Waking Night Residential Child Care Worker

Job Description

Waking Night Residential Child Care Worker 
Grade 5: £28,770 - £31,364 per annum pro rataa, plus a time and a third enhancement for night working following a rota pattern including weekends. 
Shift Pattern - Part time average of 32 hours per week over a 6 week Rolling Rota. 

Interview date - 20th November 2024

Visa sponsorship: We welcome applications from all nationalities; however, successful candidates must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK”.

Together for Children have Children's Homes across Sunderland, caring for children and young people up to the age of 18. We will be opening Marlow Drive in 2024, which will be a children’s home for children with disabilities in need of long-term care.
 
Our homes are like any other home, they are safe and secure places where children and young people are cared for and supported to learn, develop, and thrive as they grow up. Our homes look and sound a lot like your own home - a living room that hosts movie and game nights on weekends, a kitchen where you sit together and talk about your day while you have tea, and a garden where you can make the most of the outdoors. All our children have their own private bedroom, which they can decorate to suit their own personal style. Our homes also have private bedrooms and bathrooms for staff who are on sleep-in duty.
 
We are looking for enthusiastic, tenacious, and motivated people to work with our children and young people. In return you will receive appropriate training opportunities as part of your continuous professional development.
 
These posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore will be subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check. You must be over 21 to comply with the Children’s Homes Regulations.

If you have any questions about the vacancy or would like an informal discussion with one of the managers, please email peoplesupport@togetherforchildren.org.uk
Hear from some of our Residential Childcare Workers, who tell us more about what the role involves and what they like most about working in our Children's Homes. https://youtu.be/xTkMvPMbs_w

Together for Children is committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse local communities that we support across Sunderland. We are striving to build an inclusive workplace culture where all employees feel valued, and diversity is celebrated by everyone.
As part of this commitment, we work collaboratively with our established employee networks: Accessibility Network, LGBTQ+ Network, Racial Equality Network and Armed Forces Network.

We welcome and encourage job applications from candidates regardless of their age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race, and background.
As well as an attractive and competitive salary, other benefits of working for Together for Children include agile working arrangements, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and a flexi-time scheme. A comprehensive health and wellbeing programme is also on offer to all employees.
If you have a disability, please do reach out to our Accessibility Network Chair to hear how we can support you during the recruitment process and if you are successful, in the workplace’ peoplesupport@togetherforchildren.org.uk.  

Nearly 40 per cent of foster carers combine fostering with other work. Those who do say that a supportive employer can make all the difference, enabling them to balance employment with caring for children.

Together for Children have a fostering friendly People policy for all foster carers in their employment (regardless of their fostering service). This includes offering foster carers flexible working and paid time off for training and settling a new child into their home.

As a Fostering Friendly employer, Together for Children also help promote Foster Care Fortnight™, our annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and encourage people to consider becoming foster carers and offer children the care they need - Foster with North East - Foster with North East