Children’s Residential Social Care Worker Woodview
Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Job Description
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Onsite Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £32,597 (Level one) rising to £35,412 (Level Four) per annum (pro-rata for part-time) (Pay award pending)
Location: Bakersfield, Nottingham
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce – perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
Responsibilities
Nottingham City Council are looking to appoint Children’s Residential Social Care Workers in a residential home for children and young people with disabilities. We provide 24 hour care to young people who have severe learning disabilities, many of whom are on the autistic spectrum, and who may exhibit significant challenges in management of their behaviour. You will work a shift pattern on a rota that you will have at least one month in advance. This will include working shifts such as 2pm -10pm with some sleep-in duty’s / 7am to 2.30pm.
- To give essential and personal care to children and young people with autism and learning disabilities.
- To establish positive relationships with the young people, assessing needs and risk; working jointly in preparation, implementation, delivery and revision of care plans.
- To ensure that the physical, emotional, religious, educational and psychological needs of children and young people are met.
- To support young people to access activities in and out of the home.
- To support young people with their medical and all round health needs, including administration of medication.
- To ensure a high standard of supervision and support is provided, to assist children and young people with autism and learning disabilities.
- To facilitate access to appropriate life opportunities to children and young people with autism and learning disabilities that promotes the growth of the individual and inclusion.
Qualifications
- Have an awareness of the social, cultural, emotional and physical developmental needs of children.
- Be able to work as a team member and on your own initiative.
- Be able to use varied communication methods well, including verbal, written and electronically.
- Be willing to complete the level three diploma in residential care within two years of commencing employment.
- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
- Have relevant personal or work experience of caring for children, young people or vulnerable adults with disabilities.
Benefits
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) plus bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually.
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%.
- Smart Working – to support your work life balance.
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference. We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled – these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
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