Contract Type: Casual 

 

Salary: Grade F SCP 17 £15.33 – SCP 22 £16.71 per hour 

 

Hours: Casual 

 

Base Location: TMBC Children’s Homes (Dukinfield, Hyde, Denton, Ashton under-Lyne)

 

Closing Date: 26th April 2024 

 

Assessment Date: To be arranged

 

The Role

Do you consider yourself to be a caring, enthusiastic person who enjoys a challenge, is highly motivated and not easily discouraged?

 

Are you looking for:

• A new challenge?

• A change of environment?

• Opportunities for personal development?

 

We are looking for Residential Childcare Workers as part of a team providing 24-hour care within Children’s Residential Services. You will be working in a 3 bed Children’s Home caring for young people with complex emotional and behavioural needs.

 

Hours of work include evening shifts, day shifts, weekend working and bank holidays as part of a flexible working rota and sleep in duties, on occasion waking night shifts.

 

About you

 

Whilst qualification to NVQ Level 3 in Caring for Children and Young People is an advantage, we accept and encourage applications from candidates who do not hold this qualification.  What is important is that you have a passion for working with young people and supporting young people to reach their potential.  

 

We will support you to complete the qualification on starting in the role.  The qualification will equip you with knowledge and skills to help you succeed in this role and must be completed within 2 years.

 

About Us 

 

We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

 

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset.  Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do.  We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage.  Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do. 

 

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

 

 

For an informal discussion, please contact Daniel Blackburn, Team Manager on 07989 425 653.

 

 

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer.  Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

 

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

 

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We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please click here for more information on our guaranteed assessment scheme.