Children’s Residential Care Roles

Have you got what it takes to help a young person living in residential care to reach their potential?

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Our 8 children's homes are based in communities across the City of Doncaster, providing tailored support to give our children and young people every opportunity to grow and thrive.

Key to this is our Residential Care Officers, who work hard to create a homely environment for our children and young people meeting their physical, emotional, and social needs. They take care of running the home day-to-day, including all the things one would expect to see in any other family home such as getting ready for school, cooking and eating meals and participating in activities, and making memories that last a lifetime.

We look to match the young person to the right home and where possible, keep them close to their community and the school they attend, as well as supporting them to maintain relationships with their family.

Our Residential Care Officers also carry out administrative work including Care Plans, Positive Behaviour Plans, Risk Assessments and Daily Recordings relating to the child and home and are trained to provide any medication required.

Developing our teams

We love to see our residential colleagues grow and develop and will ensure you have the opportunity to work towards more senior roles within the service. With our ambitious expansion plans you could become our next Registered Manager, taking full accountability for your own children’s home and managing a dedicated team of practitioners.

What we offer

A starting salary from £24,044 plus a recruitment and retention payment worth up to £2,000
Training to equip you with the knowledge and skills to provide our children with a high level of care - including pay for you to complete your QFC Level 3 in residential childcare.
Generous annual leave. You will receive a minimum of 29 days per annum (pro rata) rising to a maximum of 34 days (pro rata) after 5 years’ service.
Local government pension scheme is available for all City of Doncaster Council employees to join.
Family friendly policies. We offer a full range of family-friendly policies. These include generous maternity, paternity and adoption entitlement.
A brilliant rewards and recognition package which offers discounts and salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle-to-work and home technology

Do you have what it takes?

If you are…

passionate about improving the lives of children who may not have had the best start in life,
able to engage with children who may struggle to trust adults,
excellent at communicating and are motivated to study for relevant qualifications alongside this role

…then you could be just who we are looking for.

If you want to make an impact, make a change and be there for a child, apply for one of our roles today!

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Talk to us about opportunities in children's social care in Doncaster

There are lots of opportunities to develop and grow your career in Children’s Social Care here in Doncaster.

If you share our commitment to delivering high quality services to achieve better outcomes for children, young people and families we would love to hear from you. Our team are ready to tell you more about working for in our children's social care teams and the great opportunities for you to work here in Doncaster.

For more information or to arrange a chat with our team who will be happy to answer your questions email Proudtocarechildren@doncaster.gov.uk

Or call 01302 735 760 (Monday to Friday, 10am – 4pm).

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