Gateshead
14.10
Full time
Full job description
Residential Childcare Officer – Days and Sleep-ins
Driver’s with their own car is desirable
Gateshead
£14.10 per hour + bonus at the end of the year
37.5 hours per week and alternate weekends.
We are currently looking for residential childcare officers to join our team based in and around Gateshead to help care for children and young people in our children’s service.
What’s on Offer?
Paid mandatory and ongoing career development training
Genuine progression opportunities
Chances to spin our WOW-Wheel!
Flexibility around family commitments
Refer-a-friend bonus!
Loyalty bonuses.
Exceptional support from a company genuinely focused on changing people’s lives
About the role:
Our residential childcare officer’s aid with all aspects of care inclusive of social, recreational, physical, and psychological needs of the service user. You will be required to enable Service Users to lead fulfilling lives based upon their personal support needs. You will work to high standards set internally and externally. doing all you can to make sure that the children we support.
What you will need:
Essential:
Respectful of the dignity of service users
Ability to maintain service user confidentiality
Ability to relate to service users and their needs
A desire to create a comfortable, harmonious, supportive, and fulfilling environment for service users
A commitment to undertaking relevant training and personal development
Basic literacy and numeracy
Ability to work in and contribute to a team
Approachable, calm and patient
Good listening abilities
Reliable and honest
Ability to communicate with peers, professionals, and service users
Committed to the principles and practice of Equal Opportunities
Committed to the provision of high-quality care
Caring and sympathetic
Friendly, positive demeanour
Desirable:
Key worker experience
Experience in the field of learning disabilities, mental health, or physical disabilities
Experience of providing personal care
Writing and maintenance of care plans
Organising social and recreational activities
Level 2 or 3 in Children’s and Young people’s workforce
Apply now if you want to make a difference as a residential childcare officer.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £14.10 per hour
Expected hours: 37.5 per week
Ashdown Care is a family-run business with over 30 years of experience in the care sector. We offer a supportive, family-focused work environment where staff are valued and encouraged to grow both professionally and personally.
If you are passionate about making a positive difference and want to work for a supportive, values-driven organisation, we would love to hear from you.
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Learn more about us and our values at:
www.ashdowncare.com