Senior Childcare Practitioner
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Job Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a leading provider in Children's therapeutic services as a Senior Childcare Practitioner.
The organization provides a comprehensive training program with genuine job advancement to enhance your existing progressive personality.
What could be better than studying while improving the lives of a young person? You are already a compassionate, positive role model for the youth that will be strengthened while gaining further experience on the job.
The youth you will be working with have all gone through trauma in one way or another, and they are searching for reliable, positive, caring role models to support them to heal and develop and to help them achieve positive futures
Your days will be varied, and no two days are ever the same, one day you could be going swimming, the next helping with homework.
This position requires you to sleep in and work a flexible shift pattern. You could start at 10am one day, sleep in and not leave until 10.30am the next day or you could start at 10am and finish at 10.30pm. The shift patterns extend across 7 days a week so please only apply if there are no restrictions to your working hours.
You will be leading shifts and ensure that all legislative guidelines are met and that the safety and welfare of young people is at the heart of everything. You will be able to give guidance and be a good role model for both the young people and your colleagues.
The position averages at 40hrs per week with sleep ins being paid at the additional rate of £55 per sleep in
You will have Knowledge of working in children's residential services and have a good attitude with critical thinking skills
The starting salary for this position is £26797 PA to £29400 for those with relevant experience/qualifications and 30 days holiday PA.
Experience is required for this position along with a diploma level 3 or equivalent qualification.
Please note this company DO NOT offer sponsorship.
If you can see yourself working with young people, then click apply what are you waiting for?
FPR group is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.
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Your Key Contact
Louisa Marchant
I specialise in Health & Social Care temporary recruitment. I take great pride in looking after the excellent temporary workers that work for us across a wide variety of services.