Overview
Senior Children’s Home Youth Worker – NN8 3HT
Our Benefits
- 28 days’ annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
- 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
About the role
Are you looking for a varied, challenging and rewarding position where you can help make a difference to young people’s lives and also supervise and mentor staff?
This Senior Children’s Home opportunity is based at Phoenix House working alongside a great team, all working to improve the outcomes of our young people.
Phoenix House is a residential home that accommodates up to 4 young people between the age of 11 and 17 years old, whose emotional and behavioural difficulties are such that they are unable to live within their own or a substitute family setting; and who require an environment in which they can come to terms with their past, in order that they may have a bright future.
We welcome the opportunity to speak to any interested candidates so please feel free to email: Lee.Bradley@nctrust.co.uk and they can agree a mutually agreeable time to call you
About you
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 can work independently and make informed decisions, where appropriate.
You have great relationship management skills, able to motivate and lead by example
You are confident liaising and negotiating with other agencies, organisations, departments and representing the home at formal meetings.
You are level 3 or 4 qualified in working with children & young people or would be willing to work towards qualification.
Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence as you will be accompanying our young people to appointments or activities.
When applying please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting.
You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore subject to an enhanced DBS certificate. It is also a regulated activity and will be subject to a Barred List check
Please note that we do not offer sponsorship for this role
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
