Job title: Senior Residential Worker

Salary: £28672- £32910 per annum pro rata (which includes 2SCP for unsociable hours) Plus, sleep in allowance £37.07/night when required

Location: The Alders, Tamworth

Contract & Working pattern: Permanent | Full time | 37 hours per week | Shifts consist of lates, earlies and sleep ins across an 8 week rota inclusive of weekends.

About The Alders

The Alders children’s home provides short/medium term care for up to 4 young people aged between 12 and 17 years, who may be admitted in an emergency.  The purpose of the home is to provide a safe and secure environment that promotes the welfare of looked after children, whilst working directly with young people to support them emotionally and physically to develop into positive role models.

The role

You will play a lead role in assisting the Registered Manager in ensuring that resident’s needs are facilitated according to Quality Care Standards for Children’s Homes 2015.  You’ll be finding solutions and dealing with operational difficulties, significant events and maintenance of systems and processes as required by Directorate Policy and Quality Standards for Children’s Homes. So, you’ll be great at working on your own initiative, managing a team of staff and you’ll have the ability to deal with sometimes emotionally demanding and challenging situations.

What you’ll bring

You’ll need to have:

- NVQ Level 3 or willingness to work towards level 4

Plus, ideally, you’ll be a warm, nurturing person who understands that young people need a fresh start. You may perhaps have experience of working with teenagers in Residential care previously.  You’ll also be passionate about supporting young people to move on in a positive direction.

Residential care is demanding and so you’ll need to be resilient and flexible in this role and in turn we’ll give you all the support you need to be successful.

Please note on occasion in residential care there is a need to only accept applicants from a particular protected characteristic. As per the exceptions under the Equality Act 2010 there is an occupational requirement for this role to be fulfilled by someone aged 21 years or over. The reason being that we are legally required to ensure that anyone appointed is at least 4 years older than our oldest resident. Therefore, we will only be able to progress applications from candidates aged 21 years or over. Details of the exception referred to can be found here Equality Act 2010 (legislation.gov.uk)

Our offer to you

Staffordshire County Council has one of the largest Children’s Services in England and is rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted which offers great opportunities to progress your career here. We’re known for our supportive approach, and we want everyone here to have real purpose in their work and a good work life balance to have time to do the things they enjoy.

Our benefits

Here’s just some of the benefits we have here at Staffordshire:

• Generous holiday entitlement from 24 up to 33 days (plus 8 bank holidays and 2 extra statutory days) depending on job role and length of service. That’s a minimum of 34 days annual leave.
• The option to buy up to an additional 2 weeks annual leave per year
• A range of flexible working options, depending on your job role, which includes agile working, flexible retirement

• Family Friendly Policies - maternity, adoption, paternity and parental leave
• New benefits platform Vivup offering discounts and many lifestyle benefits via an app
• An excellent local government pension scheme
• Volunteering Scheme
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• Access to health and wellbeing support (including Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Counselling Services)
• Eye care vouchers
• Car lease scheme / cycle & car loan scheme / employee car share scheme
• Bus and rail travel discounts

So, how do I apply?

Just click on the ‘Apply’ button. If you do have technical issues please contact recruitment@staffordshire.gov.uk and the team will help you.

Closing Date: 27 February 2022
Interview Date: TBC

For more information about the role please contact:  Jo Heath or Kerry Snell on 01827 782100

Our recruitment process

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.

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Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities. As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the position.