Senior Residential Childcare Worker

Job Description

Salary range: Grade 6 £35,250 - £36,585. plus fantastic benefits
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Croydon

CALLEYDOWN SHORT BREAK CHILDRENS’ HOME

Senior Residential Childcare Care Worker Grade 6

Salary: £35,250 - £36,585

Calleydown is a residential short break care home for Children with Learning Disabilities aged 5 to 18 years. Some of the children have associated physical disabilities with total care needs, and some have challenging behaviour.

Calleydown forms part of Croydon’s Services for Children with Disabilities Team and is located in New Addington, Croydon.

We are looking to recruit an Internal candidate as a Senior residential childcare worker to work at Calleydown. Applicants will need to have NVQ/Diploma Level 3 In Residential Childcare or Children and Young People and have experience of working with children with complex needs.

Applicants will need to understand the additional needs children with disabilities have and be willing to offer care and support that meets their needs. The key responsibilities of a Senior Residential Childcare Worker are to manage the shift in the absence of the shift manager and support your team and the activities planned for that day.

Support and care for children and young people, offering opportunities for them to have fun, develop and learn new skills. You will be part of a team providing care to children and promoting positive outcomes. You will have direct supervision from a shift manager, and will need to be excellent at communicating, child focused and have good organisational skills. You will need to be able to demonstrate the ability to adapt to situations and have a flexible approach.

Additional skills required will be to maintain the home and carry out household and domestic tasks, complete children’s records and have computer skills for recording children’s information, as part of your role. You will also need to be confident in managing challenging behaviour and carry out permissible forms of control and physical interventions.

The post requires you to work on regular rota pattern including some weekends and bank holidays. An enhanced DBS will be required for the successful candidate.

Your application must evidence your experience knowledge and skills in line with the Advert, Role Profile and Person Specification.

Unfortunately, we cannot offer sponsorship for this position.

For further information please contact Jennie Pearce on 01689 842464

To apply go to: www.croydon.gov.uk

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Croydon Council’s priorities

The Council balances its books, listens to residents, and delivers good sustainable services

• Get a grip on the finances and make the council financially sustainable
• Become a council which listens to, respects and works in partnership with Croydon’s diverse communities and businesses
• Strengthen collaboration and joint working with partner organisations and the voluntary, community and faith sectors
• Ensure good governance is embedded and adopt best practice
• Develop our workforce to deliver in a manner that respects the diversity of our communities

Key business plan outcomes:

• Croydon is a place of opportunity for business, earning and learning
• Children and young people in Croydon have the chance to thrive, learn and fulfil their potential
• Croydon is a cleaner, safer and healthier place, a borough we’re proud to call home
• People can lead healthier and independent lives for longer
• Croydon Council’s new ways of working

Equal Opportunities Statement

Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.

Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
The Successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check, if the role requires one.