AddressAbout Us
Cheshire East is dedicated to creating positive and measurable outcomes for every child in our care. We are at the start of an exciting journey to provide in house, specialist residential care, for our children who have experienced trauma in their early lives and need a safe, stable and nurturing home to thrive.
The Vacancy
We are currently seeking to recruit a number of Residential Childcare Workers who have the drive, determination, experience and tenacity to come on this exciting journey with us. We have several homes we are planning to open within the next 12months and therefore this is an opportunity to work alongside and be a part of the leadership team to shape the future of Cheshire East’s residential provision. You will be working in an environment where the things you do every day could have a life-changing impact on the children & young people in our care.
This role will involve shift work that will include days, evenings and overnight to meet the needs of the home and the children and young people living in it. You will be involved in supporting children and young people in all aspects of their life including, promoting their physical and emotional well-being, development, and daily routines such as school attendance, hobbies, attending appointments and maintaining links with family.
Extensive support will be offered from the Registered Manager, alongside Senior Residential Support staff in the home, and the Responsible Individual who will have experience of running Children’s Homes.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our children and young people so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.
About you
Experience in working with children and young people in a residential setting who have suffered trauma would be extremely beneficial for this role. Our ideal candidate has an appetite and proven ability to contribute to positive and exceptional achieved outcomes; putting the welfare and happiness of our children at the forefront of everything we do. You will possess excellent communication skills have a positive attitude and a compassionate, empathetic and caring manner.
You will also have a strong focus on values, outcomes for children and excellence supported by the Local Authority who will also take a personal interest in your performance, development and your wellbeing. Your success will be the empowerment of the children and young people, and the achievements of our services.
Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.
At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.
If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.
Brighter Future
Employee benefits (cheshireeast.gov.uk)
The role
The role of a Residential Childcare Worker will involve providing day-to-day care to our children and young people within a stable, safe, and nurturing environment. You will build positive relationships with each child and young person in order to meet their various needs, taking responsibility as a keyworker.
You will support the Registered Homes Manager and Senior Residential Support Workers to ensure we meet the Statement of Purpose, with particular emphasis on providing a person-centred therapeutic service, through delivering high quality childcare to our children and young people.
The Core Responsibilities will be:
- Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
- Working in accordance with children’s and young people’s care plans and risk assessments and contributing to their review.
- Forming effective relationships with children and young people, their families (if appropriate) and external agencies.
- To ensure the home is kept clean and in a tidy condition, adhere to the cleaning rota system, encouraging the children and young people to participate as appropriate.
- To ensure that good quality records are maintained as required with supervision and advice from Senior Residential Support Workers and Managers.
- To maintain and promote Residential Childcare to high levels of professionalism expected by Cheshire East Council and Ofsted.
- To contribute to the educational and social development of each child and young person and assist in the implementation of Individual Education Plans.
- To meet the emotional and physical needs of our children and young people and maximize opportunities for their development.
Essential Qualifications and experience:
- L3 Diploma in Children and Young People Workforce (desirable) or relevant degree e.g. in Social Work
- Experience in a children's home setting (highly desirable), but not necessary.
- Excellent I.T skills, including report writing.
- Excellent knowledge of the Children’s Home (England) Regulations 2015 and the Quality Standards within it
- Flexibility to work 24-to-48-hour shift patterns (including sleep-in) - rota given in advance.
- All candidates must be over the age of 21 to meet industry regulations.
Desirable Qualifications and Experience:
- L3 Diploma in Children and Young People Workforce
- Experience of PACE model
- Team Teach trained
Cheshire East Council is committed to supporting people with disabilities and will make reasonable adjustments to these requirements where this enables a disabled person to do the job effectively.
We look forward to your application and partnering you in this exciting new stage of your career.
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all employees and volunteers to share this ethos. This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check along with positive reference checks. A full driving licence is desirable.
- Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
- Work Location: In person
Benefits:
- A guaranteed pension
- Option to take a tax-free lump sum when you retire
- Choice to increase your pension by up to £5,000 per annum
- To retire voluntarily at age 55 with reduced benefits
- Immediate benefits at any age if you have to retire due to ill health
- Death in service lump sum of three years actual pay
- Survivors pensions payable for spouse, partner, cohabiting partners and eligible children
- Sick Pay
- Maternity/Adoption Pay
- Extensive training opportunities
- On-site parking
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexitime
- Apprenticeships
- Purchase annual leave
- Everybody health and fitness staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted Microsoft Office Products
- Blue Light Card discount -
- Home broadband offer from Virgin media - for council staff
HOW TO APPLY
If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to
working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you. To apply for the role please click apply for this job at the bottom of the page, or, for or an informal chat about the role please contact Cheryl Wells below.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information please contact Cheryl.Wells@cheshireeast.gov.uk
Cheshire East Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults across the Borough. As such, any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings that are ‘not protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975 (as amended in 2013) relating to the non-disclosure of spent convictions do not apply to this job. You must therefore, disclose whether you have any previous convictions where prompted to do so within the application process.
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however please do not be discouraged from applying again.
For any technical enquiries please email sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk
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