Residential Support Worker (Children with Disabilities)
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 27 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 27 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Bolton, BL1 4JY |
| Cwmni: | inploi |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 75712138 |
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Grade: F scp 17 £30,060 to scp 23 £33,366 plus 7% shift enhancement
Contract: Permanent
Essential Requirement: Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent or a commitment from you to achieve the qualification within two years of appointment.
Hours: Early Shift 7am 2.30pm, Late Shift 2.30pm 10pm
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The Role
Up to £33,366 depending on experience + 7%
An opportunity has become available to join a committed and established team within children services supporting children with additional needs.
The teams provide essential and valuable care to children and young people aged 8 to 18 years who may present with a range of complex needs, ensuring each child always feels safe and secure in their environment.
We have two home’s, Avondale and Trackside they are purpose-built bungalows that provide a short break care service to disabled young people. You will be required to work within the residential service offering high quality care to young people who need to spend some time away from home.
The role requires candidates to work a flexible rota, including weekend, bank holiday and evening work and form part of a committed team. Part of the role’s responsibility is to support children with a number of complex needs including autism, learning difficulties, and physical disabilities, aged between 8 18 years. These children need high levels of support to meet their personal care, physical and medical care needs, also staff will take part in activities both in and out of the home.
We are looking for individuals who are enthusiastic, energetic, creative and able to make a commitment to supporting young disabled people to stay safe, keep healthy, enjoy and achieve and take part in decisions which affect their lives whilst in our care.
Previous experience of working with young people and an understanding of the impact of disability are essential.
About You
The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellent organisational and communication skills, a ‘can do’ approach and be committed to improving outcomes for young people.
The successful candidate will work in partnership with young people, their families and as part of a multi-agency team to support young people to make progress, to achieve their full potential.
You will have experience of working with young people who present with the needs mentioned above. Understanding the needs children with a disability and their families is also essential.
The post requires a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent or a commitment from you to achieve the qualification within two years of appointment.
If you think you are what we are looking for please apply with your CV and a covering letter showing how you meet the requirements of the role as outlined in the job description and person specification telling us about your previous experience working with young people. Unfortunately, if you do tell us about your experience with young people we will not be able to consider your application.
Please indicate with your application what number of hours you are interested in per week.
This is a rolling advert, applications will be reviewed fortnightly and shortlisted applicants invited to interview. You will therefore receive a prompt response from us. We look forward to receiving your application.
About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.
Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.
As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.
Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.
Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and upload your anonymised CV and supporting statement discussing your relevant skills and experience and explain how you believe they make you a strong fit for this role.
Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.
This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.
For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk
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