Care Worker

Full Job Description

Acorn Education & Care are currently hiring Care Workers on a ‘+7 days on, 7 days off’ shift pattern!

Stay at the site for 7 days then have a full 7 days off!

Travel to and from the site just twice a week – expand the distance you would be willing to drive!

Role: Residential Childcare Worker

Location: Denmead, Hampshire

Salary: Up to £27,295.68 per annum (inclusive of 8 sleep ins payments per month)

Hours: Full-time, Permanent (42 hours per week, varied shift patterns)

The Location

Denmead consists of 2 sites – Lavender House and Lily Cottage – and is set in rural Hampshire. These sites, two of our registered independent homes, offer residential care for vulnerable children and young people with Social, Emotional, Mental Health (SEMH) and Complex Needs.

Our residential homes are friendly and fun, and though there are challenges too, everything we do is dedicated to creating rewarding experiences – for those we look after and for everyone in our team!

How we reward you

We want our residents to have the best care possible, and therefore you’ll receive an exceptional rewards package including:

• Basic salary: £22,975.68 per annum
• Sleep ins paid at £45.00 per night
• Funded qualifications: starting with working towards a funded Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare qualification. (if you do not currently hold this or equivalent)
• Annual Leave Entitlement equivalent to 5.6 weeks per year (with options to purchase more)
• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• Earn £1000 by referring a friend
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And market leading benefits offered through our Flexible Benefits Platform Vista that enable you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad, to use at high street stores, events, cinemas, restaurants and more!
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

The Opportunity

Our next Residential Childcare Worker will be someone who has:

• A big heart and passion to make a difference to the residents’ lives.
• Patience, resilience, and calmness.

Some of your duties would be as follows

• Supporting the children to appointments and activities such as shopping or trips out
• Completing relevant paperwork
• Undertaking household tasks
• Engage our children and young people in tasks and activities

Acorn Education and Care, part of Outcomes First Group, are recruiting Residential Childcare Workers to join our team in the Hampshire region.

Denmead, one of our registered independent homes, offers residential care for vulnerable children and young people with Social, Emotional, Mental Health (SEMH) and Complex Needs.

Our residential homes are friendly and fun, and though there are challenges too, everything we do is dedicated to creating rewarding experiences – for those we look after and for everyone in our team!

To apply now please click Apply or call us today on 01204 927626 and speak to one our dedicated talent scouts!

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. All successful applicants will be subject to fully Enhanced DBS.