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Placements: 30.07.22

Location   AgeVacancies
Lioncare School  6-16 yrs1
Springfields   6-12 yrs1
Westfields 10-14 yrs3
Hillfields12-16 yrs2

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: 30.07.22

  • Therapeutic Carer (8-40 hrs/wk. [shifts])
  • Childcare Worker (8-40 hrs/wk. [shifts])
  • Senior Therapeutic Carer (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)
  • Administrative Assistant (20-25 hrs/wk.)
  • Therapeutic House Keeper (20-25 hrs. p/wk.)

Recruiting Now for August 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.

Preparation for Fostering

We have achieved great success over the years in supporting children and young people coping with their mixed emotions when leaving our care and moving to a foster placement.

Over the course of the placement, and through the process of preoccupation, we acquire an enormous amount of information, knowledge, and understanding of the needs and abilities of each child or young person placed with us.   In some cases where social workers, teachers,  and other professionals have frequently come and gone, we represent the most stable and consistent adult figures the child has known.

The expert knowledge and experience we have in assessing the potential ability of  each child or young person to manage and thrive in a foster / family environment, means we can provide foster link workers and placing officers with an informed opinion of the suitability of potential foster placements in meeting the needs of the child or young person.

If and when the time is right for a child or young person to begin considering moving to a foster placement, we support them in preparing for the transition, developing individualised transition plans, monitoring the impact of the process on the child or young person, establishing positive relations with the chosen foster carers, and assisting the child or young person in gradually becoming less dependent on adults in the home and more dependent on their new foster carers.

We ask for a minimum 3 months notice from placing authorities of their intention to move a child or young person to fostering, in order to provide sufficient time to work with the child or young person on those areas needed to facilitate a successful moving process.

The Lioncare Group has good connections and experience of working collaboratively with several independent Fostering Organisations both locally and nationally.

These close working connections, and the shared understanding of the needs of the children and young people living within The Lioncare Group, means that we are excellently placed to help in the process of finding properly matched foster carers for our children and young people.

Latest News

Westfields Children's Home is Good in All Areas

Following a full and thorough inspection by Ofsted on 28th-29th June 2022, and the publication of the Inspection Report, I am extremely pleased to congratulate the Adults and Children of Westfields Children's Home on achieving the Ofsted Judgement of Good In All Areas.
"One child wrote individually to members of staff to thank them for the care they had received. This showed that staff in the home had made a meaningful impact on the child."
"Feedback from one child’s social worker was positive. They said, ‘I will be forever grateful to them, as will [child]. I would not hesitate in putting another young person with them.’"
"Careful consideration is given to children’s interests and risks."
"Children like living at the home and enjoy the activities on offer. Staff are knowledgeable about children’s plans, their risks and the things they like to do."
"When children display behaviour that is not socially acceptable, staff provide bespoke support."
"Group consultancy meetings and reflective debriefs help to identify triggers to behaviour."

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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