Senior Residential Child Care Officer

3 weeks ago


Durham, United Kingdom Vita Nova NE Ltd Full time

An exciting opportunity has developed for a Senior Residential Childcare Worker role in a Ofsted regulated Therapeutic Children’s Home in County Durham.

Vita Nova are looking for enthusiastic, compassionate and motivated individuals who can work in the capacity of therapeutic professional parents, to support and care for vulnerable children and young people. As a Senior Residential Childcare Worker, you will put our children and young people at the centre of everything you do. You will be providing emotional and social support in order for them to flourish and develop.

This is a very important and rewarding role with children and young people at the very centre of our approach. You will be involved in supporting them in all aspects of their life, their emotional well-being, and other elements of their daily life such as school attendance, activities, hobbies and any other aspirations they may wish to follow. As a Senior Residential Childcare Worker/Team Leader you will support the Registered Manager and Deputy manager to ensure that good quality care is delivered to the children and young people in the home.

**Who are we looking for?**

**To be considered you must meet the following criteria**:
**Skills and Requirements**:

- You will have already achieved an NVQ Level 3/4 or Diploma in Residential Childcare.
- Due to the rural location of the home, you will ideally hold a current driving license and have your own vehicle.
- You will consider yourself to be a resilient and reliable individual who is able to remain calm in situations that may be difficult and challenging.
- Our young people are cared for on a 24-hour basis and you will be required to work some sleep-ins in order to support this.
- Have a minimum of 2 years of experience working with children and young people.
- You will be confident with good Leadership & Management skills.
- You should be well organised and passionate for working with children and young people. You should be confident working both independently and as part of a team.
- You should be reliable & resilient and have a caring nature.
- Be computer literate and have a basic knowledge in using Microsoft office including word & outlook.
- You will be required to have good organisational skills and be an accurate record keeper.

**Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
- Delivery of child care is of the highest standard.
- Acting in a parent role.
- Meeting the needs of the children in line with our PACE model of care.
- Ensuring the home environment is kept to a high standard in terms of a nurturing environment for our children to develop and grow.
- As a full time member of staff you will need to be able to commit to 160 hours a month which will include sleep-ins, working weekends and bank holidays on a rolling rota basis.

**Why work for us?**

Be part of an exciting company in the North East where we endeavour to invest in our staff team. Whilst working for Vita Nova, you will receive:

- Career progression opportunities
- Continuous personal development opportunities and training opportunities you may wish to pursue
- A homely working environment in a beautiful rural location
- An interesting and varied career where no 2 days are the same
- Be paid hourly with rates depending on experience
- A competitive sleep in allowance for every sleepover shift you undertake
- Various employee Rewards Scheme and company pension scheme
- Flexible working hours working on a rolling rota where you will receive a long weekend off every 3 weeks
- Meals provided whilst on shift including meals out and meals whilst on activities

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £30,576.00-£34,380.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee mentoring programme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme
- Performance bonus

**Experience**:

- Residential Childcare: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care/Residential Childcare (preferred)
- Full UK Driving License (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 06/08/2023
Expected start date: 04/09/2023



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