Residential Care Officer

We are currently recruiting for a Residential Care Officer to join a fantastic team of supportive and experienced colleagues making a positive impact on the lives of looked after children in the Doncaster area! This position is:

* Permanent

* Full time - 37 hours per week

* £25,969 (up to £28,176 including 8.5% unsociable hours allowance for full time employees)

Key Responsibilities

• Providing a warm, caring and enabling environment to meet the emotional, social and physical needs of looked after children and young people with disabilities and challenging behaviour.

• Working on a rota of 7am - 3pm, 2pm - 10pm including weekends and bank holidays. This role will also require the candidate to undertake sleep in duties as required to meet the needs of the home.

• Ensuring the safety and well being of individuals in your care

• Assisting with daily living tasks, such as personal hygiene and meal preparation

• Maintaining accurate records and reports

Requirements

• Previous experience working with children and young people, ideally in a residential setting.

• NVQ L3 or equivalent

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work on a rota of days, nights, and evenings

• Passionate about providing care and support to individuals

The benefits of working with SCS:

• A specialist, dedicated Social Work consultant offering single point of contact

• Exceptional referral bonuses- £250 per referral placed in work

• An extensive & exclusive range of Social work vacancies across the UK

• Nationwide provider of Social work staff to over 200 local authorities

• Annual training budget of up to £250 and continued online CPD training

• DBS disclosures provided via fast track online services free of charge.

If you would be interested in this position, please contact Emily @ Service Care Solutions on 01772 208964 or emily.bentley@servicecare.org.uk

If this role isn't right for you, but you know someone who would fit perfectly to our engaged and devoted team and you refer them, you will receive a referral bonus of £250.

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