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Placements: 16.05.22

Location   AgeVacancies
Lioncare School  6-16 yrs2
Springfields   6-12 yrs0
Westfields 10-14 yrs5
Hillfields12-16 yrs1

The Lioncare Group currently has placement vacancies and is happy to consider and accept appropriate referrals for our Homes and School, and offer placements following a thorough matching process. If you wish to contact us regarding referrals we have a dedicated e-mail address for this: referrals@lioncare.co.uk

Alternatively, you can contact us on 01273 720424 if you wish to discuss in more detail a specific referral.

Recruitment: 16.05.22

  • Deputy Manager (40 hrs/wk. [shifts])
  • Therapeutic Carer
    (40 hrs/wk. [shifts])
  • Child Care Worker
    (40 hrs/wk. [shifts])
  • Waking Night Therapeutic Carer
    (10-40 hrs/wk. = 1-4 nights)
  • Waking Night Worker
    (10-40 hrs/wk. = 1-4 nights)
  • Admin Assistant (20-25 hrs/wk.)
  • House Keeper (25 hrs. p/wk.)

Recruiting Now for June/July 2022

If you interested in working with us, please download, complete, and return to recruitment@lioncare.co.uk the application form, which you can download (Note: you cannot complete this form online and must save your work before submitting it) as a PDF Form by clicking on the link below:

The Lioncare Group Application Form

Recruitment and Selection Guidance and Information 2020-21

Please Note: in line with our Safer Recruitment Policy, there are no circumstances where a CV is an appropriate method of application for employment with The Lioncare Group, and only a fully completed Application Form will be accepted.

References will always be followed up and any offer of employment is always subject to pre-employment
checks being undertaken; these include confirmation of a satisfactory Enhanced DBS and a thorough check for any prohibitions, sanctions and restrictions that might prevent the candidate from taking part in certain activities or working in specific positions.

Outreach & After-Care

The Lioncare Group has one aim: To improve the lives and prospects of the children and young people in our care.

We firmly believe in the importance to children and young people of a sense of continuum in the care and support they receive. Our extensive experience of caring for children and young people has shown us the potential harm that can occur through poor planning and misinformed decision-making around the ending of placements.

The current financial and economic pressures on local authorities to make cost efficiency savings raises serious implications for the level of consideration that will be given to the benefit of Out-Reach and After-Care support provided by the adults that have been caring for the child or young person and with whom the child or young person has established a trusting working relationship.

The Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 Guidance and Regulations states:

These other agencies will include those who are caring for young people, who might be encouraged to assume responsibility for preparing the young people they are caring for, for the time when they leave care (voluntary organisations and children’s homes do, of course, have a duty to do this). Local authorities will also wish to encourage them to provide aftercare for young people who have left their care.

We offer every child or young person leaving our care with the necessary ongoing support and assistance to enable them to successfully move to their next placement, or leave the care system, and be able to look back and view their stay with us as a positive, rewarding, meaningful, and integrated stage of their journey through childhood to adolescence and into adulthood. We aim to support the child or young person during the transition period between placements and beyond, through close co-operation and liaison between their current carers and their allocated key worker.

Indeed, The Lioncare Group has for many years provided planned and structured programs of Out-Reach and After-Care to all children and young people who have moved on from our care. The program initially allows for twice weekly visits to the child or young person by the key worker, for the purpose of assisting them through the transition period between placements, maintain continuity of important attachments the child or young person has formed whilst in our care, and support them in establishing positive relations with their new carers.

Similarly, the Registered Manager meets with the new carers to offer support, guidance and practical advice where requested on ways to best care for the child or young person, strategies that have previously proven effective, help in gaining an understanding or awareness of the emotional factors underlying aspects of the child’s behaviour or actions, and opportunities for sharing with the new carers aspects of the child’s developmental history and memorable experiences allowing the new carers to take responsibility for ‘keeping these real’ for the child or young person.

The transition program can last for between 6 – 12 weeks depending on the wishes of the child or young person, the placing authority, the new carers, and the foster support team. The frequency of outreach visits decreases in a planned way over the duration of the programme and finish with a celebratory meal for the child or young person that marks the formal ending and ‘handover’ of their out-reach care by adults from The Lioncare Group, and celebrates the start of their new life with their foster family.

Westfields and Hillfields have together developed a more comprehensive programme of out-reach and after care for young people leaving the care system and moving to semi-independent (or rather, Interdependent) living in their community. Through appropriate discussion and agreement by all parties, our 18+ Supported Accommodation Programme is tailored to meet the individual needs of each young person leaving Westfields or Hillfields, and to the wishes of the placing authority. The programme offers the young person their own accommodation (a property purchased by The Lioncare Group and offered to the young person on the basis of a ‘licence to occupy’) with ongoing adult domiciliary support and guidance, both emotionally and in terms of practical assistance, in managing interdependent living. It runs for a minimum of 12 months, with adult support hours gradually reducing in frequency and duration over the course of the programme. It is presented as a separate care package or service that can be purchased by the placing authority.

Latest News

The Lioncare School is Good

Following a full and thorough inspection by Ofsted on 21st-23rd September 2021, and the publication of the Inspection Report, I am extremely pleased to congratulate the Adults and Children of The Lioncare School on achieving the Ofsted Judgement of Good In All Areas.
"Pupils at The Lioncare School feel safe and settled"
"Staff help pupils to understand and cope with big feelings with compassion and patience"
"One pupil described the staff as ‘super rocket nice’ and told inspectors that he trusted staff to look after him"
"The curriculum equips pupils with the vital knowledge that they must learn"
"Pupils’ personal, social and health education curriculum is highly tailored"
"Pupils throughout the school read very well because staff refuse to let them fall behind"
"The arrangements for safeguarding are effective"

Springfields is Outstanding
As Chief Executive Officer of The Lioncare Group, Responsible Individual for our three Children's Homes, and Chair of our Independent SEMH School, it is my honour and privilege to congratulate the Adults and Children of Springfields Therapeutic Children's Home on achieving the Ofsted Judgement of Outstanding at the Full Inspection of the Home on 2nd-3rd June 2021.
"Children benefit from excellent care provided by an effective, skilled, and dedicated staff team."
"Staff exemplify the home’s therapeutic approach and put their extensive training into practice."
"Children are involved in developing their individual plans and this assists them to develop an understanding of how to keep themselves safe."
"The registered manager demonstrates excellent leadership based on a clear and sustained focus on providing the best quality of care and experiences for children."
"Together with the highly effective deputy manager, the management team has embedded an exemplary child-centered culture."
"The responsible individual has a sound understanding of the needs of the children and staff team."
"The shared therapeutic ethos of the home is evident in the approach of the management and leadership team."

Rainbow Flag Award:
The Lioncare Group, led by The Lioncare School, is proud to have achieved The Rainbow Flag Award.

The Rainbow Flag Award is a national quality assurance framework for all schools and colleges, focusing on LGBT+, (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, plus other related identities), inclusion and visibility. The Rainbow Flag Award encourages a whole organisation approach to LGBT+ inclusion, as well as developing strategies to combat LGBTphobic bullying.

You can find out more about The Rainbow Flag Award and associated projects by following these links:

https://www.theproudtrust.org/

http://www.allsortsyouth.org.uk/

http://thekitetrust.org.uk/

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