About the role
Are you looking for a varied, challenging and rewarding position where you can help and mentor young people?
Thornton House is a two bedded residential unit housing young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties. We are looking for self-motivated, enthusiastic, flexible people to join our team. You will be part of a supportive team to ensure young people achieve their full potential by providing them with support and services they need to lead happy, healthy and successful lives.
Enhancements for evening and weekend work, sleeping-in payments, stand-by payments, and overtime substantially increase the earnings potential for this post, in addition to the basic salary.
These posts are zero hours contracts providing cover/relief for existing staff, they can provide a great first step into a new career. Shifts include weekend and evening working and successful candidates should be available to work at short notice.
For more information about this role or to arrange an informal chat please contact Scott.Beasley@nctrust.co.uk
What will you be doing?
The role includes supporting with day-to-day life, schoolwork, life skills where applicable, accompanying our Young People to health, education and other appointments.
There are also days out to the cinema, shopping or even theme parks and holidays as we try and create positive experiences for our young people.
We are a small home so we encourage a “family feel” where possible, this involves eating our meals together, creating positive relationships and supporting our residents through key work.
If you have particular skills or hobbies, such as fishing, cooking, fitness, that might enrich our young people’s experience then there’s an opportunity to use these.
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.
Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence as you will be driving our Young People to appointments or activities.
Experience of working with young people in either a professional or voluntary capacity is desirable, as is evidence of an ongoing interest and commitment to young people.
When we asked our young people what makes a good Residential Care Worker they said “Someone with a personality that you can have a joke with and who smiles. Someone that you can talk to and trust with things, someone that’s understanding.”
The post is subject to an Enhanced DBS clearance.
When applying please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the person specification. You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education
Our benefits
A nurturing and supportive environment where staff are given the chance to engage in personal development, training and with ongoing support in addition to:
- Opportunities for career progression and a gateway into full time work or new career
- Training and development opportunities
- Flexible hours
- Contributory Local Government Pension Scheme
- Employee discount schemes
- Meals are provided whilst on shift
About us
Northamptonshire Children’s Trust is responsible for delivering Children’s Services to families in the local area. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils. The Trust has an open inclusive culture for all our employees. We are keen to explore new ways of working, to be more agile and adaptable in our approach to service delivery.
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