Residential Children & Young Peoples Worker (23875)

Barnardos; Rothley; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave up to 30 days with length

Pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Staff travel across Leicestershire

Job summary

Barnardo's is seeking a Residential Children & Young People Worker for our Short Breaks Service in Rothley, Leicestershire. The role involves supporting children and young people aged 0-18 with ASD and complex needs, within a small home setting, with up to 3 service users at once.

You will build nurturing relationships, collaborate with families and professionals, assist with day-to-day home duties, and ensure safeguarding and records are maintained.

Qualifications

• Experience or willingness to achieve Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare within required timeframe.
• Motivation to make a positive difference in young people's lives and build resilience.
• Good understanding of safeguarding and protection of vulnerable children and young people.

Responsibilities

• Build trust and nurture relationships to support independence, wellbeing and development.
• Collaborate with parents/carers and other professionals.
• Contribute to upkeep of the home (cooking, cleaning, etc.).
• Document information accurately and keep records up to date.
• Ensure safeguarding policies and procedures are followed.
• Maintain a safe environment at all times.

Skills

Safeguarding knowledge

Relationship building

Teamwork

Education

Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare

Job description

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you enjoy working with children & young people and positively impacting their lives? We have an exciting opportunity to join our new Short Breaks Service as a Residential Children & Young Peoples Worker, on a full-time permanent basis.

Location of the post: Rothley, Leicestershire.

Our beautiful new Short Breaks home in Rothley, will support children & young people between 0-18 years who have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), challenging behaviour and other complex needs. The service will provide up to 3 service users at any one-time, opportunities to enjoy different experiences, establish friendships and develop confidence, independence and social/emotional skills.

Some of the responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• To build trust and develop nurturing relationships which promote the service user's independence, wellbeing, strengths, and capabilities.
• To work in partnership and build relationships with parents/carers and other professionals.
• To contribute to the upkeep of the home including cooking, cleaning etc.
• To document information accurately and ensure records are kept up to date.
• To ensure safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to.
• To promote, monitor and maintain a safe environment at all times.

Essential requirements to evidence in your written application:

• Must hold the Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare OR be willing to successfully achieve this within the required timeframe.
• Must be motivated by the opportunity to make a positive difference in young people's lives, creating a safe space and building resilience.
• Ability to demonstrate a good understanding of safeguarding and protection of vulnerable children & young people.
• Flexibility to commit to sleep-ins and shift work, including weekends and bank holidays.
• Relevant experience working/volunteering with children & young people with additional needs is desirable, but not essential with the right attitude and willingness to learn.

Service Overview: Barnardo's, the UK's largest Children's Charity, are currently on an exciting and innovative Journey alongside Leicestershire County Council to deliver a range of Children's homes for the most vulnerable children & young people in Leicestershire.

Please note: You must be flexible to travel throughout the locality to work in our other Leicestershire Residential Services Children's homes based in Hinckley, Coalville, Mountsorrel, Market Harborough, South Braunstone and Syston, until our Short Breaks service is operational. This home will then become your base location.

Pay & Reward Framework

We appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive.

The salary range advertised is in line with our pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role. Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

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