JOB TITLE:
*Brand New Children's Home* - Residential Childcare Worker
LOCATION:
Curdworth
RATE OF PAY:
From £12.25 per hour
Full-time Residential Childcare Workers are expected to work within a shift pattern, that covers the home 24/7. The home will endeavour to be flexible where possible
With our structured pay-scales and clear career progression, we can support you with the training and experience you need to develop into a more senior role, Deputy Manager or Residential Manager. Children benefit from having consistent, long-term adults in their lives, therefore your career progression within Care 2 Care Children’s home is important to us.
WHAT THIS JOB ENTAILS:
1. Establishing meaningful relationships and providing practical/emotional support to the children/young people living with us. Contribute towards the provision of a secure, stable and supportive environment that enables our residents to build the life-skills and resilience needed to make the transition from living in care to living independently.
2. To maintain a high quality of care and support which meets the physical, emotional, intellectual, social and cultural needs of children and young people within our care. Working from the guidelines from the 1989 Children’s Act, National Minimum Standards, Every Child Matters and any other relevant legislation.
3. To support the children/young people with their daily routines and care needs in line with their assigned care plan. Act as a good role model for the children and young people in the Home, offering good advice, guidance and assistance when needed.
4. To support children and young people to make their own choices and decisions, ensuring that their needs and wishes are fully considered in decisions relating to them.
5. To enable children/young people to develop their social skills, and to access educational and leisure activities and promote their participation in these.
6. To ensure the protection of the children and young people from significant harm, by, observing changes in children’s behaviour or appearance and complying fully with the Home’s Safeguarding & Child Protection policy.
7. You will be responsible for key working named children, writing reports, maintaining up to date daily records and attending meetings with external professionals and other duties allocated to you.
8. Attending to practical matters in relation to childcare (cooking, cleaning, general maintenance around the home etc)
9. Providing advice, assistance, and support on a 1:1 basis to enable young people to address past and present difficulties
10. Providing emotional support at times of difficulty or stress
11. Helping young people gain self-control by challenging unacceptable behaviour and rewarding acceptable, pro-social conduct.
12. Being knowledgeable of and following relevant policies and procedures to ensure the smooth running of the Home.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- 40 hour per week contract
- Flexibility to work a shift pattern that covers the home 24/7
- Able to complete sleep-in's
- Willingness to study and complete further training as identified by the manager.
- A full, enhanced DBS check
EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:
DESIRABLE:
- QCF Level 3 Diploma in Children and Young People
- Experience working in a residential setting with children and young people
- Working knowledge of residential childcare practice
- Strong knowledge of safeguarding & child protection practice
- Strong knowledge around Ofsted regulations, and Children’s Act
BENEFITS:
- Excellent training provided including the opportunity to complete your NVQ Level 3 and 5 at discounted rate as per training agreement.
- Supportive work environment with regular reflective supervisions.
- Mandatory Training
- Excellent career progression opportunities
- 28 days annual leave entitlement
The recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicants will be appointed subject to references and enhanced DBS checks.
Care 2 Care Children’s Home values equality and diversity across our workforce and aims to ensure our staff community is reflective of the diversity of the children and young people within our care.
RSW employees without an NVQ3 and minimal experience will receive £12.25/an hour during probation, £12.75 after completion, and £13.75 after completing NVQ3.
RSW with NVQ3 will earn £13.75 throughout their employment, without any change in pay unless they take on a TL role.
TL staff without NVQ3 must have relevant experience to receive £14, while those with NVQ3 will get £14.25 during probation which can go up to £15.00 depending on performance reviews.
Please ensure that staff must complete their probation before receiving a permanent contract, and those who have been with us for longer than a year will receive 5p increase in salary while those who have been with us for more than two years and over three years will receive 10 and 15p increases, respectively.
If you are interested in finding out more information about this exciting job, please leave us a message on Indeed.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £12.25-£13.75 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
Application question(s):
- Our home is located in Curdworth, B76 9HP - Can you confirm this is accessible to you?
- Do you have experience working within Residential Childcare? Please elaborate
- Which qualifications do you have that are relevant to this role? Give a brief overview
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Care2Care123