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Service Care Solutions
Posted 2 days ago, valid for a month
Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF10 4UW, Wales
£14.24 per hour
Full Time
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Sonic Summary
- Cardiff Council is seeking a Residential Child Care Worker for various children's homes in the city, with a focus on supporting young people with disabilities and looked after children.
- This full-time, temporary position lasts for three months, with potential for permanent roles in the future.
- The pay rate is £14.24 per hour, with additional enhancements for evenings, weekends, and sleep-in duties, including a 30% increase after 8pm on weekdays and £40.80 per sleep-in shift.
- Candidates should have experience working with children and young people in a residential setting and must be registered with Social Care Wales, along with holding an Enhanced DBS check and a full UK driving licence.
- The role requires a dedicated individual with a positive attitude to help children achieve personal development goals and foster meaningful relationships.
It takes a special type of person to dedicate their career to supporting others. We are looking for individuals to help ensure children and young people receive a high level and quality of individual support throughout their time in our home. You will be working within a team supporting children and young people to achieve positive outcomes, build appropriate relationships and have fun, being there at every step of their development. As a Residential Childcare Officer, you will play an essential part in providing direct care and effective support to young people to enable them to achieve positive outcomes in line with their childcare personal plan. Every day is different, and you will face new challenges, we need staff members with a can-do attitude, that are willing to go above and beyond for the young people in their care.
In addition to the above the ideal candidate will have:
Experience of working with children and young people either within a residential
setting
Registered withSocial Care Wales
Enhanced DBS check
Full UK driving licence
The benefits of working with Eilidh at Service Care Solutions:
You will receive a dedicated and personal consultant with a vast knowledge of social
work
We are a nationwide supplier of Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities
which means we have a wide variety of exclusive roles based all over the country
We provide frequent updates of new opportunities via text and email
We have an expert payroll service which is processed twice a week
At Service Care Solutions we also offer a £250 bonus for referrals! If you think you know someone who would be ideal for this role and they are placed in the job you will then receive £250 at the end of their probationary period.
To apply for this role, or to refer someone else, then please do not hesitate to contact Eilidh at Service Care Solutions!
