Description
- Part-time Residential Childcare Support Worker
- From £11.55 per hour, rising to £12.12 p/h following probation, subject to holding a relevant NVQ qualification
- 16 hours per week, usually two shifts per week, plus overtime
- Shifts on a rolling roster to include some weekends and Bank holidays
- Bournemouth, Ringwood, Ferndown
About the role
Beaufort Care Group are a reputable, established company providing residential childcare and support services for looked-after children in Ringwood, Bournemouth, Poole and surrounding areas.
We are recruiting for Part-time Residential Childcare Support Workers to join our teams in the local area. We pride ourselves in giving high quality childcare to children aged 8 to16, putting the individual needs of the child at the very centre of what we do each day.
Our Residential Childcare Support Workers perform the role of ‘parent’. You will contribute to the children’s care, building trusted relationships, supporting their educational needs, planning leisure activities, and creating a structured daily home life, where children can thrive, ensuring their welfare and safety. We provide a nurturing, caring, ‘family feel’ within each home that aims to enrich young lives and encourage their development in all aspects of life.
About you
As a Part-time Residential Childcare Support Worker, we look for personal qualities over experience. You will be able to demonstrate that you are:
- Committed to safeguarding children
- Motivated to make a positive difference each day
- A great communicator with children and young people
- Resilient to cope with challenging behaviours
- Proactive, able to plan and individualise activities, make it interesting and have fun!
- Patient in building relationships, able to adapt your style depending on the child
- A good listener and empathetic
- Able to pay close attention to detail, accurately record information and use IT
- Able to use basic life skills such as cooking, housekeeping and good home management
- Flexible in your approach to support the children and your team
It would be beneficial to your application to demonstrate any previous experience of working with children, mental health services, or experience in handling emotional, behavioural difficulties, abuse, or trauma.
Essential criteria
To carry out your duties, you must be able to drive and hold a valid UK driving licence. You must be within a daily commutable distance of work and be prepared to travel as part of the role on occasions.
It is a requirement that you will either hold or be willing to work towards achieving the NVQ Level 4 in Children, Young People & Families Practitioner or hold an equivalent qualification such as NVQ 3 / Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care.
Successful candidates will be subject to background checks including an enhanced DBS check, references, and eligibility to work in the UK.
In return, we provide
- Hourly rate starting from £11.55 per hour, rising to £12.12 per hour, following successful probation and completion of relevant NVQ qualification
- 5.6 weeks holiday per year, pro rata for part-time
- Opportunity for overtime
- £500 joining bonus (T&C’s apply)
- Company funded Blue Light Card
- Free DBS
- Refer a friend recommendation scheme
- Company events
- Fully paid training and induction from day one
- Fully funded qualifications, relevant to job role
- Progression opportunities
Safer recruitment
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the people we care for, creating a setting in which everyone feels welcome and safe.
Successful candidates are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes the disclosure of criminal records, safeguarding/barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing, eligibility to work in the UK and identification checks.
Safeguarding at Beaufort Care Group is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the organisation. We make sure that all our staff are trained and supervised to a high standard so they can provide safe, effective practice.
Equal Opportunities
Beaufort Care Group Ltd supports Equal Opportunities in Employment and opposes all forms of unlawful discrimination on grounds such as race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief and age. You are expected to comply to the Companies EO Policy and Guide to Equality document.
Candidates must be within commutable distance and must have the right to live and work in the UK. If this criteria is not met, your application will not be considered.
Due to the number of applications that we receive, only candidates who are shortlisted will be contacted.