Residential Child Care Worker Level 2 - Lighthouse in Chesterfield

We are looking to appoint enthusiastic and committed individuals to deliver a residential short breaks service to disabled children and young people. The successful applicants will display a creative, patient and caring but dynamic approach to young people and must be able to create and follow care plans.

You will have experience of, and a genuine passion for, working with learning disabled young people aged 0 to 17 who may display complex challenging behaviours and may have a range of physical disabilities and clinical needs. Experience and knowledge of the impact of, and approaches to working with young people on the autistic spectrum, along with experience of working with young people who have complex needs such as sensory/communication difficulties and clinical needs is important.

You will be able to communicate effectively with young people and can build positive relationships with young people and their families, to enable young people's care needs to be positively met. You will understand the physical, emotional, and social needs of young people and their development and the role of short break care within this. You will be fun and child-focused and able to work as part of a team to plan and deliver care. You must have excellent ability in written and numerical skills.

Health and Social Care CYP NVQ 3 / Level 3 Diploma are desirable or the commitment to study to achieve this is essential. Due to the nature of the post, applicants must be 22 years of age or above. Shift work is an essential part of the post and includes evening and weekend working plus occasional sleep-in duties when required and waking night care in emergencies. You must be flexible and be able to change shifts to accommodate the needs of the service.

• Experience working with learning disabled young people aged 0 to 17 and with complex challenging behaviours
• Knowledge of autism spectrum and experience with sensory/communication difficulties
• Excellent written and numerical skills
• Commitment to achieving a Health and Social Care CYP NVQ 3 / Level 3 Diploma (desirable)
• 22 years of age or older
• Ability to work shift schedules including evenings, weekends, occasional sleep-ins and night emergencies

What We Offer

• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years of service), plus bank holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job. We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for. Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.