Children's Residential Care Worker

Are you looking for a varied, challenging and rewarding position where you can help young people? Arnold House is a four bedded residential home housing young people with autism spectrum disorder and learning disabilities. You will work a mixture of early and late shifts and alternative weekends with enhancements paid on top of the basic hourly rate for unsocial hours, Sunday/ Bank Holiday working and standby shifts. 7:00 - 2:30pm early shift, 2:00pm-9:30pm late shift, 9:15pm - 7:15am Night shift. There is also an opportunity for overtime. The basic salary is £25,302 and based on an average full time working pattern with enhancements you could expect to earn £29,202,

• Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
• Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
• We will pay for you to complete qualifications including NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
• Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
• Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
• A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
• Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
• Free parking on site plus heavily subsidised town centre car parking scheme
• Free meals whilst on shift
What will you be doing? The role includes supporting with personal care, day-to-day life, helping our young people develop life skills, accompanying them to health, education and other appointments. There are also days out trampolining, bowling, swimming, shopping or even short breaks as we try and create positive experiences for our young people. You will also support them to spend quality time with their families. You will be their voice, their advocate, their champion as our young people are nonverbal so you will support them using communication aids. We are a small child centric home so we encourage a "family feel" where possible, this involves eating our meals together, creating positive relationships and supporting our residents through key work.

You need to be self-motivated, enthusiastic, patient and flexible amongst other things. You will find it easy to establish and build positive relationships with Young People. You will have a nurturing nature with a child centric approach to the support you give whether that be personal care or creating tailored experiences for our children. Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence, as you will be driving our Young People to appointments or activities. Experience of working with young people with Autism in either a professional or voluntary capacity is desirable, as is evidence of an ongoing interest and commitment to young people. The post is subject to an Enhanced DBS clearance.

At Northamptonshire Children's Trust, children, young people and families are at the heart of all we do - in every decision we make and every action we take. Our mission is driven by the unwavering commitment to achieving the best outcomes for them. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils. Our workforce are our most valuable asset and are pivotal to making the services and support we offer to children, young people and families who need us to be the absolute best we can be. We value our colleagues and empower them to be able to do the best job of their lives every single day, working in a culture of support and kindness where achievements are celebrated and creativity is very much welcomed. At NCT equality, diversity and inclusion are part of us and in everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and thrive in our organisation. We are a disability confident employer and have a commitment to care leavers who we guarantee an interview if they meet the essential criteria.