Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a full-time Children’s Residential Care Worker based at Welford House in Northamptonshire.
The salary for this permanent Children’s Residential Care Worker job is up to £31,941.
Main Duties:
* The role includes supporting with day-to-day life, schoolwork, life skills where applicable, accompanying our Young People to health, education and other appointments
* There are also days out to the cinema, shopping or even theme parks and holidays as we try and create positive experiences for our young people
* We are a small home, so we encourage a “family feel” where possible, this involves eating our meals together, creating positive relationships and supporting our residents through key work
* If you have skills or hobbies, such as fishing, cooking, or fitness, that might enrich our young people’s experience, there’s an opportunity to use these and even develop further.
* You will work a mixture of early and late shifts and alternative weekends with enhancements paid on top of the basic hourly rate for unsocial hours, Sunday/ Bank Holiday working, standby and sleep-ins. 7.30 am-3.15 pm early shift. 2.45 pm-10.30 pm late shift.There is also an opportunity for overtime. The basic salary is £25,302, and based on an average working pattern with enhancements, you could expect to earn £30,052
Requirements of this job:
* You need to be self-motivated, enthusiastic, patient and flexible. You will find it easy to establish and build positive relationships with Young People
* Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence as they will be driving our Young People to appointments or activities
* Experience of working with young people in either a professional or voluntary capacity is desirable, as is evidence of an ongoing interest and commitment to young people
* When we asked our young people what makes a good Residential Care Worker they said “Someone with a personality that you can have a joke with and who smiles. Someone that you can talk to and trust with things, someone that’s understanding.”
* The post is subject to an Enhanced DBS clearance
* When applying, please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria in the person specification. You will need to provide an entire employment history, including any gaps since leaving full-time education
Contact:
This job is advertised by Harry Smy. If you are interested in this position, please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from care home managers, deputy managers, care coordinators, key workers, childcare workers, and others within a residential or supported living setting, as we might have other roles applicable to you.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully, we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates reflects the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant role in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards, as well as being a two-time finalist for the same award.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
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