Residential Childcare Practitioner - Barnsley, United Kingdom - Rise Above Care

Rise Above Care

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Barnsley, United Kingdom

2 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Looking for a rewarding career in a fast-paced job where no two days are ever the same?
Rise above care is now recruiting for Residential Childcare Practitioners for our homes based in Sheffield and Barnsley.

We are looking for dynamic staff to join our family and support our new and exciting adventure and to change children's lives for the better.

Pay Rate - £11.50 P/H Between £23,000-£27,000 depending on how many completed sleepovers throughout the month.

Our home's are registered for either two or three young people, catering for EBD.

You will be part of a dedicated team of staff, who are child-centred in their approach and values-led in their practice.

You will work closely with external professionals, including social workers, teachers and healthcare professionals, to build a comprehensive programme of care for our children and ensure that they are happy, safe and stimulated.

Who are we?

We are a company to grow and develop within, we offer full training, and pride ourselves upon internal progression and promotions, with all of our new staff being automatically enrolled onto their Level 3 Diploma after 6 months working for Rise Above Care.

We understand that training is so important and we will always invest in you if you're willing and want to learn.

Hours
This is a permanent, employed position. Consisting of an average of hours per month on Rota basis.

You will be required to do Sleep In's which will be paid at £50.00 per night.

Duties & Skills

Do you have what it takes to encourage and help our children to live independently and guide and teach them with your own life experiences? To do this we believe you will need empathy, compassion, resilience and positive parenting skills.

The skills we expect our staff to have:

12 months experience in a relevant environment or with young people (preferred)
The Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (preferred)
Some knowledge of working with behavioural and emotional difficulties and challenging behaviour
Resilience and passion, even through challenging times
A flexible approach to working
A full, clean, UK driving license (preferred)
A Passion for working with children
A Good Team Player
Excellent Communication Skills
Hardworking
Resilience

Benefits:

Casual dress
Company pension
Extra one day of paid annual leave if no sickness within a year period
28 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
Employee assistance programme includes free confidential counseling and 24 hour on call service all delivered by independent confidential professionals.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Requirements for an Enhanced DBS and reference checking will be undertaken in line with government regulations and safer recruitment best practice.
Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible due to the nature of these important checks it may extend the processing time

Equal Opportunities:
All young people are equally entitled to have their needs met in a fair and balanced way.

Rise above care employees are responsible for promoting equal opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any young person or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation or any other perceived difference.

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