Any applications submitted by midnight on Wednesday's, will be reviewed on Thursday's with interviews to be held the following week. The Service & Team:
A career working with children and young people.
Cornwall Council offers fantastic career opportunities within its Residential Care Sector, for Residential Care Workers, Senior Residential Care Workers and Waking Night Residential Care Workers who want to work with children and young people. In addition to a competitive salary, good pension, and payments for working outside of office hours and sleep in shifts, successful applicants will be provided with training and opportunities for career progression.
To be part of a skilled team providing direct care and support to ensure the best outcomes, for children and young people. You will encourage the children to have fun, to learn, grow and develop in a safe way. This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.
This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
We currently have Residential Care Worker vacancies across Cornwall, including Truro and Liskeard.
Ideally you are enthusiastic about making positive changes in the lives of children who may have experienced abuse and/or trauma. You should be child centred, able to use your own initiative, and work as part of a team. You should have or are willing to work towards a Level 3 Diploma in Children's Residential Care (which the Council will fund).
The salary range is a career grade, from £25,772 - £37,945 depending upon qualifications and experience. A generous relocation package will be available for eligible candidates.
For successful applicants who are new to Cornwall Council, a recruitment and retention bonus will be paid; £1000 when the job starts, with an additional £1000 paid after successfully completing the first year.
We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. a competitive salary.
a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council
We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options.
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It's a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.