Residential Childcare Worker x 10

Role title: Residential Childcare Worker x 10
Salary:
34 hours: £24,278 - £27,362 per annum.
37 hours: £26,421 to £29,777 per annum.
(Plus sleep in allowance & evening / weekend enhancements)
Package:
37 hour posts x 6
34 hour posts x 4

Work Base: Sylva Gardens, Children's Residential Home, Llandudno, Conwy, North Wales

Manager details for informal discussion: Fiona Dennison Section Manager

Do you want to work to make a positive difference to the lives of young
people?

We are passionate about working together to make a positive difference to the lives of children and young people to 'have the best life possible' by providing them with a supportive and homely environment that is centred on their individual needs. This will be achieved by putting the child / young person at the centre of all support planning and developing strategies that will enable the child/young person to develop skills in all aspects of their life to give them independence and feeling included in their communities based on what is important to them.

Sylva Garden's is a Registered Children's Home for 3 children up to the age of 18.

The role of the support worker is to:

Provide support in a homely environment which is unique to each child/young person where they feel happy and safe.

Work as a team providing bespoke support unique to each child's development needs.

You will be expected to:
Ensure that you promote, and value 'Active Support', 'Positive Behaviour Support' and the 'Reduction of Restrictive Practices' approaches as a central method of enabling children and young people to engage more in their daily lives; building strong relationships with those surrounding them, developing independent living skills and becoming active members within their communities through delivering high quality care.

Be able to deal with difficult encounters and critical situations and apply appropriate / innovative strategies in supporting children/young people to manage behaviours that challenge.

Demonstrate commitment, openness, and willing to engage with the approach to the model of care in order to meet the needs of the children/young people.

Create a homely, warm, kind, friendly, environment ensuring that all your actions are transparent and open for discussion in professional supervision in accordance with the Codes of Professional Practice for Social Care.

Develop trusted professional relationships with children and young people to keep them safe, balancing empowerment and limit setting in a nurturing, supportive and consistent way.

Develop own skills to successfully communicate with the child/young person following a strategy that they would understand.

Work unsociable hours on a rota basis and undertake sleep-in duties, waking nights to meet the individual needs of the children and young people.

What we are looking for from you:
To have experience of working effectively with children and young people who present challenging behaviours.

Ability to complete the All Wales Induction Framework and any other relevant training within first 6 months of employment in order to register with Social Care Wales.

Ability to achieve the QCF Level 3 in Health and Social Care children and young people in order to maintain registration with Social Care Wales as a Residential Childcare Worker.

Ability to achieve a Level 3 Positive Behaviour Support qualification to understand why people display behaviours of concern and support them to manage these behaviours.

Undertake training to gain skills to be able to effectively communicate with the children and young people e.g. Makaton, PECs.

Care Workers can work in other care settings within the county. Settings include those supporting individuals with learning disabilities and /or complex emotional and behavioural needs and full training and support will be provided.

For a formal discussion about the post please contact:

Sonia Booth on
Or Emma Edwards on

We will also be holding 2 information sessions to enable interested applicants to find out more about the post. Please contact Sonia Booth or Emma Edwards for further information and details.

Manager details for informal discussion: Sonia Booth, Team Manager

Welsh Language Skills: The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. We are committed to our Welsh Language Standards. We welcome applications in both Welsh and English and application forms received in either Language will not be treated less favourably than each other.

Conwy is committed to safeguarding. Qualifications and references will be verified.

In promoting Equal Opportunities, Conwy welcomes applicants from all sections of the community. All Disabled applicants who meet the essential job requirements will be guaranteed an interview. The Council will provide appropriate additional work facilities for disabled applicants. There is an option for disabled people to apply on different formats. Please contact the HR Team on for further advice.

Applicants can only apply for the role directly via the authorities online recruitment portal, locating the role on the site and then completing the application form in full. The authority does not accept CV's without an application form.

Mae'r ffurflen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg hefyd.

Role title: Gweithwyr Gofal Plant Preswyl

Salary:

34 awr: £24,278 - £27,362 y flwyddyn.
37 awr: £26,421 to £29,777 y flwyddyn.

(A lwfans cysgu i mewn ac ychwanegiadau ar gyfer y gyda'r nos / penwythnosau.

Package:
37 awr x 6
34 awr x 4

Parhaol

Work Base: Cartref Preswyl Plant Sylva Gardens - Llandudno, Conwy, Gogledd Cymru

Job Category/type: Gofal Cymdeithasol

Manylion y rheolwr ar gyfer trafodaeth anffurfiol: Fiona Dennison Rheolwr Adain

Ydych chi eisiau gweithio i wneud gwahaniaeth cadarnhaol ym mywydau pobl ifanc?

