The residential child care worker provides child-centred care and support for children and young people that helps them to achieve positive outcomes.
Registration with Social Care Wales is required
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Service regulations require that “the service provider must ensure that at all times a sufficient number of suitably qualified, trained, skilled, competent and experienced staff are deployed to work at the service”.
The suitable qualifications are included on this framework.
Qualifications gained outside of Wales
Workers moving to Wales who hold a qualification recognised by the Department of Education (England), the Northern Ireland Social Services Council or Scottish Social Service Council should complete aspects of the All Wales induction framework for health and social care that are relevant to their role and the service setting.
Induction requirements
The All Wales induction framework for health and social care is designed for social care workers and healthcare support workers. It covers care and support for adults, and children and young people. It provides a structure for a common induction in health and social care across Wales and outlines the knowledge and skills new workers need to gain in the first six months of employment.
All employers have a responsibility to make sure their new workers receive a suitable induction using this induction framework. Workers may be new to the role, organisation or sector.
It is also expected that all new workers will receive and be aware of Residential child care worker: practice guidance for residential child care workers registered with Social Care Wales.
Continuing professional development CPD (previously known as PRTL)
All registered persons are required to complete a total of 45 hours’ CPD for each three-year period of registration.