Job Details

If so, then this is an exciting time to join Bridgend CBC as we continue to remodel the way we meet the needs of children and young people who need our support. We continue to expand our provision with an addition of a new service.

The homes aim to:

• Provide children and young people with an individualised package of support that focuses on their assessed needs.
• Offer children and young people therapeutically informed interventions to assist them in achieving personal well-being.
• Assist children and young people to explore their own issues and experiences and work through any emotions and feelings which may become a barrier to a stable placement and future accommodation.
• Provide appropriate levels of support that recognise, value, and encourage children and young people to maintain personal skills and competencies and promote their confidence and self-esteem.
• Provide a comprehensive package of educational support to promote the best possible outcomes for children and young people within their educational setting.
• Work closely with families or substitute families to ensure that when children and young people return home or go to other suitable placements, adequate support via a transition plan is given to both the young person and their family to ensure success.
• Provide age-appropriate independent living programmes to assist young people to be able to develop the necessary skills to enable them to, if appropriate, live independently.

As a Children’s Residential Worker in Bridgend you will need to be prepared to work across range of services supporting young people and the service as a whole. 

You will need to be willing to complete the required induction to register with Social Care Wales and complete the required qualification for the role within an agreed timeframe as set out by the Social Care Wales qualification framework. 

Your duties include though are not limited to: 

• Advocating and supporting children in their day to day lives
• Accompanying and supporting children on health appointments
• Cooking
• Supporting children to manage their feelings
• Doing fun activities with children
• Recording and reporting information and working with other professionals to promote the development of the children in our care.
• The ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.

We will be interviewing for this role as suitable applications are received and may close this role before the closing date upon a successful candidate being appointed.