 37.5 hours per week. Shift pattern is flexible from 0800- 0830 and also 1400hrs to 2000hrs

Responsibilities

- Provide care planning management, including assessing, reviewing and managing risk.

- Co-ordinating responsibilities within the service, with multi agency and producing family information, including written reports.

- Attendance at professional meetings including reviews etc.

- Supporting young people to take part in fun activities, learn new skills, education and work towards independence within the community.

- Supporting children and young people with personal care, communication, administration of medication as and when required.

- Supporting the Manager, Deputy Manager, Team Leader and other Residential Support Workers in the safe and efficient running of the home.

What are we looking for from you:

Experience of working within Children's Residential Homes and developing positive relationships through trust. Application of a range of techniques to co-ordinate and communicate with Children and Young People and their families. Adopt a solution focused approach to address problems, both individually and in a team setting. Demonstrate emotional resilience to respond to the challenging nature of the role. Experience of working with children with complex needs. Sound knowledge and understanding of safeguarding.

Diversity, equality, and inclusion

At Safe Haven, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Safe Haven.

Don't meet every single requirement?

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within Safe Haven.

Contact:

For any queries about this role, please contact Gareth Smith via email on manager@safehavencare.co.uk or Deputy@safehavencare.co.uk

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 25,350.00-29,250.00 per year

Benefits:

Casual dress Company pension Discounted or free food Employee mentoring programme Store discount
Schedule:

8 hour shift Flexitime
Education:

GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Experience:

Care Sector: 1 year (preferred)
Language:

English (required)
Licence/Certification:

Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 22/05/2025