Job Description
Residential Care Worker
You will be part of a dynamic team working together to facilitate excellent practice and contribute to rebuilding the lives of young people with complex needs.
This role is designed to be flexible and adaptable, providing guiding principles for the work rather than strict limitations. It will undergo periodic review to ensure alignment with evolving organizational needs.
The Job Purpose is to cultivate genuine and caring connections with the young people, always interact with them and their families with dignity and respect, promoting a culture of unconditional positive regard.
About The Role
* Cultivate genuine and caring connections with the young people, always interacting with them and their families with dignity and respect.
* Contribute to the promotion, creation, and maintenance of a welcoming, safe, caring, stable and therapeutic environment.
* Advocate for the rights and responsibilities of each young person while promoting physical, emotional, social, cultural, ethnic, and spiritual wellbeing.
* Ensure that young people are not subjected to any forms of abuse and report any concerns according to policy and procedures.
* Supervise outings from the home and undertake daily household activities such as cooking and cleaning, as part of positive modelling.
* Actively participate in working within the Model of Therapeutic Care.
* Be physically able to support with challenging behaviours when needed.
* Provide emotional support during difficult or stressful times and encourage young people's participation in care planning, placement planning, decision-making and service delivery.
* Integrate understanding of youth trauma and past experiences into practice through specialised training.
* Collaborate with support networks, including social workers and educators, guardians and family members.
* Collaborate effectively within a team, engaging in regular communication through daily handovers, team meetings, and various reviews and planning sessions.
* Maintain consistency in execution of childcare plans.
* Complete and maintain accurate records and reports for each young person in line with statutory requirements and policies and procedures.
* Take on key worker duties including handling of daily petty cash, accurately documenting receipts, securely storing money and valuable items and serving as a primary point of contact for professionals/family/young person.
* Contribute to community engagement and agency partnerships to enrich residents' experiences and opportunities.
This role involves sleepover shifts.
* Benefits
1. Competitive pay scales starting at €32,739 based on experience plus sleep allowances of approximately €8,000.
2. Annual Pay Review
3. Income Protection
4. Enhanced maternity/ paternity leave cover
5. Exceptional Training Opportunities both internal and external
6. Flexible working arrangements
7. Competitive annual leave entitlements with increases for long service.
o Employee Pension Scheme
o Sick Pay
o Accelerated Social Care Leader Programme
o Management Training Programme
o Education Assistance Programme
o Employee Assistance Programme
o First Access to career opportunities as we continue to grow our services throughout Ireland.
Shift Patterns
We operate Support shifts: 8- 10 hour shift e.g. 10am-8pm or 12pm-10am. and 18 hour Sleep in shift (Late Early, 18hr): Start at 10am-12am. Sleep in the home 12am-7am. Finishing the shift 7am-11am. Paid a separate hourly rate for the sleep in hours in addition to your contracted hours.
About Us
Ashdale Care is a leading provider of enhanced and specialised therapeutic residential care for children and young people in Ireland. We care for young people with complex emotional and behavioural needs who cannot be adequately cared for in a mainstream setting.
We provide a range of essential services for children and young people such as sensory integration, therapy, outdoor activities, education and so much more.
Our Approach
We define ourselves by the care we give to everybody at Ashdale Care. We provide an abundance of training opportunities to all those on the Ashdale Care team. You will have every opportunity to grow in your role, and we reward and recognise hard work and dedication through career progression.
Required Skills
* Ability to work in regulated activity, care for and supervise young persons
* Full clean driving license
* Flexible – willing and able to adapt to changing circumstances, shift patterns and expectations
* Level 7 qualification (degree) or above in one of the following: Social Care Social Work Health and Social Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Youth & Community Teaching Nursing Social Science Addiction Counselling Counselling / Psychotherapy Family Support Disability Studies Applied Behavioural Analysis Early Years Care
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