Job Description

Do you enjoy working with children?

Do you want to work for a well-established national charity who believe in children and young people?

Do you want to be part of a team that are changing young people\'s lives?

If so, then this role may be for you!

Barnardo\'s is the UK\'s largest children\'s charity, and we are currently on an exciting and innovative journey alongside Leicestershire County Council to deliver a range of children\'s homes for our most vulnerable young people ensuring they are able to stay close to home.

We are looking for committed individuals who have a passion for working with Care Experienced children who have experienced trauma and are vulnerable to Exploitation.

We want people with a passion to make a difference, to bring stability, fun, laughter and happiness to the young people\'s lives. The most important part of the job is to give our young people their childhood back and let them be children. As a Residential Childcare Worker, you will be taking care of our young people day to day, making sure things run smoothly and creating lasting memories.

You will be part of a small skilled team of adults, supporting and parenting up to 3 children in one of our beautiful newly refurbished homes across Leicestershire (which includes Coalville, Hinckley and the outskirts of the city) with an experienced and dedicated management team.

You will need to be able to commit to sleep-ins and shift work, including weekends and bank holidays. Barnardo\'s believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.

This post may attract an additional market supplement and /or relocation expenses. Must be able to travel throughout the Locality to meet the requirements of the role.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Induction Programme.
• Fully Funded Level 3 Children and Young People\'s qualification.
• Excellent training opportunities - including 3-day learning which can be used to shadow other services.
• Development opportunities and access to \xe2\x80\x9cEmerging Leadership Development Programme\xe2\x80\x9d.
• Access to a clinical supervision and a clinical psychologist.
• Regular Supervision and Annual Appraisal.
• Competitive pay and reward Scheme
• Rolling rotas available in advance to offer as much predictability as possible.
• Paid extra shifts available (Overtime)
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 3 years\' service to 27days, 29 days after 5 years and 30 days after 7 years service.
• Award of a \'Recognition Day\' additional annual leave year after succesful probation
• The opportunity to flex 4 bank holidays that fall in your annual leave year.
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme (this is reviewed annually)
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service-related sick pay from day 1.
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo\'s. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution.
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension.
• Cycle2work scheme.
• Travel season ticket loan: interest free currently for up to \xc2\xa31,960 for 2018/19. (the equivalent of Zones 1-4 London Annual travel pass).
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal.
• Discounts in our Barnardo\'s retail outlets
• Blue Light Card and explore others charity worker
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support which includes access to counselling service for you and immediate family members and to online AVIVA wellbeing services for those in the pension scheme.

*T&C\'s apply based on contract

Need more Information?

If you require any further information about this opportunity, please contact Sean Fagan on

N.B. This is an ongoing vacancy, applications will be reviewed on a regular basis and shortlisting and interviews will be arranged accordingly. However, due to the high volume of applications for some posts, there may be a chance that this advert will be closed before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo\'s . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo\'s as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band - this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo\'s pay framework can be found upon application.

About Barnardo\'s

At Barnardo\'s we believe in children - no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo\'s is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and male candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo\'s.

At Barnardo\'s we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore, we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking. This post is subject to a range of pre-employment checks including a Criminal Records Enhanced Disclosure for the successful candidate.

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