Residential and Supported Accommodation Worker Warrington, North West England, England
Job description
The role
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to work within Warrington Council’s children’s homes.
We are looking for skilled, experienced staff to work with our children and young people to deliver best outcomes and to keep them safe and thrive constantly asking our self’s would this be good enough for my child.
Our fantastic residential homes are rated Good and Outstanding and we have high expectations on how we deliver the best care to our children and young people.
As well as an ambitious Children in Care & Care Leavers service, we have been developing our residential provision in line with our sufficiency statement to meet the changing needs of our community, and have recently been successful in a number of DFE Capital Bids. We plan to open four new homes for children over the next 12 months.
A bit about us…
We have a strong vision for social work practice in Warrington and are developing a new approach to social work. We are currently embedding a relationship based practice model that has systemic practice at its core. We are working alongside the Centre for Systemic Social Work, who are providing a comprehensive training programme to social workers and managers across our teams.
We are within easy commutable distance of Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside regions. In addition, we offer flexible working – including a blend of working from home/remotely
Here in Warrington we are proud to be graded Good in all areas in our 2019 Ofsted inspection.
We want all children and families to benefit from high quality and purposeful relationships with professionals. We believe this will help create the best opportunities for people to change and reach their full potential. We also believe one of the most effective ways to improve the outcomes for children and families is through providing our social workers with the best conditions in which they can thrive.
What else we can offer you:
- Great training and progression opportunities.
- We value good supervision and Time to Talk.
- We recognise that everyone is on their own individual journey and will tailor support to help you to achieve.
- We thrive off good multiagency working and relationships and have excellent support services available to
Our people help make Warrington work!
Because our people do such a great job, we’ve put together an attractive and competitive benefits package.
- Car leasing scheme (salary sacrifice)
- Comprehensive discount shopping platform
- Rail season ticket scheme
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Attractive pension scheme
For more great reasons to work for Warrington https://www.warrington.gov.uk/making-work-more-rewarding
We have high aspirations for our children and welcome those who share our ambition!
This is a challenging role and you will need to be flexible to the needs of the service, which includes working evenings, weekends and bank holidays. You will also be required to sleep in when required and rostered to do so.
If you feel you have the skills and experience to hold this position, we welcome an application from you.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
DBS clearance is required.
The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
Warrington Borough Council is a Disability Confident employer
