Staff

Fairfield provides a highly motivated and qualified staff team each of whom is experienced and qualified within his/her own specialism. As an organisation, Fairfield is committed to a long-term programme of training and development, ranging from NVQ Level 3 in the Care of Children and Young People, NVQ Level 4, The Registered Managers Award and Social Work qualifications.

All staff complete training in;

• Autism awareness
  
• Medication
  
• First aid
  
• Alternative communication methods
  
• Managing behaviour
  
• Team-Teach
  
• Child protection or The protection of vulnerable adults
  
• Health and safety
  
• Risk assessment
  
• Food hygiene
  
• Epilepsy
  

During the recruitment process Fairfield Residential will follow its safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults policies & procedures and this will include undertaking Disclosure & Barring checks to enhanced level.

Fairfield recognises that discrimination is unacceptable and operates within an ethos of equal opportunities. Fairfield has a formal equal opportunities policy. The equal opportunities policy and procedure is followed throughout the recruitment process.

The staff group work to detailed individualised careplans, prepared in consultation with the young people, their families and other professionals involved in the young persons care to ensure that each young person has the best opportunity to maximise their life enhancing aspirations.