Children's Residential Worker

Kent County Council; Tunbridge Wells; Hybrid; GBP 19,000 - 26,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days annual leave + bank holidays

Generous contributory pension scheme

Job summary

Sunrise Children’s Centre, located in Kent, is seeking a part-time Children’s Residential Worker (25 hours per week) to join a busy team. The role involves supporting children aged 5–18 with disabilities, following care plans, and engaging in a range of recreational activities.

You will work evenings, two weekends per month, and some bank holidays, with a focus on high-quality care and safeguarding. Training and development are offered as part of the induction.

Qualifications

• Follow care plans and keep them updated.
• Support and assist children and young people with personal care needs.
• Create factual reports.
• Willing to undertake training and apply theory in practice.
• Pro-active approach to own learning.
• Communicate in an open and honest manner.
• Organise and deliver new recreational and social opportunities for children.
• Aware of the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015.
• Willing to work towards a Diploma in Residential Childcare.

Skills

Care plans

Personal care support

Report writing

Training oriented

Proactive learning

Open communication

Activity planning

Regulations awareness

Teamwork

Education

Diploma level 3 or 4 in Residential Childcare

Job description

Sunrise Children’s Centre offers overnight short breaks for children and young people in West Kent, from the age of 5 to 18 years old, who have disabilities, including autism and complex medical health needs. We support children to have fun with their friends and peers, to learn skills, make choices, and to be supported in a safe and nurturing environment, so that they and their families can have a break.

We are seeking a Children’s Residential Worker to work 25 hours per week, working on a 4 week rolling rota basis, including some evenings, 2 weekends per month and some Bank holidays.

We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills, to be able to work as part of a busy team providing a high standard of care for the children and young people that we support, work with own initiative as well as with guidance.Working at a fast pace, always ensuring the child/young person’s needs are kept paramount.

To succeed in this role, we are looking for someone who is:

• Able to follow care plans whilst keeping them updated
• Able to support and assist children and young people with their personal care needs
• Able to create factual reports
• Willing to undertake training and put theory into practice
• Pro-active approach to own learning
• Able to communicate in an open and honest manner
• Able to organise and deliver new opportunities of recreational and social experiences for children and young people
• Has awareness of the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015
• Holds a Diploma level 3 or 4 in Residential Childcare, or equivalent, or be willing to work towards this

In return we can offer you:

• A detailed induction and training program, with an ongoing plan for development
• 29 days annual leave + bank holiday entitlement
• Generous contributory pension scheme

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Interviews will be conducted under the ‘Choosing with Care’ assessment process.

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Location Sunrise Children's Centre, London Road, Southborough, Kent, United Kingdom