Residential Childrens Worker

7 days ago


Swadlincote, Derbyshire, United Kingdom Derbyshire County Council Full time
Derbyshire provides consistent, good quality care through twelve children's homes across the County. Our homes provide an environment where young people feel happy to live.


Under-pinned by Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy (PACE), trauma informed practice, social pedagogy and person-centred approach to inform practice, we work continuously to improve the quality of our Children's homes, ensuring our young people have every opportunity to thrive and develop.


We are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity to join the team at Linden House residential children's home situated in Swadlincote, a newly refurbished and modern home.

Where we provide care for four 13 to 18 year olds.

You must be of good integrity and character.

You must have the appropriate skills and experience that you will be expected to perform of working with and understanding the factors that lead children and young people into residential care, together with an understanding of the Children Act, the Quality Care Standards and Childrens Homes (England) Regulations 2015.


You must hold, be already working towards or be willing to undertake and complete within 2 years of starting work in a children's home the Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare.


Or have an equivalent qualification, (such as, The Level 3 Children & Young Peoples Workforce Diploma with Social Care Pathway (England) 2015, The NVQ 3 Caring for Children & Young People or The NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care) completing any work identified to meet the required level to consider as "an equivalent qualification" to the Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare.


As an RCW, you will need to have an openness to and an aptitude for relationship focused and psychologically informed working practices.

You must have the appropriate skills and experience to perform and work within an environment that can, at times, require using your own initiative along with an understanding of the children act, the quality care standards and Children's Homes (England) regulations 2015.

This Residential Childrens Worker role is shift based (earlies, late's and sleep in's) to provide 24hr care.

Provisional Interview date: 9 November 2023

The job may require unsocial hours working including weekends and Bank Holidays. Payment arrangements will be detailed in any contract offer made.


Saturday and Sunday hours will be paid at plain time where it is part of your normal working pattern unless it is between 7pm and 7am, where enhanced rates of pay apply.

Enhanced pay rates are paid for Bank Holiday working.

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