Job Description

About us:

Impact for Change is a family run business established in 2017, providing care within our Children's Homes. We believe every child has a right to, and deserves a home and a childhood that is positive, and that our team feels well supported in their own development as well as in their day-to-day work.

We pride ourselves on implementing a supportive and accessible senior leadership team, and as a company we focus on 'getting it right' by meeting the needs of our young people, staff and potential new placements by valuing quality of care over profit.

If you would like to work with children and young people in our homes, and are passionate about good outcomes for children in care and feel that you are able to positively impact their lives, then we would like to hear from you.

We are looking to increase the size of our team to support the growth within the home so are recruiting for a full time Residential Childcare Practitioner (RCP) to help make this positive difference in the lives of our young people.

For more information about working in Children's homes, please follow the link below.

https://www.residentialchildcarecareers.co.uk

Skills and Qualifications:

Essential:

Level 3 or 4 Residential Childcare Diploma or a commitment to complete

Full UK driving licence

Desirable:

Experience in residential childcare, children's homes, support work or previously worked with children with challenging behaviour - or close transferable skills

Experience of PACE, trauma informed practice or play therapy.

Location:

Langport, Somerset

Salary and Hours:

40 hours per week contract.

33,204.15 - 38,500.07 inclusive of sleep ins at a rate of 97.68 pro rata - dependent on qualifications and experience.

Shift start times will vary slightly and are dependent on rota structure for that day, and are approximately from 08:00am until 23:00pm.

Sleep in duties take place from 23:00pm - 07:00am and will equate to approximately 7-10 per month on average at a rate of 97.68 per sleep in. You would then complete a full shift the following day from 07.00am to approximately 08:30am.

A typical 'rolling' rota pattern will be: -

Week 1: Mon, Weds, Sat

Week 2: Tues, Fri, Sun

Week 3: Thurs only.

Successful applicants will be required to work shifts based on the rolling rota basis which will fall over weekends and bank holidays.

We believe in looking after our team by recognising the importance of the role and the challenges it can bring by offering the following company benefits:

YuLife- Healthcare and critical life cover Vitality health cover (from one year of service) Time served financial and annual leave increases Full Training and mentoring Company pension Sick pay (from one year of service)
For full details of any of the above, or for further information, please contact us at: aheal@impactforchange.co.uk

We subscribe to Safer Recruitment practices. An enhanced DBS check and employment references will be required for this role, as well as additional checks in accordance with Safer Recruitment best practice guidance.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 33,204.15-38,500.07 per year

Work Location: In person