Residential Childcare Support Worker
Location: West Yorkshire, Featherstone, WF7
Base Location: With services in Pontefract, Castleford, Wakefield we currently have vacancies throughout.
Contract Type: Full‑time, permanent
Specific Hours: 33‑42 hours per week – shift pattern
Qualified Care Worker salary is based on the proven existing completion of a Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare
Qualifications / Experience / Requirements
- Minimum age requirement: 21 years old
- Full UK driving licence preferable
- Must have availability for sleep‑in shifts
Main Duties
In each home we have detailed shift planners, diaries, and handover documents that will outline the specific daily duties and tasks you will be required to complete. These vary between term‑time (school days) and holiday periods. The following is a summary of some of your duties during term‑time:
- Supporting all of the children’s daily routines, including getting them up, promoting personal hygiene routines, meals, school runs, or activities
- Supporting room cleans, developing life skills and independence, promoting socialisation, and supporting bed‑time routines
- Attending medical or other appointments
- Supporting the activity planners
- Completion of day sheets for the boys and working with them on their targets
- Completing handover documents and tasks
- Completion of all daily paperwork
- Completing budgeting requirements
- Completing daily room checks and daily house‑cleaning tasks
- Complete any food or other shopping needs, including meal preparation and kitchen hygiene/laundry duties
- Completion of any specific checks such as COSHH, fire checks, or car checks
- Liaising and building appropriate relationships with families, working to find out about special dates for boys and ensuring these are noted, sorting and planning family time contacts
As well as completing the daily tasks, your role will also include being a Keyworker.
All Applicants Must Have
- Flexibility in availability – the role will involve sleep‑in nights and shift work
- Understanding of the issues that face young people in care
- Hold a Residential Childcare/Families Practitioner Diploma, Children and Young People’s Workforce, NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care, or equivalent – or be willing to work towards a required qualification within 18 months
- Excellent communication and listening skills
- Be willing to learn
- Be able to work well as part of a small team
- Be willing to undertake a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position – the DBS check will be paid for by us
- Experience with Emotional Behavioural Disorder, Social/Residential Work or Youth Work would be advantageous
- Have a full, clean UK driving licence and be able to cover other residential homes as and when needed
Benefits
- Full training provided to gain a recognised qualification
- Paid per sleep‑in shift
- Company pension
- Employee discount scheme
- Refer a Friend programme
- Childcare voucher scheme
- Holiday pay
- Meals included
- Access to qualifications (including Diploma 3 / Diploma 5)
- Promotion opportunities
- Monthly clinical and professional supervisions, access to therapeutic support
The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position.
If you are enthusiastic about making a difference in the lives of young people, we invite you to join our dedicated team.
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