Casual Youth Worker

Casual Residential Youth Worker

Safe Places have originated from Australia and have brought over our developed and researched Integrated Practice Framework to the United Kingdom to help generate and create a new therapeutic residential service for young people. We are currently recruiting for a number of Casual Residential Youth Worker positions for our 2 bedded Children Homes within Northern Ireland. 

Position Title: Casual Residential Youth Worker

Casual Rates of Pay: £12.00 per an hour for weekday shifts, £15.00 per an hour for weekend shifts and £70.00 per a Sleepover.  

Employment Type: Casual Appointment 

Reports To: Registered Manager 

Position Location: Northern Ireland  (Dungiven and Downpatrick)

Benefits with our Charity: 

• Career pathways towards full time positions within Safe Places. 
• An induction period to help with being embedded into the organisation and the team.
• Internal reflective supervision, ongoing coaching, professional development plans, additional support requests and a team ethos.
• Access to 24 hour on-call support, 7 days a week with a trained TCI Post Crisis Response staff member. 
• Access to our Triple Tier support, that include external counselling service offered to all employees (Paid by the Charity). 
• Opportunity to work with the Residential Social Care Industry 

Shift Patterns: 

• A regular shift is 24 hours long. It consists of 16 hours awake working time and 8 hours paid sleepover period.
• Shifts will be as and when required per each location. 

Why work for a Charity like Safe Places for Children UK

• The organization values a small and stable team with a consistently calm and positive framework that can help support vulnerable traumatized young people to form attachments and feel safe.
• A focus is on the quality of care to the young people and that we provide small homely environments for no more than 2 young people.  
• Effectively assisting the child to gain increased independence and to explore their behaviors in difficult times and be willing to try some more positive coping strategies – a lengthy and challenging but very rewarding journey 
• A goal is always to see the child make progress that will help prepare them for their future transition into family-based placement, family reunification, group setting or independent living arrangements 
• The importance of understanding that the children’s behaviors are coping skills and our focus is more on what’s lying beneath the behaviour. The need to respond to behaviors in a way that role models an ability to remain calm, hopeful, caring, consistent, respectful and understanding of others (as opposed to reacting emotionally) 
• Collaboration is needed to support the child across the various areas of their life (i.e. protective services, health services, counselling services, educational facilities).
• Ongoing support provided to team members on shift and constant access to 24/7 on call support for urgent matters.
• Support provided to staff through TCI Post Crisis Response and Reflective Supervision.

Position Requirements 

• A minimum 2 years’ experience working with challenging behaviours such as verbal and physical aggression preferably in a residential setting. 
• A degree level in a relevant subject or a Level 3 Diploma (Relevant Subject) 
• Ability to work shifts on an adhoc bases (as and when required)
• Have a full clean UK Driver’s License for 12 months
• Willing to undergo a Northern Ireland Social Care Council Registration and Enhanced Access NI. To be able to pass checks.

Application Process

• Clink on the Link to access Safe Places for Children website and complete the Application Form: Vacancies — Safe Places for Children UK

Interview and Training Dates

• Interviews to be conducted the week starting the 30 December 2024
• Three weeks compulsory induction training commences on the 13 January 2025.