Residential Care Worker (Airey Terrace)
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
15/02/2018
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 01/03/2018 22:59
Salary:
£23,398 - £26,822 per annum
Hours per week:
37 hours per week
Job Category:
Social Care - Children Service
Employment Location:
Newcastle upon Tyne
Further Information
37 hours per week
Airey Terrace is a children’s home based in Newcastle. We are committed to providing quality care and achieving positive outcomes for the young people we look after. You will need to be resourceful, with the ability to establish relationships quickly whilst working as part of a team towards agreed aims and objectives.
You will be highly motivated, have good communication and IT skills and a clear understanding of needs of children and their families. You will have experience in working with vulnerable young people, who at times display challenging behaviours. Experience of residential care and a recognised social work qualification or NVQ level 3 is desirable.
You will be required to follow a rota, weekend work with shift patterns and sleep-ins as required.
We are committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is working in regulated activity. If you are successful we will undertake additional recruitment checks which will include a check to see if you have had any criminal convictions, a check of police information and we will check the barred list(s). It is a criminal offence for a barred individual to apply for a job in regulated activity.
Apply online at www.northeastjobs.org.uk.
As this post involves working with children, vulnerable adults or dealing with sensitive information, written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers before the final selection stage; even if you indicate otherwise.
Please note
This job is closed for applications.