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September 12, 2024
Barnardo's
Antrim
OTHER
Residential Childcare Worker
Are you ready to be part of something new and exciting? Barnardo's is thrilled to introduce our latest residential service, The Whistlestop, a short break home in Randalstown. We are looking for experienced and motivated professionals to join our new team of Residential Childcare Workers. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and young people with disabilities and would like to be part of this gold-standard service please read on…
As a Residential Childcare Worker, you will play a valuable role at the centre of our team in supporting and caring for children and young people accessing the service. Your time will be spent working closely with the children, ensuring they have a safe and enjoyable experience during their stay with us.
Part of the role will include sleep-ins and waking night shifts, so this will be something you can embrace and bring energy to.
Do you have the following:
Apply online today,
Please ensure that you outline on your application how you meet the required criteria listed in the attached Additional Information Sheet.
In return, Barnardo's offers a reward package that includes a competitive salary , 26 days annual leave and 10 statutory/public holidays (pro-rata) per annum, a contributory pension scheme, an additional holiday purchase scheme and staff discounts.
Location: Randalstown, Co. Antrim
Hours: 30 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £24,398.40 - £29,172.00 full time equivalent)
Closing date: Midnight, Thursday 26 September 2024
Interview date: TBC
Contact: people.ni1@barnardos.org.uk
A waiting list will be held for 12 months for any other similar posts within the service
Applicants must be registered with the NI Social Care Council (NISCC) or willing to register by appointment.
The successful candidate must also undertake an enhanced Child and Adult Barred Access NI check.
As a Residential Childcare Worker, you will play a valuable role at the centre of our team in supporting and caring for children and young people accessing the service. Your time will be spent working closely with the children, ensuring they have a safe and enjoyable experience during their stay with us.
Part of the role will include sleep-ins and waking night shifts, so this will be something you can embrace and bring energy to.
Do you have the following:
- Experience working with children and young people?
- Experience working within safeguarding policy and procedures?
- Experience of record keeping?
- A full driving licence with business class insurance or be able to demonstrate how you meet the mobility requirements of the role?
Apply online today,
Please ensure that you outline on your application how you meet the required criteria listed in the attached Additional Information Sheet.
In return, Barnardo's offers a reward package that includes a competitive salary , 26 days annual leave and 10 statutory/public holidays (pro-rata) per annum, a contributory pension scheme, an additional holiday purchase scheme and staff discounts.
Location: Randalstown, Co. Antrim
Hours: 30 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £24,398.40 - £29,172.00 full time equivalent)
Closing date: Midnight, Thursday 26 September 2024
Interview date: TBC
Contact: people.ni1@barnardos.org.uk
A waiting list will be held for 12 months for any other similar posts within the service
Applicants must be registered with the NI Social Care Council (NISCC) or willing to register by appointment.
The successful candidate must also undertake an enhanced Child and Adult Barred Access NI check.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Benefits
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.
The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.
- Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Holiday Plus scheme
- A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
- Service related sick pay from day 1
- Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
- Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
- Cycle2work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
- 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
- T&C's apply based on contract
About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.
We regret to inform you that this job opportunity is no longer available
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