Therapeutic Children's Home

3 months ago


Reading, United Kingdom Cornerstone Children's Homes Ltd Full time

Can you nurture and form strong relationships with children and young people by drawing on your own life skills and experience, helping them grow and flourish into rounded young adults?

Cornerstone Children’s Homes are looking for a Waking Nights Care Worker for our home in Reading.

**Position**:
Permanent - full time

Hours: 40 hours per week - 21:30pm - 07:30am

Nights: Monday - Sunday. To work the rota as required

**Job role**:

- To work therapeutically with vulnerable, challenging young people by supporting them practically and emotionally and to help them work towards agreed plans for their future
- To be a positive role model, to include high standards of personal presentation for young people.
- To encourage young people to develop meaningful relationships and attachments in line with their individual care plan.
- To complete detailed computer records, write reports and assist with the general upkeep of the home.

**Residential Care Worker**:

- To hold, or be willing to work towards, a Level 3 Diploma Residential Childcare / NVQ Children and Young Peoples Workforce.
- Ability to work with young people from all backgrounds.
- Ability to cope with and respond to challenging behaviour in a constructive way.
- Good communication skills.
- Able to work within a team.
- **Must be at least 23 years old**

**Benefits**
- **Private Health Care **(which includes other benefits such as free cinema tickets)
- **EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) and Employee wellbeing**:

- Refer a friend scheme for both qualified and unqualified
- Free meals whilst on shift
- Pension Scheme
- Extensive training and development covered inc Diploma qualifications.
- Company covers the cost of an Enhanced DBS check

The successful applicant will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS disclosure (or be checked against the update service) as part of the vetting and barring process.
- **Everyone within Cornerstone has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.**_
- **No agencies please**_

Pay: Up to £12.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Night shift

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Residential Childcare: 1 year (preferred)
- Support Environment: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)
- NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: RCW - Reading



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