Residential Care Worker

Cheshire West and Chester Council brings a fresh and energetic approach to providing top quality services for its many customers and communities. West Cheshire is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.

We are seeking to appoint a committed, creative and resilient short break carer working in a residential short breaks home, alongside an enthusiastic well-established team, caring for young people aged between 8-18years that have a range of disabilities. As part of your role you will be expected to carry out all aspects of personal care, administering of medication and will be committed to ensuring Good strong relationships and outstanding outcomes for our children in this challenging and rewarding role. Chester’s Residential service aims to ensure that its most vulnerable children's needs are met and that their life chances are maximised to enable them to achieve their full potential. The Council has a strong residential service where all of our homes are rated as either good or outstanding.

You should have relevant experience of working with children. Along with this, you should also have the QCF Level 3 or equivalent in residential childcare. You will be part of a team that is committed to inspiring and motivating people in this type of setting to ensure exceptional care for children.

Our Children and Families work in a trauma informed way using our innovative multi-agency partnership model ‘Our Way of Working’.

You will also have access to a range of benefits including:

• Competitive salary
• Enhancements up to £4/5k (pro-rata)
• Annual Leave - You will receive 25 days annual leave per annum rising to 30 days after five years continuous Local Government Service.
• Grow your own culture - We have a Career Progression structure comprising of three levels of progression programmes to support your professional development.
• Working rewards – we have a variety of schemes available to employees which include; additional Annual Leave, car and cycle purchase scheme, WorkFit Membership, home and electronics purchase scheme, in addition to discounts at a wide range of high street and online retailers.
• Pension Scheme – our Local Government Pension Scheme is a career average pension scheme with employee contributions of between 5.5% and 8.5% and employer contributions currently of 23.8%. The scheme includes ill health and death in service benefits (after two years membership).
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24-hour, seven day a week lifestyle support for when you or your family members need a ‘listening ear’ from qualified advisor on a wide range of personal and work issues.

Please contact Sarah Pay on [email protected] if you need any further information.

Please note that this job is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

No candidate will meet every single desired requirement. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

In your application you should ensure that you provide evidence of how you have demonstrated meeting the Council’s core competencies of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.

The contractual work location for this role is listed above however you may be required to work from a range of work locations or sites within the Borough and may also be required to work from home, depending on the needs of the service.

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Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please click the Equality Policy for more information.

Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £9.90 per hour for all contracted hours.

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