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Hull City Council; Hessle; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS pension

23 days annual leave + holidays & days

Training & development

Supportive culture

Job summary

Hull City Council is recruiting for Disability Children Homes to provide high-quality residential care for children and young people with disabilities. The post involves personal care, moving and handling, high supervision, and working with complex health needs in a on-site setting.

We offer structured training, development and a supportive team as part of a committed council, with a salary of £31,525 to £34,237 and a permanent contract. Interviews are scheduled in November 2026.

Qualifications

• A level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent, or the ability to complete this within two years of appointment
• Experience working with vulnerable adults or children in a safeguarding or care setting
• Motivation to work with Children and Young People with disabilities and complex health needs and ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships
• Ability to work within relevant framework when assessing situations in order to make decisions and recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and/or vulnerable adults in line with care plans.
• Plan appropriate packages of support in partnership with managers, social workers and teams.
• Act as Shift Leader when required and ensure safe, responsive service during admissions and discharges.
• Support children with a range of tasks including primary care while promoting independence.

Skills

Diploma in Residential Childcare

Safeguarding experience

Disabilities & complex health needs

Decision making & assessment

Education

A level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent

Job description

We have Full Time and Part Time Posts available - Full Time 148 hours per month, part time 74 hours per month. Hours will exceed 20 hours per week due to the rota.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Charlie Martin on 07710 129 390 or at [e-mail]

This role is not available for Visa Sponsorship, therefore is only open to applicants with the Right To Work in the UK.

Interviews are provisionally scheduled for the week commencing 16 November 2026, subject to change.

Are you playful and accepting, can you show curiosity and empathy?

If you can then you have something really special to offer our Children living in Children’s Homes.

If trauma brings resilience, then our Children are superheroes - they deserve the best; the best homes, the best help, the best opportunities, and children tell us over and over again, it’s the staff that matter.

We believe that we need the right people, with the right commitment, skills, tenacity, imagination, and energy in order to offer the best to our children. To do this you will be offered high quality support, training, guidance, and development and be part of a motivated and ambitious team.

Hull City Council has been on a journey of improvement and has become a leading provider of Children's Homes. We are committed to developing nurturing, high quality homes where children can thrive and achieve their next steps.

If you want to be part of Hull's journey and make a real difference to children, now is great time to join. We are recruiting to full time and part time positions within our Disability Children Homes. This will require personal care, moving and handling, help with aspects of high levels of supervision and support. Working with Children with a Disability is very rewarding, can be challenging and offers high support and care to children with complex health needs and disabilities which are varied across our homes.

Company: Hull City Council Salary: £31,525 to £34,237 a year Hours: Full-time Location: hull, HU8 9HJ Working pattern: On-site Job type: Permanent Posting date: 15 Oct 2026 Closing date: 4 Nov 2026

Number of Vacancies: 9

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Regular

Proposed Interview Date: Monday, November 16, 2026

Hours of Work: 37

Hiring Manager: Laith Burnett

Contact Number: 07710 129390

About you

• A level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent, or the ability to complete this within two years of appointment
• Experience working with vulnerable adults or children in a safeguarding or care setting
• A strong motivation to work with Children and Young People with disabilities and complex health needs and ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships
• An ability to work within relevant framework when assessing situations in order to make decisions and recommendations.

ROLE AND PURPOSE

To provide a range of support to children and young people who are unable to live within their own family and require short term or long term residential care. To provide a safe and stimulating environment, ensuring high quality provision and maximising life chances of children looked after. In line with relevant legislation and corporate parenting levels of responsibility.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and/or vulnerable adults. Within the context of individual care plans or instructions from the Line Manager to assess the needs of children in need and children looked after in order to provide care which is responsive to their individual needs.
2. Statutory Obligations – As per statutory requirements as specified in the Children’s Homes Regulations and Quality Standards.
3. To use systemic practices to prepare, implement and review effective programmes for individual children and families/carers to ensure that their needs for development and/or independence are met. Work in partnership to assess needs and in consultation with Senior Care Officers, Children’s Home Manager, Social Workers and other Managers, plan appropriate packages of support.
4. Under delegation/supervision assume responsibility for specific issues i.e. for the health and safety of colleagues and children by identifying areas for improvement and responding to deficiencies in the workplace to ensure a safe working environment or for Quality Assurance to enhance the performance and effectiveness of service delivery. With a requirement to have the ability to stay calm when faced with confrontational situations.
5. Acts as a nominated ‘Shift Leader’ as required responding to the need of the service.
6. Provides an efficient and responsive service to children for their admission into and discharge from residential care to ensure their needs are met during these transition periods.
7. Assist children with a range of tasks including primary care and, where necessary, carries out tasks on their behalf whilst at the same time promoting independence within individual’s capabilities.
8. Acts as a designated worker in respect of individual children, including attending meetings/case conferences and dispensing medication as required, to ensure their safety, well being and quality of life.
9. Contributes to an efficient administrative system by preparing information for the Children’s Home Manager and quality assurance systems to ensure effective communication. Provides accurate reports and where appropriate, assessments to inform packages of support and care with special consideration to the transition period of admission and discharge.
10. Participates in budgetary tasks i.e. pocket money, purchasing of groceries, clothing, stationery etc, to ensure value for money within budget provisions.
11. Assist children to deal with complex needs or particular vulnerabilities to ensure their physical and emotional well being which will include implementing Therapeutic Crisis Intervention techniques.
12. To work and liaise with voluntary services, statutory organisations and colleagues within other parts of the Local Authority with the focus of providing up to date knowledge and working practices for intervention and service delivery to children in need and their families.
13. Works flexibly to meet the assessed needs of children and their families, by offering support to families and carers, sometimes in their own homes. Assist in providing day care and outreach as required, and work in partnership with schools and alternative educational provision to support and maintain an educational placement.
14. Refers to Line Management upon any concerns, suspicion, evidence or allegation in relation to child protection in accordance with the Safeguarding Board guidelines to ensure the safety and welfare of the children.
15. To be aware of and participate in own personal development by attending and contributing to supervision sessions, training courses and other departmental forums. To keep abreast of development with the profession.
16. In the absence of a Senior Care Officer, makes decisions relating to the safeguarding and care of children as well as responding to the needs of families and staff on duty.
17. Under supervision uses professional judgement to determine the needs of children balanced against risk to children and staff.
18. Under supervision, makes day to day decisions around the implementation of policy and procedures of the Department.
19. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated legislation places responsibilities for health and safety on Hull City Council, as your employer and you as an employee of the council. In addition to the Councils overall duties, the post holder has personal responsibility for their own health safety and that of other employees; additional and more specific responsibilities are identified in the Council’s Corporate HS policy.

GENERAL:

The above principal accountabilities are not exhaustive and may vary without changing the character of the job or level of responsibility. The postholder must be flexible to ensure the operational needs of the Council are met. This includes the undertaking of duties of a similar nature and responsibility as and when required, throughout the various work places in the Council.

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Compensation Grades

GRADES 6 SS+ 2 INC

Pay Ranges

£31,525.00 - £34,237.00

Job Classifications

3- Not Politically Restricted - Designated As Not Politically Sensitive (Politically Restricted Posts), 5- Enhanced Childrens Barring List - (Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)), Casual - (Travel Allowance Policy), Post Fulfilling Statutory Duty - (Statutory Post), Yes - (Childcare Disqualification Requirement)

Benefits of Working for Hull City Council

• - An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• - Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period
• - Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
• - Supportive and forward-thinking culture

Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date. Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description.

We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Online searches, including social media, may be carried out as part of the recruitment process.

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About Disability Confident

Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.