Location: Orchard Cottage, 8 Ploughlands, Byepass Road, KA2 9BL
Rate: £24,500 - £28,500 per month
Contract Type: Permanent
Position Type: Full Time, Part Time
Hours: 40 hours per week
Full time 40 Hour contract or Part time positions available.
Full time salary £24500 - £28500 depending on relevant qualifications.
The above rates do not include overtime or yearly bonuses.
£500 welcome bonus after 3 months of employment, £250 bonus through our Refer a Friend Scheme.
We offer fantastic benefits for our valued employees. These include:
* Full Time and Part Time Contracts.
* Competitive Rates of Pay.
* Enhanced Overtime rates at Christmas and New Year.
* Generous Annual Leave Allowance which increases after 3 years of service.
* Free PVG check.
* Funded professionally recognised Qualification Opportunities for those not already qualified.
* Paid Induction and Training.
* Access to 10 therapy sessions with an outsourced therapist.
* Additional £250 welcome bonus if referred by a friend.
* £250 refer a friend bonus scheme.
* Christmas bonus.
* Birthday bonus.
* Career and promotion opportunities.
* Access to Blue Light Card Scheme offering significant high street savings.
Our Residential Child Care Workers are responsible for the day-to-day health and wellbeing of all the young people within Orchard Cottage. You must be able to work as part of a team with colleagues and other professionals to offer a comprehensive service that meets the physical, social, emotional, mental health, and care needs of the vulnerable children and young people within our home.
Duties will include actively safeguarding and promoting the rights of children and young people, teaching life skills and coping strategies, building confidence, self-esteem, and resilience, accompanying them to and from education, facilitating family time, creating a warm, comforting, and homely environment including daily household tasks, and encouraging participation in local activities and hobbies. The role also involves monitoring, recording, and completing all relevant paperwork involved with the young person’s care accurately.
You should be confident in providing exceptional care and support while demonstrating a sound value base. You will be motivated, empathetic, and understanding, able to establish and build nurturing meaningful relationships which will enable you to fully understand the young persons' views, wishes, and feelings to allow us to effectively advocate for them. Applicants must be passionate about effecting long-term change in the lives of vulnerable children and young people by providing essential support that enables them to reach their full potential.
As part of this role, we offer a range of specialist training programmes to support you in your work and invest in your professional development. These include:
* Mental Health and Safety training
* Therapeutic crisis intervention training
* Enhanced Child protection training
* Autism Awareness training
* Attachment and trauma training
* Emergency First aid and Fire Marshall training
* Full suite of e-learning modules available that provide continuous knowledge and development.
We are looking to hire employees that have experience working with Autism, disabilities, and personal care, along with relevant qualifications ideally possessing an SVQ in Children and Young People coupled with an HNC in Social Services (or higher/or accepted equivalent in line with the SSSC qualification requirements) or the ability and commitment to gain these qualifications while in post. Successful applicants are required to register with the SSSC and maintain the conditions of their registration throughout employment.
A full driving licence is preferable in order to undertake the full duties of the role which includes accompanying our young people on outings, meetings, or responding to emergency situations appropriately. Applicants without a driving licence will be considered in line with balancing the team's needs as well as the Equality Act.
Please note:
This position requires a satisfactory Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check, whether new or by update to be undertaken prior to commencement of post as a condition of any offers made. It is an offence to apply, offer, or accept to do any work with children if disqualified from working with children. This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Any data received in applications will be used for recruitment purposes only.
Interested applicants should complete and return a full application and self-declaration form. This can be found on our website www.orchardcottagecare.com or by requesting to be sent via email. Any enquiries should be directed to the same email in the first instance.
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