Childcare Practitioner

**Full Job Description**:
**Acorn Education & Care are hiring a Childcare Practitioner in the Whitchurch area**

**Role: Support Practitioner**

**Salary: Up to £26,201.60 per annum (inclusive of 8 sleep in payments per month)**

**Hours: Full-time, Permanent (40 hours per week)**

**Location: Whitchurch, Shropshire**

**Essential: Full UK Driving Licence and access to own to vehicle required**

**How we reward you**

We want our occupants to have the best support possible, and therefore you’ll receive an exceptional rewards package including:

- ** Basic salary**:£21,881.60** **per annum**:

- ** Sleep ins paid at £45.00 per night**:

- ‘Journey to Management’ programme - starting with your **Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare **with the ability to continue on to your L5 Management qualification _(all qualifications funded by us)_
- Annual Leave entitlement equivalent to 5.6 weeks per annum (with options to purchase more)
- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
- “Your Wellbeing Matters” - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And market leading benefits offered through our **Flexible Benefits Platform Vista** that enable you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

- A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
- 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad, to use at high street stores, events, cinemas, restaurants and more
- Cycle to Work Schemes
- Electric Car Purchase Scheme
- Critical illness cover

**The Opportunity**

**Our next Childcare Practitioner will be someone who has**:

- ** Full UK Driving Licence and access to own to vehicle required**:

- A big heart and passion to make a difference to the residents’ lives.
- Patience, resilience, and calmness.

**Some of your duties would be as follows**
- Supporting young people to appointments and activities such as shopping or trips out
- Completing relevant paperwork
- Undertaking household tasks
- Engage our young people in tasks and activities

Acorn Education and Care, are recruiting Childcare Practitioners to join our teams within the Shropshire area.

Marhaba, as a registered independent accommodation, offering support for vulnerable young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) and Complex Needs.

The accommodation is based in the Whitchurch region**, **and are within commutable distance from Nantwich, Telford, Shrewsbury, Shifnal and surrounding towns and villages.

**How to apply**: