Casual Residential child care practitioner Aldine House Secure Childrens home

We are currently recruiting to 2 casual residential child care practitioner posts to work as and when required at Aldine House Secure Children’s home. The home is open 7 days a week 365 days per year.

You do need experience of working or volunteering with vulnerable children in order to apply and be able to be flexible in order to meet the requirements of being on the casual register as we may contact you at short notice to cover shifts.

You will also need to attend the two/three day induction period and safeguarding training prior to any shifts being offered. Work offered will be covering shifts which may be during the week, evenings, weekends or bank holidays to cover staff absences at the home.

Enhanced rates of pay will apply if you are required to work out of hours.

We will also need to complete an enhanced DBS check for both children's and adults services with you as our children can be aged between 16-25.

As a residential child care practitioner you will play a crucial part in providing life changing support, enabling children to thrive and have the best life chances.

You will have experience of working with vulnerable children, be resilient and able to deal with challenging behaviour.

You will be able to formulate care plans and risk assessments and have a good understanding of child and emotional development, supporting children to recover from childhood trauma, abuse or neglect. You will need to be IT competent with the ability to update electronic records.

Knowledge of the Children's Act and safeguarding is essential.

Further information : Dulcie.Valerio-Depledge@sheffield.gov.uk

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.