Residential Childcare Worker

Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.

As a Residential Childcare Worker you will join an organisation where the focus is on achieving the best outcomes for the children and families who we work with. The team strive to have purposeful relationships where all our interventions can truly bring about change and make a real difference to the lives of children and young people.

Over the next few years, the Council is looking to build and expand on this quality service to open new quality homes. Our Children and Families work in a trauma informed way using our innovative multi-agency partnership model ‘Our Way of Working’.

You will also have access to a range of benefits including:

• Competitive salary
• Enhancements up to £4/5k pro rata
• Annual Leave - You will receive 26 days annual leave pro rata per annum rising to 31 days pro rata after five years continuous Local Government Service.
• Grow your own culture - We have a Career Progression structure comprising of three levels of progression programmes to support your professional development. Extensive training, induction and support will be offered to all candidates who want to join the council and regular appraisal process surrounding development needs.
• Working rewards – we have a variety of schemes available to employees which include; additional Annual Leave, car and cycle purchase scheme, WorkFit Membership, home and electronics purchase scheme, in addition to discounts at a wide range of high street and on line retailers.
• Pension Scheme – our Local Government Pension Scheme is a career average pension scheme with employee contributions of between 5.5% and 8.5% and employer contributions currently of 23.8%. The scheme includes ill health and death in service benefits (after two years membership).
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24-hour, seven day a week lifestyle support for when you or your family members need a ‘listening ear’ from qualified advisor on a wide range of personal and work issues.

As a Residential Childcare Worker you do not necessarily need specific qualifications, although these are desirable. We will train and support you in this role.

• Ideally hold a Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (or equivalent) or be working towards this qualification, or we will support you in this when in post.
• Receive high quality supervision, with your own personal development plan to support your career and learning aspirations.
• Have the opportunity to deliver quality services in partnership with stakeholders based upon a manageable workload within the team.
• A working environment where you be supported in adopting an evidence-based approach to practice.

If you have commitment, drive and enthusiasm we would like to hear from you!
For an informal discussion around this post please contact Cherie Pendergast - cherie.pendergast@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk.

Please note -the job may close when a suitable number of applications have been received.

Please note that this job is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk

No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information.

Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £10.90 per hour for all contracted hours.

For any technical enquiries please email Sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk and quote job reference number in all correspondence.