Night Residential Care Worker Uxbridge, England
Job description
About us
Hillingdon is London's second largest borough, with fantastic transport links with the A40, M25, the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines all local to us, so you can travel to work with ease and boasting over 20 square miles of scenic countryside, consisting of canals, rivers, parks and woodland. We’re also home to some of the world’s most renowned brands such as Coca-Cola and United Biscuits.
With an ambitious strategy we pride ourselves on delivering services that improves the lives of all our residents, businesses and partners. Embarking on our journey of continuous improvement, we’ve set an agenda to ensure the provision of; safer communities, a thriving local economy, a greener more sustainable environment, whilst increasing our digital capabilities throughout the Borough.
Putting our residents first is at the heart of everything we do! We want talented individuals like you to share our aspirations for the borough, supporting us to deliver exceptional services for Hillingdon.
About the role
As a Residential Care Worker, you will have the responsibility of the care and support of young people, maintaining a high level of care within the essential standards of quality and safety.
You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and will engage effectively with young people, providing individual support and advice, and implementing care plans. You will be committed to improving the lives of our young people and achieving positive outcomes.
Previous experience of working with young people is essential for this role.
If you are successful in your application for this role you will need to be flexible, work on a rota, covering 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
About you
You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and will engage effectively with young people, providing individual support and advice, and implementing care plans. You will be committed to improving the lives of our young people and achieving positive outcomes.
Previous experience of working with young people is essential for this role.
If you are successful in your application for this role you will need to be flexible, work on a rota, covering 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
What we offer
- local government average salary pension scheme
- free parking (4 days a week) if based at the Civic Centre
- a 36-hour week for all full-time staff
- generous holiday entitlement: a minimum 25 days a year (plus bank holidays), rising to 28 days after five years' service. For more senior positions holiday entitlements can rise to a maximum of 36 days
- career breaks
- flexible working hours
- season ticket loan
- access to a Credit Union
- access to a wide range of training and courses
- discount on a variety of Adult Education courses run by the Council
- payment of professional fees where these are required
- discounts at council-owned leisure centres and swimming pools at Hillingdon (Uxbridge), Queensmead (South Ruislip), Highgrove (Ruislip) and Botwell Green (Hayes)
- cycle purchase scheme
- car sharing scheme
- 30% discount on green fees at council-owned golf courses
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