Residential Childcare Support Worker (Sessional/Casual)

Polaris Community; Lydney; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A childcare organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a Residential Childcare Support Worker to provide care in a residential setting for young people with challenging behavior. The role offers flexibility in working hours and requires experience with young individuals, empathy, and commitment to high standards of care. The successful candidate will enjoy a competitive hourly rate plus additional allowances for sleep-in shifts.

Benefits

Sleep-in allowance of £46 per night

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience in a residential childcare setting preferred but not essential.
• Ability to maintain clear and neat records.
• Bachelor's in a relevant field is beneficial but not required.

Responsibilities

• Work with young people in a residential home.
• Provide high standards of childcare.
• Engage in record keeping to meet statutory requirements.

Skills

Previous experience with challenging young people

Good communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to engage and motivate young people

Organizational skills

Education

QCF level 3 in Children and Young People

Tools

Computer skills (intermediate level)

Job description

Residential Childcare Support Worker (Sessional/Casual)

Location: Lydney

Contract: Shift Pattern- ad-hoc cover

Salary: £13.56- £14.20 (dependent on qualification) per hour plus sleep in shifts when required

Headway Adolescent Resources were formed in 1999 and has established a good reputation in the residential adolescent childcare sector, and pride themselves in having the insight and ability to care for young people as individuals in a holistic manner, regardless of their background.

We are currently looking for Residential Child Care Workers to join our new residential home on a casual basis. This amazing opportunity will also allow you flexibility to work hours you can commit to with no contractual obligation.

Based in a children's residential home you will be working with young people with challenging behaviour, and you will need to be flexible, resilient, honest and well organised, as well as committed to providing a high standard of childcare to help young people achieve the best possible outcomes.

Applicants must have:

• Previous experience of working with challenging young people, preferably in a residential setting (but not essential)
• Qualified to QCF level 3 in Children and Young People
• Be capable of working on their own initiative to a high level of accuracy, maintain clear, neat records
• Have good inter-personal skills, and be a positive team player
• Computer experience to an intermediate level
• The ability to complete daily records to meet statutory and policy requirements.
• Empathetic nature
• Have good oral and written communication skills in a variety of contexts
• The ability to engage, motivate and encourage young people
• Full manual driving license essential.
• A sleep in allowance of £46 per night as and when the business needs.

Headway is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. Headway is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.