This National Care Leaver’s Week #NCLW our Head of Participation at St Christopher’s had the privilege of sitting down with Michael, a care leaver that we have supported for some time. Find out about how we have helped Michael, his inspirational story and ambitions that we wholeheartedly support. Click here to watch the video Have you ever wondered what children and young people see when they look around themselves? Where do they find purpose and joy? What makes them feel a sense of safety and belonging? And how can we improve the world around them by better understanding their complex identities and lived experiences? The ‘Life Through My Lens’ project sets out to answer these questions and aims to encourage a more culturally aware approach in children’s services to improve the support we offer to children, young people and families. Race, culture, ethnicity, and faith or belief are a core part of a child’s identity, and it’s important for us to understand how these factors impact on children’s lives to be able to offer the right support and meet their needs. Click here to read the full article Location: Fostering Eastern Region Salary: Payment for preparation and attendance Contract Type: Contractor Closing Date: 21 October 2024 St Christopher’s has an exciting opportunity to join its Eastern Region Fostering Panel covering foster carers in Essex, Peterborough and London. We are looking for a Panel Vice-Chair to help us provide an excellent foster care service.
Panel plays an integral role in ensuring that children and young people come first when they live with St Christopher’s foster carers. They examine assessments of prospective foster carers and ensure that high standards are maintained across the agency in line with Panel’s monitoring role. As panel vice-chair, you will chair fostering panels in the absence of the panel chair. Applicants must be able to contribute to all Panel functions including:
Click here for full job details Member News from St Christopher's: The power of participation and platforms for young people in care30/9/2024
Earlier this year we hosted the St Christopher’s UK Art Exhibition ‘Defining Identities’ at the AMP Gallery in Peckham. The exhibition displayed a range of works by young people from the UK and the Isle of Man. Young people also catered and photographed the event. It was wonderful to see such a great turn-out from St Christopher’s young people, staff members and supporters and I felt that the event was a reminder of the collaborative spirit and positive energy of the organisation. I want to thank everyone who made this possible, those who helped to organise it, as well as those who attended on the day. Click here to read the full article Location: Head Office Salary: £15,000 - £16,000 Full time equivalent Contract Type: Permanent Specific Hours: 15 hours per week (2 days) Closing Date: 30 September 2024 We have an opportunity for a qualified and experienced Psychological Therapist to join our team and help support reflective and therapeutically informed care in our Children’s Homes and supported accommodation services.
The role is available part time (0.6fte), visiting our children’s homes and supported accommodation services supporting reflective practice groups, offering psychotherapeutically informed support to the residential teams. Providing consultation with managers and where possible providing clinical supervision to trainee placement students. We want to support our staff’s emotional wellbeing and psychological understanding so that they, in turn, can help develop the resilience, self-esteem and wellbeing of our young people. Click here for full job details Location: Peterborough Salary: Salary £11.95 per hour Contract Type: Zero Hours Specific Hours: Variable hours (Zero hours Contract) Closing Date: 15 September 2024 We are looking to recruit a Fostering Support Worker (Bank) working closely with the supervising social workers, local authorities and other professionals to support foster placements.
The role will involve:
Click here for full job details here Location: Fostering Eastern Region Salary: Salary £11.95 per hour Contract Type: Zero Hours Specific Hours: Variable hours (Zero hours Contract) Closing Date: 15 September 2024 We are looking to recruit a Fostering Support Worker (Bank) working closely with the supervising social workers, local authorities and other professionals to support foster placements.
The role will involve: Planning and implementing appropriate activities to meet the individual needs of looked after children Running support groups, both for looked after children and birth children Providing support sessions during the day, evenings or weekends Transporting young people to activities and appointments and supervising family contact sessions Applicants should have: Experience of working with children and young people in a paid or voluntary capacity Experience of administrative work including data entry and report writing Ability to work with challenging behaviour and resolve conflict Ability to maintain personal and professional boundaries Good communication and administrative skills and the ability to build and sustain sound professional relationships Click here for full job details Location: Isle of Man Salary: £25,281, rising to £25,816, upon successful completion of probationary period and mandatory training, raising incrementally up to £29,262 based on performance Contract Type: Permanent Specific Hours: 40 hours per week shift work - Days or Nights Closing Date: 01 September 2024 40 hours per week shift work including weekends and bank holidays
Sleep-ins: £50 / Overtime and Bank holidays paid time and half If you are looking for a fulfilling and rewarding career where no two days are the same, this could be the job for you! You will play an active role in supporting young people (aged 9 - 16 years of age) and their families in the community to overcome barriers which may be impacting on young people’s health, social, emotional and educational needs in order to improve outcomes whilst remaining in their family setting. You will also support young people staying in our short breaks residential home to provide day to day care whilst they transition back to their family home or onto a more permanent residential placement. This is an especially exciting opportunity to join a developing therapeutic service embedded within children’s social care. Click here for full job details Member News from St Christopher's: On the Road to Carbon Neutrality: How We Can All Play a Part16/8/2024
As we embark on the exciting journey outlined in our strategic plan, one goal may seem particularly challenging – achieving carbon neutrality by 2030. This isn’t just about ticking a box or following a trend; it’s about ensuring that our organisation does everything possible to safeguard the future for the children and young people we serve. The planet they inherit should be one where they can thrive, and we have the power to help make that happen. Before we dive into how each of us can contribute, I want to share a fantastic example of what’s possible when we prioritise sustainability. Recently, we relocated one of our children’s homes on the Isle of Man to a brand-new eco-friendly residence. This isn’t just any home—it’s a fully off-grid, fossil-fuel-free haven! Click here to read the full article I wanted to take a moment to talk about something that’s been at the heart of what we do at St Christopher’s for the past 15 years – our Streetwise initiative on the Isle of Man. A leading example of providing what our young people need, exactly when they need it to support their welfare. Streetwise is our way of keeping young people safe during the hustle and bustle of TT week. This event brings in around 40,000 visitors each year, creating an incredible atmosphere filled with fun and excitement. But with that excitement comes peer pressure, new faces and risky choices that our young people might be swayed by. That’s where Streetwise steps in. This year was particularly special. For the first time, we opened up Streetwise to all young people on the island enjoying the event, not just those already in our care. We had the amazing support of Manx Care, the Isle of Man Constabulary, the Mayor of Douglas, and Douglas City Centre Management, which really helped us make a bigger impact and communicate what we were doing to keep young people safe in the local community. Click here for the full article |
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