JOB TITLE: CASUAL RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT WORKERS

Salary:  £19,171.00 PRO RATA PER ANNUM (£9.94 ph)

The Alders children’s home provides short term care for up to 5 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 contributing to the assessment of the young person’s needs.

We are currently recruiting for Children’s Casual Residential Support Workers for our home in Tamworth.  You will work as and when required. 

We are looking for enthusiastic, highly motivated individuals who are resilient and can respond appropriately to constant behavioural challenges having the ability to focus on the child’s positive attributes.

Skills and experience

The capability to provide day to day support to young people resident within the home, fulfilling care worker responsibilities and working in partnership with the young people, their families and all professional relevant agencies is essential and to be able to ensure their physical, emotional, social and health and educational needs are met.  To be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in all forms is also a necessity. An NVQ Level 3 in Caring for Children & Young Person’s qualification or equivalent is also a requirement and you must have a Full Driving Licence.

Interviews will be held on 11^th & 12^th November 2020

Closing date: Wednesday 21^st October 2020

Please contact Jo Heath or Carol Cierniak for further details on 01827 782100.

To apply for this post click on the ‘Apply’ button below.

Please be aware, only application forms completed online will be accepted. We will not accept CV’s or Word application forms.

This Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This position is subject to a Criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.