Children's Residential Worker - Hillsboro House
| Posting date: | 31 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £24,733 to £25,548 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 August 2025 |
| Location: | Bridgend, CF31 4WB |
| Company: | Bridgend County Borough Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 17741_CBC |
Summary
Children's Residential Worker - Hillsboro House
Job description
32 hours per week
This is an exciting time to join Bridgend CBC. Being part of this cooperate company comes with many benefits, that include an excellent pension scheme.
The role would be working as part of a team within Hillsboro House, we are a children's residential service that provides care and support for one child/young person at a time. We are a one bedroom occupancy, this is due to the young person's complex needs and that they cannot be placed alongside other young people at that time.
Hillsboro House is a crisis home, it can be used as a short to medium-term bridging placement, supporting the individual to progress and having a successful transitioning towards a stable long-term placement. Hillsboro is a service that can become dormant when a child transitions out and preparation is being completed for another young person to move in, staff will be expected to support other children's services while this process is taking place.
Hillsboro House seeks to offer opportunity for pause for each individual, building a trusting relationship to understand their needs better, we support each young person to grow and enable them to transition into a service that best suits their needs and to promote positive change and development. Our focus is to provide a therapeutic environment to stabilise their challenging behaviour, work on improving any risk-taking behaviours, re-connect them to education and any other difficulties that they may be struggling with.
As a children's residential worker, this is an excellent opportunity to start this career path, while working within the setting you will be supported to complete the All Wales Induction Framework as part of your induction, this will then be followed by registration through BCBC to gain your level 3 QCF in health and social care with children and young people, as listed in the Qualification framework for the Social Care Sector in Wales. Once your probation period is complete you will need to register with Social Care Wales ensuring a successful completion of your induction framework.
Do you feel that you want to be at the centre of the on-going development of this innovative approach to care? Are you able to work on a flexible basis? If you feel this is the career that would motivate you and be eager to see a successful outcome for the young person, take this opportunity.
With this role you would gain your Level 3 QCF Health and Social Care CYP, so if you think you can work to the highest of standards, ensuring that the home remains compliant with Regulatory Requirements and supports children and young people to achieve the best possible outcomes? We would love to hear from you!
The ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.
Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.
An Enhanced with Adults & Childrens Barred list criminal records check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) is a requirement for this post.
Night Duties, Sleeping In, Weekend Working are a requirement of this post.
Closing Date: 20 August 2025
Shortlisting Date: 21 August 2025
Interview Date: 04 September 2025
Benefits to working at Bridgend County Borough Council
Job Description & Person Specification
Job description
32 hours per week
This is an exciting time to join Bridgend CBC. Being part of this cooperate company comes with many benefits, that include an excellent pension scheme.
The role would be working as part of a team within Hillsboro House, we are a children's residential service that provides care and support for one child/young person at a time. We are a one bedroom occupancy, this is due to the young person's complex needs and that they cannot be placed alongside other young people at that time.
Hillsboro House is a crisis home, it can be used as a short to medium-term bridging placement, supporting the individual to progress and having a successful transitioning towards a stable long-term placement. Hillsboro is a service that can become dormant when a child transitions out and preparation is being completed for another young person to move in, staff will be expected to support other children's services while this process is taking place.
Hillsboro House seeks to offer opportunity for pause for each individual, building a trusting relationship to understand their needs better, we support each young person to grow and enable them to transition into a service that best suits their needs and to promote positive change and development. Our focus is to provide a therapeutic environment to stabilise their challenging behaviour, work on improving any risk-taking behaviours, re-connect them to education and any other difficulties that they may be struggling with.
As a children's residential worker, this is an excellent opportunity to start this career path, while working within the setting you will be supported to complete the All Wales Induction Framework as part of your induction, this will then be followed by registration through BCBC to gain your level 3 QCF in health and social care with children and young people, as listed in the Qualification framework for the Social Care Sector in Wales. Once your probation period is complete you will need to register with Social Care Wales ensuring a successful completion of your induction framework.
Do you feel that you want to be at the centre of the on-going development of this innovative approach to care? Are you able to work on a flexible basis? If you feel this is the career that would motivate you and be eager to see a successful outcome for the young person, take this opportunity.
With this role you would gain your Level 3 QCF Health and Social Care CYP, so if you think you can work to the highest of standards, ensuring that the home remains compliant with Regulatory Requirements and supports children and young people to achieve the best possible outcomes? We would love to hear from you!
The ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.
Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.
An Enhanced with Adults & Childrens Barred list criminal records check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) is a requirement for this post.
Night Duties, Sleeping In, Weekend Working are a requirement of this post.
Closing Date: 20 August 2025
Shortlisting Date: 21 August 2025
Interview Date: 04 September 2025
Benefits to working at Bridgend County Borough Council
Job Description & Person Specification
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