Residential Care Worker in Stoke-on-Trent

Having been established for over 22 years, we’ve built Bedspace to be an organisation that people want to be a part of. We’ve already got an exemplary reputation as one of the UK’s largest and most successful support providers. Our attrition rates are currently less than 1% - compared to a sector average of 34%. We are proud of our benefits too – you will get:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Birthday leave
• Flexible working hours
• Great learning and development opportunities
• Casual dress code
• Buying and selling annual leave
• 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays
• Life insurance
• Simply health plan
• Vivup staff discount scheme
• Volunteer Day
• Social activities – Bedspace Solemates walking group

We are now developing an exciting children’s home service in Staffordshire Moorlands that will provide a safe and nurturing home, where children and young people can feel relaxed, feel in control of their environment, empowered, and engage in social and recreational activities. We are inviting applications from caring and creative people, who are highly motivated and enthusiastic as we embark on our first Children’s Home – we are looking for Residential Care Workers.

Shifts are from 2:30pm - 3pm the following day with a sleep between 11pm and 7am. The annual salary is based on working 9 shifts per 4 week rota including sleeps, at a rate of £10.95 per hour and £50 per sleep. There is also an expectation to attend team meetings and training sessions. Where these fall outside of rota’d hours, these will be paid as extra.

The ethos and culture of the home will ensure each child will be treated with understanding, dignity, kindness and respect. By building and preserving positive relationships between each child and the team caring for them, successful candidates will help to provide a living environment marked by love and care.

Essential

• You must hold the Level 3 Diploma for Residential Child Care or be willing to work towards this.
• The position involves working shift patterns including weekends and requires you to complete sleeps.
• Previous children’s residential setting experience.
• Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, candidates must be a minimum age of 21 years old.
• All candidates will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.
• You must hold a valid full driving licence, with business insurance and have access to a car for work purposes.

Bedspace will process any data provided in response to this job vacancy for recruitment purposes only. For unsuccessful applications, we will hold data in line with current GDPR legislation for a period of 12 months after the vacancy closing date. Please contact us directly if you would like to find out more about how we use and store data.