Care Team Member in Natland, Cumbria

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Care Team Member to work full time for Appletree Treatment Centre, based within the Kendal Home.

 
The salary for this permanent Care Team Member job is up to £30,798 per annum.

Main duties:

•    To ensure that care is provided within a professional, positive and homely environment which positively integrates race, spirituality, gender, disability and sexual orientation and meets individual needs.
•    To establish positive relationships with the children, assessing needs and working jointly in producing, implementing, delivering and revising individual care plans.
•    To work with children individually and in groups with the aim of enhancing relationships, self-confidence, social skills, managing personal behaviour and life skills.
•    To organise and participate in activities for the children.
•    To work to provide a positive, welcoming and stimulating environment for the children, including carrying out cleaning, gardening and other domestic duties.
•    To adhere to all reporting and recording procedures and ensure the production of timely reports and correspondence to a professional standard.
•    To act as a corporate parent to the children, providing guidance and support to the children whilst maintaining professional boundaries at all times.
•    To work with a child’s House Tutor (Key Worker), ensuring sessions are carried out in a timely and appropriate manner.
•    To ensure all duties associated with running a children’s home during a shift are completed to a high standard. Such duties include logbook entries, completing running records, updating weekly planners, fire safety and health and safety checks.
•    Ensuring that all other duties commensurate with running a children’s home are completed to a high standard. Such duties include household chores, light gardening duties and weekly food shopping.
•    To be responsible for the management of shifts as required
•    To act immediately upon any suspicion, evidence, allegation or concern in relation to safeguarding in accordance with safeguarding children policies and procedures.
•    To work on designated projects as required and to keep abreast of developments within the profession.
•    To provide cover in settled care homes.
•    To complete mandatory training in a timely manner.
•    To complete accredited qualifications as dictated by regulations.
•    To attend and contribute to regular supervision and annual appraisal.
•    To carry out other duties as are required and as are commensurate with the grade of the post.

Benefits Appletree Treatment Centre offer:

•    Job security and career opportunities
•    Support of an experienced management team
•    A comprehensive induction into our approach, ethos and working practices
•    ATC Internal Diploma – the knowledge and research behind our approach – with a £500 payment on completion
•    Training - ATC funds all mandatory training, DBS check, and NVQ 3 if required
•    Rota’s which are planned for staff health and wellbeing
•    Sleep in payment of £68.25 per night
•    Employee Reward Scheme
•    Clinical consultation – a safe space to discuss any issues
•    Confidential counsellor – because our work can be difficult and emotionally challenging
•    Gym membership
•    Increased overtime rates
•    Nest pension scheme enrolment
•    Staff Wellness Groups
•    Cycle2work scheme
•    Career progression - We believe in growing and learning and offer a variety opportunity for CPD including funding qualifications for staff members. These include: CEOP Ambassador, NVQ 4 & 5 and Masters in areas of specialism

Requirements of this Care Team Member job:

•    You will need sound communication skills, patience and resilience.
•    Relevant Level 3 qualification or willingness to work toward one.
•    Previous experience of working with children is preferred, but not essential.
•    Successful applicants must undergo an enhanced DBS disclosure and a social media check
•    Be able to provide satisfactory references
•    Have a full UK driving licence.

Contact:
This Care Team Member job is advertised by Neil Clements; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

Voceer presents this job opportunity for Sanctuary Personnel, a 1000 person sized company who are categorized as a Recruitment Agency.

This position is being managed by Sanctuary Personnel, a reputable recruitment agency known for placing candidates in desirable positions.