Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

CALLEYDOWN SHORT BREAK CHILDRENS’ HOME in New Addington

Residential Childcare Care Worker
Permanent – 36 hours per week
Salary: Grade 5 £33,012 - £33,987

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 a residential worker with childcare experience to join our team and welcome applications from male and female workers. 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 Residential Childcare Worker are to 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 link worker 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 2-10pm and 7am – 3pm shifts. It also including weekends, bank holidays and sleep in duties. An enhanced DBS will be required for the successful candidate.

Applicants without NVQ or Diploma level 3 in Children and young people will be required to complete the training within the first 2 years of employment. Your application must evidence your experience knowledge and skills in line with the Advert, Role Profile and Person Specification.

For further information please contact Jennie Pearce on 01689 842464
Telephone: 020 8760 5563 – 24 hour answer phone

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Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role