Residential Childrens Worker

3 days ago


Buxton, United Kingdom Derbyshire County Council Full time

Would you like to work as part of a team that acts as good parents, and provides a warm and caring home for children and young people? Can you nurture the talents and interests of young people and support each young person to develop as a whole person?

You will be working in a residential children’s home, caring for one young person at a time, aged between 11 and 18. As a member of the staff team you will provide support and a child centred service to the young people who live in the home. This will involve working in partnership with them, their families, and with colleagues from other settings.

You must be of good integrity and character and have an understanding of the circumstances that lead children and young people into residential care.

You should also have a knowledge of the Children Act, along with the Childrens Home Regulations including the Quality Standards.

You must hold, or 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.

This post requires regular weekend work, evenings, and sleep in duties/overnight work.

For an informal discussion contact Cheryl Wilson
07971655900
, or Chris Mather on 07789874706.

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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