Casual Youth Worker Safe Places for Children UK have an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic and dedicated casual team members to join our growing charity to provide therapeutic care to some of the most vulnerable traumatised young people. Safe Places for Children UK have originated from Australia and have brought over their researched Integrated Practice Framework over to the United Kingdom to help generate and create a new therapeutic residential service for young people. Position Title: Casual Youth Worker Casual Rates: £14.11 per Weekday Hourly Rate, £16.28 Weekend Hourly Rate and £70.00 Per a Sleepover Employment Type: Casual Position Reports To: Registered Manager Location:Insert Required Location or Area Benefits with our Charity: Career pathways towards full time employment positions. A flexible paid induction training package to help with being embedded into the home and the team. An opportunity to complete Shadow Shifts. Ongoing commitment to training and your professional development. 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). Be a part of Safe Places for Children journey and evolvement to be one of the leading therapeutic residential providers across the UK. Pro-rota Annual Leave (full time employees receive 33 days of Annual Leave this will be pro-rota based on works worked etc as a casual) Bi-Yearly Anniversary Bonus of £250.00 every six months after successful completion of 6 month probation period. Minimal Hours Per a Month: 72 shift hours and 2 sleepovers on average Per a Month Shift Patterns: A regular shift is 24 hours long. It consists of 16 hours awake working time and 8 hours paid sleepover period. Why work for a Charity like Safe Places for Children UK The organisation values a small and stable team with a consistently calm and positive framework that can help support vulnerable traumatised 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 behaviours 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 childrens behaviours are coping skills and our focus is more on whats lying beneath the behaviour. The need to respond to behaviours 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 Minimum 2 Years experience in working with challenging behaviours; preferably within a Registered Residential Service. A Level 3 qualification with a relevant discipline such as Youth Work, Social Work, Health and Social Care etc. Have held a UK or Irish Driving Licence for more than 1 Year and no more than three penalty points.??? Part 1 or Part 2 Registration with the Northern Ireland Social Care Council Able to get a positive and clean Enhance Access NI Check Application Process Clink on the Apply Now Link on Safe Places for Children website and complete the Application Form.