Residential Childcare Worker + Welcome Bonus

Job description

*JOIN US AND RECEIVE OUR AMAZING WELCOME BONUS. £500 WHEN YOU START AND £500 AFTER 6 MONTHS*

Acorn Education and Care are currently hiring Residential Childcare Workers in the Staffordshire region!

Role: Residential Childcare Worker

Salary: Up to £26,201.60 per annum (inclusive of 8 sleep ins payments per month)

Hours: Full-time, Permanent (40 hours per week, varied shift patterns)

Location: Stone, Staffordshire

Our next Residential Childcare Worker will be someone who has: 

• A big heart and passion to make a difference to the residents’ lives.
• Patience, resilience, and calmness.

Some of your duties would be as follows

• Supporting the children to appointments and activities such as shopping or trips out
• Completing relevant paperwork
• Undertaking household tasks
• Engage our children and young people in tasks and activities

The Opportunity

Acorn Education and Care, part of Outcomes First Group, are recruiting Residential Childcare Workers to join our team in the Staffordshire region.

Your warmth will enable you to support vulnerable children aged 7-18 with social, emotional and mental health difficulties (SEMH). This means that the Children we care for may have experienced challenging or traumatic upbringings and may have difficulties with anxiety, mental health or in some cases self-harm.

Our residential homes are friendly and fun, and though there are challenges too, everything we do is dedicated to creating rewarding experiences – for those we look after and for everyone in our team!

How we reward you

We want our residents to have the best care possible, and therefore you’ll receive an exceptional rewards package including:

• Basic salary: £21,881.60 per annum
• Sleep ins paid at £45.00 per night
• £1000 Welcome Bonus for all our new starters, £500 when you start and £500 after you 6 months * ts and cs apply
• Funded qualifications: starting with working towards a funded Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare qualification. (if you do not currently hold this or equivalent)
• Annual Leave Entitlement equivalent to 5.6 weeks per year (with options to purchase more)
• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• Earn £1000 by referring a friend
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And market leading benefits offered through our Flexible Benefits Platform Vista that enable you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad, to use at high street stores, events, cinemas, restaurants and more!
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

Our next Residential Childcare Worker will be someone who has: 

• A big heart and passion to make a difference to the residents’ lives.
• Patience, resilience, and calmness.

Some of your duties would be as follows

• Supporting the children to appointments and activities such as shopping or trips out
• Completing relevant paperwork
• Undertaking household tasks
• Engage our children and young people in tasks and activities

How to apply:

To apply now please click Apply on Company Site and follow the on screen instructions or call us today on 01204 927626 and speak to one our dedicated talent scouts!

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. All successful applicants will be subject to fully Enhanced DBS.

*Ts and Cs apply

Extra information

Status

Closed

Education Level

University

Location

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Type of Contract

Full Time Jobs

Profession type

Home Care

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English