Relief Residential Care Officer (CDC)

Relief Residential Care Officer (CDC)

Based at: Various Locations, Doncaster

Salary: Grade 7, £14.82 per hour (pay award pending)

Closing date: 1st July 2026

Contract type: Casual

Hours: Variable, working as and when required

Responsibilities

• Provide warm, caring, and enabling support to look‑after children and young people across a range of homes.
• Work under the supervision of the Registered Manager, Deputy Manager, and Senior Residential Care Officers to deliver care plans and promote the welfare of residents.
• Support children with complex behaviours—including emotional and behavioural difficulties—and facilitate their therapeutic and educational development.
• Participate in shift rosters, including evenings, nights, weekends, bank holidays and sleep‑in duties, and perform duties according to the rota requirements.
• Advocate for children, demonstrating a “good parent” role and adhering to safeguarding policies.
• Attend and complete required training, including Level 3 TQUK Diploma in Residential Childcare within two years, and any additional training needed.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience or demonstrable transferable skills working with children or young people with complex needs.
• Knowledge of safeguarding principles and the ability to implement them.
• Capacity to work flexibly across a rota, including unsocial hours and sleep‑in shifts.
• For candidates without Level 2 in Maths and English, a commitment to achieving these qualifications as part of training.
• Valid Level 1 or 2 DBS; enhanced DBS disclosure is mandatory.

Benefits

• Pay for sleep‑in shifts: £43.12 per shift.
• Enhanced pay for unsociable hours – 50% uplift for qualifying hours worked during evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays.
• Competitive leave entitlement (up to 33 days annual leave, plus UK public holidays).
• Generous local government pension scheme.
• Well‑being support, staff networks, and staff discounts.
• Training and professional development opportunities, including pathways to Level 5 TQUK Diploma in Leadership and Management.

Location

• Homes located throughout Doncaster with good transport links.
• Rotas include mornings (7am‑3pm) and Afters (2pm‑10pm), with sleep‑in shifts (2pm‑11pm and 7am‑2pm next morning).
• Typical rota: 4 weeks, 2 weekends, 2 off; 9 days off per 4‑week rota.

Application

To apply, submit an online application through the City of Doncaster Council portal.

Equal Opportunity

City of Doncaster Council is committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and improving quality of life for all. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We are a disability confident employer and will provide reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants.

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