Overview
Pebbles Care has an exciting opportunity for you to collaborate with our established team and become an integral part of our childrens lives. Your role may vary each working day across a small cluster of homes, with various shift patterns to support holiday or training cover. Our unique cluster roles allow you to enhance your development and enrich your experience by offering varied work and the opportunity to work across diverse teams.
If you enjoy working with children and have the resilience to deal with challenging behaviours while still offering a caring and supportive therapeutic approach, we would love to hear from you.
Your role as a Cluster Residential Child Care Worker You will be employed part-time as a dedicated team member, averaging 45 hours weekly. Working collaboratively with your team on shift across multiple locations in a cluster of homes within a short journey of each other, you will provide support tailored to the young person’s needs, either one-to-one or two-to-one.
Your training will begin on day one with our comprehensive induction and shadow shifts. During these, you will learn about the Pebbles Way and our therapeutic care model, supported by your manager and our in-house Learning and Development team.
Responsibilities
* Daily home life tasks, such as driving our children to and from school, appointments, and visits. A full UK manual driving licence is essential.
* Teach valuable life skills, including meal preparation and household chores, while creating lasting memories through engaging activities, outings, and holidays.
What We Offer You
* A salary of £34,719.00 to £36,248.00 per annum, pro rata for part-time roles, depending on experience.
* Cluster full-time roles operate on a rota pattern of one day on (24 hours, including sleepover) and two days off (48 hours). Your role will operate on an average of 45 hours per week; rota may be subject to change with advance notice.
* Your average weekly working hours are 45 per week; rota depends on home requirements within the cluster.
* 5.6 weeks annual leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time contracts).
* Learning and Development support to obtain Level 3 SVQ/NVQ in Residential Child Care (funding may be available).
* Career review upon completing induction, training, and minimum qualifications.
* Auto-enrolment into salary sacrifice pension scheme (Scottish Widows).
* Medicash health plan for dental and optical treatments, discounted gym memberships, 24/7 GP access, counselling, and more.
* Blue Light Card for store discounts.
* Meals provided during shifts, with menu choices depending on the home.
Why Pebbles Care
* We provide personalised therapeutic care and education with a clearly defined developmental pathway and leadership development for progression.
* Pebbles has fifty-six homes and three established schools in North England and Scotland.
* Specialists in residential child care and education for young people aged 8 to 18.
* Ambitious growth initiatives planned for 2025.
* Nearly 22 years of experience guiding young people toward brighter futures.
Essential qualities
* Flexible approach to your work pattern.
* Dedication to safeguarding children and young people.
* Desire to obtain qualifications and pursue personal development.
* Confident and resilient nature.
* Valid, full UK driver’s license (manual vehicle in all homes).
* Kind and supportive nature with patience and non-judgmental relationships.
* Engaged and attentive listener; creative with fun and learning.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Proficient IT skills and experience with Microsoft packages.
Desirable qualities
* Up to 12 months experience with children or young adults (more than 12 months may apply to higher salaries).
* Working towards or desire to obtain SCQF Level 7 or Level 3 Diploma relevant to Children and Young People’s Residential workforce (funding may be available).
* Familiarity with Codes of Practice by regulatory bodies.
* PVG/DBS certificate.
Application
Are you ready to join our family? Please complete our online application form. If you would like to discuss the role further, please email recruitment@pebblescare.com and a member of our team will contact you.
Please note that due to the fast-paced recruitment process, shortlisting is ongoing and we may end the recruitment campaign if a suitable candidate is identified before the stated end date.
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