Residential Child Care Worker | Children's Residential Service | Chorley & Preston

Salary 28142 - 32061 Per annum (Pro Rata if Part Time) Permanent Full Time 37 hours per week & Part Time 18.5 Hours Per Week Central Lancashire - Preston & Chorley

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Residential Child Care Worker

Location:Central Lancashire Chorley Preston & Surrounding Areas

Salary:Starting Salary 28142 plus enhancements

Who are we

Our Childrens Residential Service are expanding with the introduction new Childrens Homes and changes to existing homes across the County. This means that we have a number of exciting opportunities for passionate dedicated individuals to join us as Residential Child Care Workers at homes based in Chorley & Preston.

As a Residential Service we hold very strong views and beliefs that our children deserve the very best care and support that we can offer. We pride ourselves in developing positive meaningful and lifelong relationships with our children.

With an emphasis on working creatively we promote lots of fun activities for our children inside and outside the homes and ensure that our children and young person are supported to develop in all areas of life.

About the role...

As a Residential Child Care Worker you would work from a childrens home where children and young people aged between 11 years and 17 years live. Residential Child Care Workers eat and sleep at the home with the children and young people and undertake basic household tasks cleaning cooking shopping.

Our children cannot live safely with their parent(s) or family for a variety of reasons such as adverse childhood experience or trauma. Residential Child Care Workers listen and engage our children in 1:1 work around feelings emotions and behaviours and link with other professionals such as social workers schools police and health workers to ensure our childrens needs are met.

Please note this role will involve working on a Rota Basis working a mix of Days Evenings Weekends and Sleep-In shifts.

What our children want from you

We encourage our children to participate and get involved in all decisions and recruitment is no different. It is really important to us that any worker joining the Residential team has the skills abilities and outlook that our children tell us they need from us.

I would like someone like me who has time to listen instead of being behind a locked door

I would like someone who listens to me but also takes action and who I can have a laugh with they also need to be able to make nice food

I would like someone who spends time with me

What you can expect from us

We have an ambitious confident and motivated management team who are experienced supportive and keen to help you learn and grow. We have over 50 free courses for you to learn new things and even have funded qualifications we can support you with obtaining up to degree level should this be something that interests you.

We have a detailed induction programme specifically designed to cover all elements of the role so that you have all the tools and knowledge ready to get going.

For all permanent staff we will provide a monthly 1:1 reflective space with managers a comprehensive Employee Support Offer and lots of opportunity to network with other professionals that support children.

As an Organisation we offer a wide range of staff benefits including access to our Blues and Twos Credit Union Membership of Blue Light Card and various discounts at local retailers.

What we are looking for

Passion Thinking creatively to ensure that our children are supported to achieve their aspirations (no matter how big or small) will need to be top of your list! We are looking for passionate practitioners (irrelevant of length of experience) who truly care and want to make a difference to children young people and families.

Challenge Some days will be tough for our children for you and for your colleagues - were after someone who is dedicated and committed and who will always go that extra mile for our children (even on the bad days). Working as part of a close professional team is really important and you will need to be a team player to get through those tough times.

Forward thinking We are an expanding service with big ideas and aspirational views. We are looking for workers who can join our team and join us on this exciting journey making contributions to help shape and inform the future of the service for our children

Values We are looking for someone who has values aligned to those that are integral to our service and our organisation - supportive innovative respectful and collaborative

If you have a passion for building relationships with children and supporting them to achieve the best possible outcomes then we want to hear from you!

Informal discussion

If you would like more information regarding the role please contact our Talent Team via email to arrange an informal chat.

Applying

To apply for a post you can apply via the Apply Now button below. Please ensure you attach the following:

• CV
• Supporting Statement

Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.

Closing Date:Sunday 7^th December

Interview Dates:Weekly Basis every Wednesday.

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a disclosure. Further information can be found on the Our Recruitment Process tab.

If you are applying for a part time position please note the salary quoted is full time equivalent the salary received will be paid on a prorata basis.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early before the closing date if we receive sufficient applications.

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