Job Title: Residential Childcare Worker
Location: Walsall, WS1 1DQ
Salary: £23,541 – £27,741 (pro-rata for hours worked)
Job Type: Full Time/Part Time, Permanent
Closing Date: Thursday 31st March 2022
Are you resilient, robust and resourceful? Honest, reliable and compassionate? Flexible and hardworking? If your answer is yes then we would like you to consider a career in children’s residential services.
How many hats can you wear in one day?
We are looking for people to join our residential team within Walsall where we currently operate three Childrens homes. These have been rated by ofsted as “Outstanding and good” and we will be shortly opening new homes in 2022 expanding the residential footprint.
Our work is varied where no two days are the same, for example tonight involves:
- helping to cook the tea
- helping with homework
- playing football in the garden
But tomorrow may bring:
- attendance at meetings
addressing challenging behaviour
The Role
You will be responsible for the direct care of children living in the home and offer high levels of engagement for and with children to be ambitious, helping them to achieve positive outcomes.
We provide residential care for looked after children at three children’s homes located within Walsall. Our focus is directed towards a child centred approach where we actively promote children’s rights. We deliver our services in a safe personalised small group where the care is aimed at supporting children’s welfare.
The ideal candidate will hold a level three qualification in children’s social care or be willing to work towards this award.
We have various posts available including full and part time vacancies:
Full time x 1 (37 hours per week): £23,541 – £27,741, full-time hours
Part time x 2 (22 hours per week): £13,997.35 to £16,494.64, pro rata to hours
Part time x 1 (21 hours per week): £13,361.10 to £15,744.89, pro rata to hours
Important Information
Our homes can accommodate children up to 18 years of age. Due to the nature of this post, the DFE minimum standard states that an employee must be four years older than the oldest resident therefore applicants must be 22 years of age or older.
These posts are mainly evenings, weekends and includes sleep in shifts where you will be paid a 5% enhancement for unsocial hours and also a sleep in payment. Salary is pro-rata to hours worked.
Walsall Council takes seriously the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all the children and young people entrusted to our care and it is our expectation that all staff will share this commitment. We will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people.
Note: Applicants appointed to posts that require an enhanced DBS clearance must declare any periods of time that they have lived, studied or worked abroad and be prepared to provide an Overseas Criminal Records Certificate (OCRC) or a Statement of Good Conduct (SOGC) relating to anytime they were overseas.
This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.
Please click on the APPLY button to complete your application on the Council’s careers page.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Care Support, Social Worker, Enabler, Care Helper, Care Management, Care Assist, Support Assistant, Special Needs Support, Mental Health Support, Autism Support, Care Assistant, Care Worker, Support Coordinator, Care Coordinator, Private Care Assistant, Private Care, Care Home Assistant, Care Home Worker, Support Care Worker, NVQ 2, Health & Social Care, CCA may also be considered for this role.
