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Therapeutic Parent ( Residential Child Care Worker)
Job Posted: 12 hours ago
Salary: £ 13 - 14.5 / Hour
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Poole, Dorset
Expire in: a month
Job Description
We are seeking Therapeutic Parents to work alongside the children on a residential shift pattern of 2 days on and 4 days off. This is a set 6 week rolling shift pattern, with sleep in shifts, plus an average 38.5 hours per week working shifts. You will act as a consistent, nurturing figure for children who have experienced trauma, providing daily care and emotional support within a small, family-style setting.
As part of our multi-disciplinary team, you will work closely with social workers, psychologists, therapists, and teachers to deliver personalised care plans. Reflective practice and trauma-informed approaches are embedded in our daily routines, ensuring that every interaction contributes to a child’s recovery journey.
Salary: depends on qualifications, ranging from £13.00 - £14.50 per hour + sleep in payment of £50 per night
Key Responsibilities
· Provide high-quality, therapeutic care within a nurturing home environment.
· Build trusting relationships with children, using the PACE model (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy).
· Support children with daily routines, hobbies, education, and enrichment activities.
· Work collaboratively with a clinical team to
deliver tailored therapeutic interventions.
· Participate in reflective practice sessions and ongoing training.
· Contribute to detailed assessments, care planning, and transition planning.
· Maintain a safe, stable, and supportive environment that promotes healing and resilience.
Your Shift Responsibilities:
· Use life skills to profoundly impact children’s lives, including those who require high levels of supervision and support.
· Ensure the welfare and care of each child while providing guidance and support to other team members
· Provide compassionate, therapeutic care to children with EBD needs and support in their daily routines.
· Follow placement plans, and support education.
· Create positive relationships with children, always safeguarding their well-being.
· Maintaining budgeting in the home
· Administer Medication where needed.
· Safely manage all risks in accordance with company policies and procedures.
· Effectively follow daily plans with the team.
· Review and maintain young people’s care plans and associated documentation.
· Complete daily paperwork and daily tasks.
· Support Children and young people on activities and keyworker sessions
· Undertake all relevant training
About You
We’re looking for individuals who are resilient, compassionate, and motivated by the desire to make a lasting difference in children’s lives.
Essential:
· Experience working with children or young people, ideally those with social, emotional, or mental health needs.
· A commitment to trauma-informed practice and child-centred care.
· Emotional resilience and ability to stay calm under pressure.
· Strong communication and teamwork skills.
· Flexibility to work shifts, including evenings, weekends, and sleep-ins.
· A Driving Licence
· Over 21 years of age
Desirable:
· Qualifications in Residential Childcare
· Experience of therapeutic or trauma-informed models such as DDP or PACE.
· Knowledge of SEMH, attachment, autism, or ADHD.
What We Offer
· A warm, supportive team culture rooted in reflective practice.
· Ongoing training and professional development, including trauma-informed care.
· Competitive salary and sleep-in allowance.
· Clear progression pathways and opportunities to grow within the organisation
· The chance to be part of an innovative, specialist model that is truly transforming children’s lives.
The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful and all job offers are subject to satisfactory references and checksBefore You Apply
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