25 Oct
Barnardos
Barkingside
Job description
Join Barnardo's New and Exciting Residential Service : The Whistlestop
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and young people with disabilities? Barnardo's has just launched The Whistlestop, a brand-new short break home in Randalstown, and we're building an exceptional team of Residential Childcare Workers .
If you're looking for a rewarding career where your work truly matters, this is your opportunity to be part of a gold-standard service dedicated to providing care and support to children and young people.
As a Residential Childcare Worker, you'll be at the heart of our team, ensuring each child has a safe, enjoyable, and enriching experience during their stay.
What You'll Do :
- Provide compassionate care and support to children and young people with disabilities.
- Work closely with the children, creating a positive and engaging environment during their short breaks.
- Be part of a dynamic team, contributing to a high-quality service with real impact.
- Enjoy flexible work patterns, including sleep-ins and waking night shifts, allowing you to embrace variety in your role.
We're Looking for People Who :
- Have experience working with children and young people.
- Have worked within safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Are experienced in record keeping and documentation.
- Hold a full driving licence (or can meet the mobility requirements of the role).
Why Join Us? At Barnardo's, we believe in nurturing both the children we support and our staff. By joining The Whistlestop, you'll have the chance to develop your skills, make a meaningful impact, and be part of a team that values dedication, compassion, and excellence in care.
Ready to take the next step in your career and be part of something truly special? Apply online today!
Please ensure that you outline on your application how you meet the required criteria listed in the attached Additional Information Sheet.
In return, Barnardo's offers a reward package that includes a competitive salary, 26 days annual leave and 10 statutory / public holidays (pro-rata) per annum, a contributory pension scheme, an additional holiday purchase scheme and staff discounts.
Location : Randalstown, Co. Antrim
Hours : 30 hours per week
Contract Type : Permanent
Salary : Starting from £12.68 per hour. Based on 30 hours, this is gross salary £19780.80.
The full-time equivalent salary for 37 hours in the salary range is : £24,398.40 - £29,172.00.
Closing date :
Midnight, Thursday 7 November 2024
Interview date : Tuesday 19 November 2024
Contact :
A waiting list will be held for 12 months for any other similar posts within the service
Applicants must be registered with the NI Social Care Council (NISCC) or willing to register by appointment.
The successful candidate must also undertake an enhanced Child and Adult Barred AccessNI check.
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.
Benefits
Workplace Offer : What it means for you
The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working.
Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations.
This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.
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.
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
- 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
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure / theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
- 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
- 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
- Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
- T&C;'s
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