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Residential Care Officer

Job Summary
Contract Type:
Fixed Term
Working Pattern:
Part time
Advert Start Date:
02/05/2024
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 08/05/2024 23:59
Salary:
Pro rata actual salary £22,163 - £25,430 (£27,334 – £31,364 FTE)
Hours per week:
30
Job Category:
Social Care - Children Service
Vacancy ID:
263501
Employment Location:
Stockton-on-Tees
Post Number:
POS004047
Number of posts:
1
Closing date:
8 May
Further Information
  • Are you kind, caring and compassionate?
  • Do you want to work in a varied caring role that allows you to work casual hours around your other commitments?
  • Do you want to make a difference to the lives of young people with complex needs in Stockton-on-Tees?

If this sounds like you, then we’d love to welcome you to our friendly, supportive team.

This is a rewarding role where you will be a positive role model for our children and young people, so if you are caring and compassionate, enthusiastic, motivated, and approachable we’d love you to join our team at Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council.

We are looking for exceptional, enthusiastic and creative, child focused people to cover maternity leave on a fixed term contract in our well-established Residential Homes.

This is a fixed term, part time role of 30 hours per week and the actual salary for the role is £22,163 - £25,430.

The ideal candidates must also be able to effectively extend these skills to the young people’s families/carers and any other multidisciplinary professionals.

The Residential Homes care for children who are looked after by the local authority. The overall aims as a Residential Care Officer are to ensure young people are loved, happy, healthy, safe from harm and able to develop, thrive and fulfil their full potential. It will be your responsibility to ensure young people are provided with a safe and stimulating environment ensuring they are valued and nurtured as individuals with talents, strengths and capabilities that can develop over time.

The young people we care for may have experienced a problematic history which has impacted on their development including their ability to form relationships, display socially acceptable behaviour and conform to routines and boundaries. Therefore, as a Residential Care Officer you will be expected to be a positive role model to these young people whilst also undertaking a wide variety of tasks to help promote each young person’s individual independence. It will be your responsibility to ensure young people are supported emotionally, mentally and physically in order to help boost self-esteem and contribute into repairing earlier damage from any past experiences. Such tasks will include positively dealing with challenging situations, problem solving, some personal care, transporting young people to contact with their families, taking part in activities, holidays, domestic and health and safety tasks around the homes.

In return, you will receive support and induction training in the first instance and will also be supported to undertake all mandatory and some non-mandatory training.

You will be required to hold a full UK driving licence for the post.

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council ensures that all customers, both internal and external receive a consistently high-quality level of service.

For detailed information on this role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached to the advert.

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council prides itself on being a great place to work where staff are trusted, valued and supported to make a positive contribution at work.

You will receive a competitive salary, enhancements for the role and sleepover payments where appropriate. There may also further opportunities to pick up additional hours as and when required.

The salary grade on appointment will be determined by qualifications and experience.

If you want to chat more about the role before you apply, then please get in touch with Kadie McGhee via email Kadie.McGhee@stockton.gov.uk or alternatively you can contact Kadie on 07846680230.
 
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This job is closed for applications.
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