Senior Residential Childcare Support Worker

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Residential Childcare Support Worker to work full time for Catholic Care

The salary for this permanent Residential Childcare Support Worker job is up to £31,668 per annum .

Main duties:

* Our trauma informed staff specialise in providing nurture and care to children and young people who are looked after. We work really hard to create a home environment that exceeds the needs of the children and young people - enabling them to express their characters, feel safe and enrich their lives.
* The children and young people that we care for can demonstrate a wide range of behaviours and can be very demanding of time, attention, and emotions.
* A senior residential childcare worker advocates pro-actively for each young person's needs, rights and views and ensure that these are met.
* They also make certain that each young person's individuality, difference and diversity are always appreciated and that our young people are provided with equal opportunities and are not discriminated against.
* Senior residential childcare workers encourage each young person to be involved in all aspects of their care. This will involve skill development, problem solving and assessment of risk, while being mindful of their individual capabilities.
* The senior role is to support the Registered Manager and Deputy Manager in providing the best quality childcare in a safe and trauma informed care focussed environment for the young people.
* When on shift you will have initial responsibilities for monitoring and supervision of staff and take responsibility for the day to day management, and guidance of colleagues whilst ensuring the welfare and care of the young people.

Requirements for this Senior Residential Childcare Worker role:

* Diploma Level 5 in Leadership & Management in Residential Children's Social Care
* Understanding & Experience of OFSTED Regulation.

Benefits Catholic Care Offers:

* Competitive salary
* 24 days annual holiday plus bank holidays (full time equivalent)
* Additional 3 days annual leave after 5 years of service
* Comprehensive Induction Programme with ongoing learning and development
* Career progression opportunities
* Regular supervision
* Regular performance and development meetings to support your ongoing development
* Investors in People and Mindful Employer
* Group Personal Pension Scheme
* Healthcare Cash Plan
* Life Insurance Cover
* Sickness Pay
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* Employee Referral Bonus Scheme

Contact:

This Residential Childcare Support Worker job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications, we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning 'Best Candidate Care' at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.