Rydym ni'n frwd dros weithio gyda'n gilydd i wneud gwahaniaeth cadarnhaol ym mywydau plant a phobl ifanc a'u galluogi i 'fyw'r bywyd gorau posib' drwy ddarparu amgylchedd cefnogol a chartrefol iddynt sy'n canolbwyntio ar eu hanghenion unigol. Gwneir hynny drwy osod y plant / pobl ifanc yn ganolog i'r holl gynlluniau cefnogi a strategaethau a ddatblygir i'w galluogi i fagu sgiliau ymhob agwedd ar eu bywydau a rhoi iddynt annibyniaeth ac ymdeimlad o gael eu cynnwys yn eu cymunedau, gyda phopeth yn seiliedig ar yr hyn sy'n bwysig iddynt.

Mae Sylva Gardens yn Gartref Plant Cofrestredig ar gyfer tri o blant nes byddant yn ddeunaw oed.

Swyddogaeth y gweithiwr cefnogi yw:

Darparu cymorth mewn amgylchedd cartrefol sy'n unigryw i bob plentyn/person ifanc, lle maent yn teimlo'n hapus ac yn ddiogel.

Gweithio fel tîm wrth ddarparu cymorth wedi'i deilwra yn ôl anghenion datblygu penodol pob plentyn.

Bydd disgwyl i chi:
Sicrhau eich bod yn hyrwyddo a gwerthfawrogi 'Cefnogaeth Weithredol', 'Cefnogi Ymddygiad Cadarnhaol' a 'Lleihau Arferion sy'n Cyfyngu' fel dulliau canolog o alluogi plant a phobl ifanc i chwarae mwy o ran yn eu bywydau bob dydd, meithrin perthnasoedd cadarn gyda'r bobl o'u cwmpas nhw, datblygu sgiliau byw'n annibynnol a dod yn aelodau gweithredol o'u cymunedau drwy ddarparu gofal o ansawdd uchel.

Medru delio â sefyllfaoedd anodd a thyngedfennol a defnyddio strategaethau priodol / dyfeisgar wrth gefnogi plant a phobl ifanc i reoli ymddygiad heriol.

Dangos ymroddiad, natur agored a pharodrwydd i weithio â'r dull gofal sydd wedi'i sefydlu i fodloni anghenion y plant/pobl ifanc.

Creu amgylchedd cartrefol, cynnes, caredig a chyfeillgar gan sicrhau bod eich holl weithredoedd yn dryloyw ac yn agored i'w trafod yn rhan o oruchwyliaeth broffesiynol yn unol â'r Codau Ymarfer Proffesiynol Cenedlaethol ar gyfer Gofal Cymdeithasol.

Datblygu cydberthnasau proffesiynol dibynadwy gyda phlant a phobl ifanc i'w cadw'n ddiogel, gan sicrhau cydbwysedd rhwng eu grymuso a gosod ffiniau mewn modd meithringar, cefnogol a chyson.

Datblygu eich sgiliau eich hun er mwyn cyfathrebu'n llwyddiannus â'r plentyn/person ifanc gan ddilyn strategaeth y maent yn ei deall.

Gweithio oriau anghymdeithasol ar sail rota, cysgu i mewn a gweithio dros nos er mwyn bodloni anghenion unigol y plant a'r bobl ifanc.

Yr hyn rydym yn chwilio amdano gennych chi:
Profiad o weithio'n effeithiol gyda phlant a phobl ifanc sy'n ymddwyn yn heriol.

Gallu cwblhau Fframwaith Ymsefydlu Cymru Gyfan ac unrhyw hyfforddiant perthnasol arall yn y chwe mis cyntaf yn y swydd er mwyn cofrestru gyda Gofal Cymdeithasol Cymru.

Gallu ennill cymhwyster Lefel 3 mewn Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol Plant a Phobl Ifanc ar y Fframwaith Cymwysterau a Chredydau er mwyn cynnal cofrestriad â Gofal Cymdeithasol Cymru fel Gweithiwr Gofal Plant Preswyl.

Gallu ennill cymhwyster Lefel 3 mewn Cefnogi Ymddygiad Cadarnhaol er mwyn deall pam fod pobl yn ymddwyn mewn ffyrdd sy'n peri pryder a gwybod sut i'w cefnogi i reoli ymddygiad felly.

Cwblhau hyfforddiant i fagu sgiliau i fedru cyfathrebu'n effeithiol â'r plant a phobl ifanc, fel Makaton, symbolau PEC ac ati.

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