Therapeutic Support Worker

We work hard at Restorative to ensure children and young people who are looked after in residential children’s homes, receive the highest possible standard of care, within holistic, positive settings. We follow a model of care that’s innovative within the industry; prioritising continuity of care and a strengths-based approach to progress young people and improve their outcomes for a happier, more successful life.

Therapeutic support

Our model of care has an additional therapeutic element. Here, we use a therapeutic approach to makes sense of a young person’s difficulties, development and motivations in order to help move that young person forward. It’s an approach that empowers the relationship between carer and young person to be the most effective tool for creating change.

The role

It’s essential that the successful applicant for this post demonstrates the view that therapeutic care approaches are vital for working effectively with children and young people who present with attachment and trauma difficulties.
The care approach is relationship-focused, and the successful applicant will be supported to become more self-aware, knowledgeable and skilled in working therapeutically with young people who have experience of significant early life trauma. Therefore, it’s essential applicants demonstrate the desire to engage with ongoing training and development.

Working at Restorative

We couldn’t be prouder of the work we do within our children’s homes. If you want to join us, you will need to be a dedicated team member; inspired by the difference you can make every day to the children you work with through supporting their daily lives and routines. You’ll need to be flexible to meet the needs of the role and have a passion and commitment to your own learning and overall development in social care.