Children's Residential Support Worker (Cullompton, Devon)

About us:

Impact for Change was established in 2017 and provides care within 3 of our Children’s Homes in the Southwest. We believe every child deserves and has a right to a home and a positive childhood.

Due to continued growth and development, we are opening up a full-time opportunity to support our home and enhance our existing team.

As part of our cultural and ethical framework, we implement a supportive and accessible senior leadership team who value quality of care above profit. We are committed to ensuring staff well-being and actively encourage ongoing personal and professional development within the children’s residential care sector.

To support our continuing evolvement, we are recruiting for a Residential Childcare Practitioner (RCP) to help make this positive difference in the lives of our young people.

If you are passionate about good outcomes for children in care and feel that you can enhance and positively impact their lives, then we would like to hear from you.

For more information about working in Children’s homes, please follow the link below.

https://www.residentialchildcarecareers.co.uk

Experience, Qualification and Skill Requirements:

Essential:

• A commitment to complete, or an existing Level 3 or 4 qualification in residential childcare or Health & Social Care (children and young people)
• Full UK driving licence

Desirable:

• Experience of working with children who demonstrate emotional behavioural difficulty
• Experience of PACE, trauma informed practice or play therapy.

Location

Cullompton, Devon

Salary and Hours:

Full time, permanent contract - 39 hours per week.

£34,336.62 - £39,836.98 per annum inclusive of sleep ins at a rate of £101.68 - dependent on experience, qualification and number of sleep ins completed.

Shift times are as follows:

• Start: 10:00am – 23:00pm
• Finish: 07:00am - 10:30am the following day

Sleep in duties take place from 23:00pm – 07:00am and will equate to approximately 7-10 per month on average at a rate of £101.68 per sleep in.

Rota Pattern:

A typical ‘rolling' rota pattern will be: -

Week 1: Mon, Weds, Sat

Week 2: Tues, Fri, Sun

Week 3: Thurs only.

Successful applicants will be required to work shifts based on the rolling rota described above, which will fall over weekends and bank holidays.

We believe in looking after our team by recognising the importance of the role and the challenges it can bring by offering the following company benefits:

• Aviva health cover (from one year of service)
• Time served financial and annual leave increases
• Full Training and mentoring
• Company pension
• Sick pay (from one year of service)

For full details of any of the above, or for further information, please contact us at: [email protected]

We subscribe to Safer Recruitment practices. An enhanced DBS check and employment references will be required for this role, as well as additional checks in accordance with Safer Recruitment best practice guidance.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £34,336.62-£39,836.98 per year

Work Location: In person