Children’s Home - Resource Worker x 2 (G760)
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Part time
Advert Start Date:
14/02/2018
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 02/03/2018 23:59
Salary:
£18,746 - £20,138 pro rata
Hours per week:
18 hours per week
Job Category:
Social Care - Children Service
Employment Location:
Middlesbrough
Further Information
Reference: G760
Department: Children’s Care
Service Area: Children’s Services
Salary: £18,746 - £20,138 pro rata
Plus enhancements which are waking night time and a third, Sunday rate time and a half and bank holiday double time.
Hours: 18 hours per week
Contractual Status: Permanent
We are seeking to recruit suitable people to work within our Children’s Homes. The homes provide care for a small number of children and young people and are situated in the Middlesbrough area.
We are committed to Restorative Practice when working with young people and their families.
The successful candidates will provide a high quality of care and support, which meets the physical, emotional, intellectual, behavioral, health, social and cultural needs of the children and families for whom the home provides a service. This will include working with children with very challenging behaviour, complex emotional problems, mental health disorders and other additional/special needs.
The successful candidates will be based initially in a named Home, but will be expected to be prepared to work in any Middlesbrough Children’s Home or Centre as needed, or to work with children who are living in the community or within their own homes.
Applicants must:
• Have a recognised Child Care Qualification (minimum of QCF Level 3) or a willingness to achieve this award
• Experience of working with children and young people
• An understanding of child development and challenging behaviour
• A positive attitude and the ability to work with young people
You will also be required to work unsocial hours - including week-ends, bank holidays and nights. A Full UK Driving License is a requirement for this post.
For further information please contact Katie Dawson Children’s Home Manager on 01642 727292
Interview dates will be screening interview 13th March 2018 and interview 14th March 2018 – Part of the process will be to meet young people during the interviews dates.
The above post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Closing date: Friday 2nd March 2018 by 12 midnight.
Please note
This job is closed for applications.