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We are seeking a Caretaker to join our Residential team based in Maidstone. This role sits within the Residential Team but will involve lone working. The ideal candidate will have caretaking experience and a track record of delivering high quality services, demonstrate a commitment to teamwork and high levels of service.

The role of Caretaker will include:

Internal maintenance tasks External maintenance including hedge trimming, lawn mowing Cleaning communal areas Removing bulky waste from sites Ensuring Health and Safety protocols are followed Completing all documents and paperwork concerning tasks completed Ensuring tools and equipment are maintained in a suitable condition All other aspects of site management, such as supervising external contractors, and site use and development planning
Skills and experiences:

Experience in a similar role or completing similar tasks Practical experience in operating hand tools and light machinery Some experience of working to deadlines and prioritising workloads Working knowledge of Health and Safety legislation Good communication and customer care skills Be able to work independently and use own initiative Demonstrate a reliable and responsible approach
About Evolve Therapeutic Childrens Services:

At evolve, we strive to provide an evidence-based therapeutic service recruiting Foster parents and Residential staff across the South-East.

Set in the Kent countryside, evolve Therapeutic Children's Services will be establishing its first therapeutic residential children's home. Our exceptional residential service will also provide education, forest schooling, educational spaces and therapeutic treatment rooms, sensory spaces, which will provide an all-inclusive, safe, and nurturing environment in which children and young people can begin to heal from their trauma and make sense of their world.

Staffing ratios will be on a 1:1 basis, with additional clinical support from internal Clinical Psychologists, and Psychotherapists. Our care, treatment and education staff will receive clinical training, and have access to fortnightly reflective practice.

The residential offering will provide specialist 24/7 treatment and therapeutic education for children with complex psychological, emotional, and behavioural needs. We are different and unique, and extremely passionate about changing the face of care. Our unique evidence-based therapeutic approach puts and carers at the centre of our team and ensures the child or young person's voice is encompassed in all that we do.

Our trauma-informed Residential Services aim to ensure our children are well looked after and that their needs are attended to throughout their stays with us. Receiving unrivalled access to our Therapeutic consultants provides children with the best possible care in a safe and loving environment.

Hours:

16 hours/week Monday - Friday

Annual Leave:

The post attracts 25 holiday days per year (April to March), plus bank holidays and an additional day for your birthday (based on full-time)

Pension Scheme:

You will be automatically enrolled onto the evolve group services Pension Scheme pension, offered by Nest. evolve will pay 3% and your contributions will be 5%. These contributions are as set by legislation. Cases can be discussed with the Finance Group Manager and is on an individual basis.

Accountability:

Every member of the organisation has a duty to report Safeguarding/Child Protection concerns to their line manager or the community designated safeguarding lead. Immediate steps must be taken to prevent the child from harm or further harm. These should be agreed with the most senior person available. It is the responsibility of the Registered Manager or Responsible Person (or the designated safeguarding lead) to inform statutory agencies who may instigate a Child Protection investigation. This will include the child's social worker and parents; the police as necessary; safeguarding Children Board's MASH team within the host authority.

The ongoing training, supervision, and consultancy, sessions, work together to ensure that all evolve's employees are clear about their responsibility to work together to safeguard children. These systems ensure, that all remain aware of policy and practice areas which impact on our shared ability to safeguard children. All staff are reminded that they must remain alert to the potential indicators of abuse or neglect, and this includes within the home from colleagues or other young people.

Equal opportunities for all, including recruiting ex-offenders:

evolve are committed to being an equal opportunities employer. All applicants and staff are treated equally and given the same set of opportunities regardless of their age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, culture, or any other personal characteristic that might be discriminated against.

As an organisation using the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for working with vulnerable children, Childhood First complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants fairly. We undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure on the basis of conviction or other information revealed. Because of the nature of our work with vulnerable children & young people, an Enhanced Disclosure is required.

All application forms and recruitment briefs will contain a statement that a Disclosure will be requested in the event of an individual being offered the position. Where a Disclosure is to form part of the recruitment process, all applicants invited for interview will be asked to provide details of their criminal record and this will be discussed sympathetically sand confidentially as a part of the process.

The recruitment Process:

evolve has comprehensive recruitment and selection procedures, as an organisation we follow safer recruitment guidelines to ensure that our children and young people are safeguarded. evolve provide supervisions, "check ins" and continued CPD to ensure all of our staff develop in their roles to ensure we meet the highest standards of service delivery, disciplinary and whistleblowing procedures which must be complied with at all times.

If you would like to apply or have any questions, then we would love to hear from you!

Please get in touch and send your CV to ls@evolvegroupservices.co.uk or call us on 07506 297321 / 01795 342425 to discuss this exciting opportunity further.

evolve are committed to safeguarding children above all else. We follow safer recruitment guidelines, and all job offers will be subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service, carried out by our HR department.

Job Types: Full-time,

Pay: Up to 30,000 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Free parking On-site parking
Schedule:

Day shift Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:

Kent, ME13 0BY: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Licence/Certification:

Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

Company pension Free parking On-site parking
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Language:

English (required)
Licence/Certification:

Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: Up to 30,000.00 per year

Expected hours: 16 per week

Benefits:

Free parking On-site parking
Work Location: In person