Job Description

Job description

Residential Child care Practitioner casual posts at Mather Road children's home

We are currently recruiting to a number of casual residential child care practitioners to work as and when required at Mather Road Children's home. The home is open 7 days a week 365 days per year.



You do need experience of working or volunteering with vulnerable children in order to apply and be able to be flexible in order to meet the requirements of being on the casual register as we may contact you at short notice to cover shifts.



You will also need to attend the two/three day induction period and safeguarding training prior to any shifts being offered. Work offered will be covering shifts which may be during the week, evenings, weekends or bank holidays to cover staff absences at the home.



Enhanced rates of pay will apply if you are required to work out of hours.



We will also need to complete an enhanced DBS check for both children's and adults services with you as our children can be aged between 16-25.





As a residential child care practitioner you will play a crucial part in providing life changing support, enabling children to thrive and have the best life chances.



You will have experience of working with vulnerable children, be resilient and able to deal with challenging behaviour.



You will be able to formulate care plans and risk assessments and have a good understanding of child and emotional development, supporting children to recover from childhood trauma, abuse or neglect. You will need to be IT competent with the ability to update electronic records.



Knowledge of the Children's Act and safeguarding is essential.



Please contact Carly.Peters@sheffield.gov.uk



We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.



It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.



Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.



Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.

Job details

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Job reference
REQ003545
Date posted
23/07/2025
Application closing date
07/08/2025
Location
Sheffield
Salary
Grade 5 29,093 Pro rata
Package
Casual
Contractual hours
0
Basis
Blank
Job category/type
Children's Social Care