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Residential Care Worker - Full-time

Caldecott Foundation School, Ashford

  • Ref:KCC886-7003-87S
  • Posted:28/04/2022
  • Pay: £24,440 - £26,670.80
  • Start Date:asap
  • App Close Date:28/06/2022 at 11:00
  • Interviews:TBC

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Residential Care Worker

Ashford, Kent

 

Salary: £22,613 to £28,226 (inclusive of basic salary plus 2 sleep ins per week)

39 or 45 hour per week contracts available DOE

28 days holiday entitlement (inclusive of Bank Holidays) – increasing to 30 days after 3 years of service

 

Are you looking for a rewarding role with excellent career progression opportunities?

 

The Caldecott Foundation is looking for a caring individual who is passionate about improving the lives and outcomes for children and young people; encouraging life skills and helping the young people to develop their social skills through play and education, whilst having fun.  We pride ourselves in providing our children and young people with exciting opportunities and an outstanding environment to live in.

 

Duties of A Residential Care Worker:

  • To support the learning, emotional and social needs of children/young people within a class group setting or residential home.
  • To participate in recording, monitoring and evaluating individual child strategies/support.
  • To assist in the implementation of Personal Education Programmes for children/young people and help monitor their progress.
  • Support, monitor and evaluate the children/young people’s emotional and behavioural difficulties and help develop their social skills.
  • To provide and support the provision of primary care for each child/young person and help them develop healthy attachments.
  • Provide support for individual children/young people inside and outside the classroom to enable them to fully participate in learning activities.

Caldecott Employee Benefits include:

  • Health cash back scheme (covering you & up to four children)
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Vouchers & Discounts off retail, food, and entertainment
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Pension scheme
  • Comprehensive induction
  • High quality training including Level 3 working with children & young people NVQ
  • Staff refer a friend scheme
  • Paid DBS
  • Company events

 

we actively encourage career progression to enable staff to reach their full potential. We can offer a range of routes to progress your career including management and leadership, social work, education and therapy roles.  

 

The benefits you receive will increase over time in recognition of your commitment and dedication.

 

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to attend interview – TBC

If you are successful at a formal interview you will be invited to one of the homes to meet staff and young people who also play an active role in the Foundations recruitment process.

 

The Caldecott Foundation is committed to safeguarding children.  We follow safer recruitment guidelines and all appointments will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service and references.

 

If you feel you have the personal skills and energy to work in one of our outstanding homes please go to the Foundations website, www.thecaldecottfoundation.co.uk or contact our Recruitment Officer bethany.cook@caldecottfoundation.co.uk or by phone on 01303 815639 for a full job description and person specification and an application form

 

Please note: we aim to contact shortlisted applicants as soon as possible. 

 

Registered Charity No. 307889

Information about the school

Caldecott School is a non-maintained special school catering for up to 64 young people across Key Stages 1-4. We are a therapeutic school specialising in supporting the educational and emotional needs of students who have experienced trauma, and/or have a diagnosis of Autism and/or other neurodevelopmental and psychological problems aged 5 – 16.

Our team of teachers and Therapists work closely together to deliver a therapy informed curriculum within a safe, stimulating, personalised and nurturing learning environment. We strongly believe that children and young people can learn and move forward in their educational journey when their emotional, social, and cognitive needs are appropriately supported.

Caldecott School is set in a 24 acre site near Ashford, Kent and offers an exciting curriculum which is individualised to meet the needs of our students and includes Forest School, outdoor learning and a number of vocational courses - catering, construction, land based studies and hairdressing. Our holistic approach is underpinned by our Relational Model and has a therapeutic approach at its core designed to build trusting supportive relationships and address barriers to learning so that all of our students can achieve their full potential.

Our school is part of the Caldecott Foundation which is a well established charity that also provides residential care and fostering services. We have an exceptional track record delivering the highest quality of care and education and Ofsted agree having rated 8 out of our 10 services as ‘Outstanding’ as of May 2022. Caldecott School is currently rated ‘Good’.

It is an exciting time to join our team as we continue our plans to increase the number of students that we support as well as develop new courses and experiences for our students including a town farm where students can study animal husbandry.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.