Senior Residential Care Worker (Boothroyd House)
William Henry Smith School and Sixth Form
Calderdale
- £30,825 - £34,834 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- NJC pt. 21 to 26 (£30,825 to £34,834)] Plus shift allowance
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 12 February 2024
Job overview
CONTRACT TERM: 1 permanent position based in Elland
SALARY: NJC pt. 21 to 26 (£30,825 to £34,834)] Plus shift allowance
CONTRACT TYPE: Full-Time Permanent (to include weekends, evenings and sleep-in shifts and bank holidays)
START DATE: As soon as possible
CLOSING DATE: Ongoing until recruitment campaign completed
INTERVIEW DATE: At earliest convenience
We are looking to appoint highly motivated, enthusiastic, reliable, and proactive individuals who have a strong commitment to ensuring all within their care are both safe and cared for. The successful candidate must be nurturing and supportive, with excellent communication skills and can form strong relationships with children and young people, team members, parents and carers, and key safeguarding partners.
• Are you a reliable, enthusiastic and highly driven individual with experience in working with vulnerable children and young people?
• Do you have the ability to build strong relationships with children and young people, and the resilience to handle challenging behavior effectively?
• Are you excited by the rewards and challenges of working with very special, complex young people?
We have exciting opportunities for therapeutic care givers to join our Residential Service at Boothroyd House. Our home will provide care for up to 4 boys aged between 7-18 who may have a range of complex needs in addition to impaired social or cognitive functioning due to early life trauma and attachment difficulties. By working in partnership with a supportive and experienced Registered manager, Deputy Manager, Clinical Lead, and other colleagues you will be responsible for helping create and maintain an environment where safe, consistent, creative, and enabling care for the children and young people (who can present with complex and challenging behavior) is the standard. Alongside our Safeguarding stakeholders in the wider community, your role through collaborative partnerships, will be to support yourself and the team to work within our Model of Care, promoting and facilitating positive outcomes.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Please click the 'Quick apply' button below to complete an online application form.
Visits to the foundation are encouraged. For further information on this post please contact the HR department on email address: HR@thesmithfoundation.org.uk (please note we do not accept CV’s).
Attached documents
About William Henry Smith School and Sixth Form
- William Henry Smith School and Sixth Form
- Boothroyd, Brighouse
- West Yorkshire
- HD6 3JW
- United Kingdom
ABOUT US
The Smith Foundation values equality and diversity across its workforce and aims to ensure our staff community is reflective of the diversity of the children and young people within our care. We are also committed to promoting the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of both students and staff and reflects life in Modern Britain.
The Smith Foundation is a registered charity that operates the outstanding William Henry Smith School, Sixth Form and Specialist College and a children’s home, all for children and young adults experiencing social, emotional, and mental health challenges (SEMH).
The School, Sixth-Form, Specialist College and Childrens home have a wealth and breadth of professionals which form an integrated team around students, including Creative Arts Psychotherapists, Speech and Language and Occupational Therapists, Nurses, a Social Worker and a Family team. Residential Care and Teaching and Learning staff play a vital part in children’s lives, progress and quality of life.
The Smith Foundation values equality and diversity across its workforce and aims to ensure our staff community is reflective of the diversity of the children and young people within our care. We are also committed to promoting the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of both students and staff and reflects life in Modern Britain.
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