Residential Childcare Worker - St. Austell, United Kingdom - Teaching Personnel

Teaching Personnel

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St. Austell, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our client an Outstanding Children's Services Authority is looking to recruit an enthusiastic individual who is looking to make a positive change in the lives of disabled children in the St.

Austell Area.

You should be child centred, able to use your own initiative, and work as part of a team.

You will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and partnership working when working with parents and other professionals.

Key Notes:

Full time hours available. Shifts to choose from; days, nights & weekends.
Working within a max 5 bed children's home, with a varying need of complex disabilities and complex behaviours.
Age varies from 6 years 18 years.
Variety of shift patterns: 7am 11pm, 2:30pm 9:00pm, 7:30am 3pm, 3:00pm 9:30pm.

Main purpose of the job:

To be part of a skilled team to ensure the best outcomes, for disabled children and young people.
You will encourage the children to have fun, to learn, grow and develop in a safe way.

Responsibilities:

To take an active role in the daytoday care, support and supervision of the children and young people accessing the homes, ensuring that their needs are met as defined within their agreed Care planning documents.
To plan, organise and participate in a range of activities which support children to enjoy and achieve, which may also include holiday breaks.
To undertake generic household duties, including daily cleaning tasks, laundry management and the preparation and cooking of healthy and balanced meals as required.
To be responsible for secure storage and administering of medication in line with the medication policy.
To assist in ensuring the physical standards of the home provide a safe and child centred environment.
To treat children with care, respect and dignity at all times and act as a positive role model.
To recognise and respect each child's social, educational, health, cultural, spiritual and emotional needs and provide appropriate support to meet these individual needs.
You will work shifts which will potentially include a range of early, late, split, weekend and sleepin shifts as dictated by the needs of the children accommodated in the home.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ's on the Teaching Personnel website for details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' this may also include an online search as partof our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

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