Children's Home Residential Care Worker

Recruitment Hub; Kettering; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Local Government Pension Scheme + life

Life cover

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent training be

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee discounts

Flexible working arrangements

Career development opportunities

Free parking on site

Free meals on shift

Job summary

Northamptonshire Children’s Trust is seeking a Residential Care Worker to support young people in a two-bedroom home in Kettering. The role involves helping with daily life, schoolwork, life skills, and accompanying residents to appointments, activities and outings.

You will work early/late shifts, with enhancements for unsocial hours, Sundays/Bank Holidays, standby and sleep-ins. A permanent, supportive team is provided, with a 3‑month fixed-term contract and an emphasis on building positive

Qualifications

• Must hold a full UK driving licence
• Experience of working with young people in a professional or voluntary capacity is desirable
• Applicants should be self-motivated, enthusiastic, patient and flexible

Responsibilities

• Support with day-to-day life, schoolwork and life skills for Young People
• Accompany Young People to appointments including health and education
• Organise days out and activities to create positive experiences for residents
• Build positive relationships and provide keywork support with a family‑feel environment

Skills

Driving licence

Experience with young people

Flexibility

Self-motivation

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Job description

Our benefits

• 28 days' annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
• Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
• Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
• We will pay for you to complete qualifications including NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
• Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
• Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
• A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
• Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
• Free parking on site plus heavily subsidised town centre car parking scheme
• Free meals whilst on shift

About the role

Are you looking for a varied, challenging and rewarding position where you can help and mentor young people?

Our Kettering home is a two bedded residential unit housing young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties. We are looking for self-motivated, enthusiastic, flexible people to join our staff team. You will be part of a supportive team to ensure young people achieve their full potential by providing them with support and services they need to lead happy, healthy and successful lives.

You will work a mixture of early and late shifts and alternative weekends with enhancements paid on top of the basic hourly rate for unsocial hours, Sunday/ Bank Holiday working, standby and sleep ins. 7.30am-3.15pm early shift. 2.45pm-10.30pm late shift. There is also an opportunity for overtime. The basic salary is £25,935 and based on an average working pattern with enhancements you could expect to earn £30,000 FTE.

This is a 3 month fixed term contract requiring an immediate start

Please note we do not offer sponsorship for this role so you should have the right to work in the UK without restrictions.

Interviews will be held on Friday 25th September

What will you be doing?

The role includes supporting with day-to-day life, schoolwork, life skills where applicable, accompanying our Young People to health, education and other appointments.

There are also days out to the cinema, shopping or even theme parks and holidays as we try and create positive experiences for our young people.

We are a small home so we encourage a "family feel" where possible, this involves eating our meals together, creating positive relationships and supporting our residents through key work.

If you have particular skills or hobbies, such as fishing, cooking, fitness, that might enrich our young people's experience then there's an opportunity to use these.

About you

You need to be self-motivated, enthusiastic, patient and flexible amongst other things. You will find it easy to establish and build positive relationships with Young People.

Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence as you will be driving our Young People to appointments or activities.

Experience of working with young people in either a professional or voluntary capacity is desirable, as is evidence of an ongoing interest and commitment to young people.

When we asked our young people what makes a good Residential Care Worker they said "Someone with a personality that you can have a joke with and who smiles. Someone that you can talk to and trust with things, someone that's understanding."

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore subject to an enhanced DBS certificate. It is also a regulated activity and will be subject to a Barred List check.

When applying please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the person specification. You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education

About us

At Northamptonshire Children's Trust, children, young people and families are at the heart of everything we do. Every decision we make and every action we take is guided by our commitment to delivering high-quality services that make a lasting difference to the lives of children, young people and families across Northamptonshire.

We know that our people are our greatest strength. Our workforce is at the centre of our success, and we are committed to creating an environment where colleagues feel valued, supported and empowered to do the best job of their lives every day. We foster a culture built on kindness, collaboration and trust, where achievements are recognised, ideas are welcomed and innovation is encouraged.

We are proud of the positive impact we make together and delighted that our work has been recognised by Ofsted, with an Outstanding rating for Leadership and Management and Good ratings across Help and Protection, Children in Care and Care Leavers.

At NCT equality, diversity and inclusion are part of us and in everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and thrive in our organisation.

We are a Disability Confident employer and have a commitment to care leavers, who we guarantee an interview if they meet the essential criteria.

If you are passionate about making a difference and want to be part of an ambitious, supportive and forward-thinking organisation, Northamptonshire Children's Trust could be the place for you.

Supporting Children - A Career That Matters

Attached documents:

• JD_PS Residential Care Worker.pdf - job Description and person specification