Job Introduction
We currently have full time and part time opportunities as a Resource Worker at our Cannock centre.
Main Responsibility
As a member of the homes multi-disciplinary team, you will play a key role in the provision of innovative short break services for children and young people with learning disabilities. As part of that your main responsibility will be ensuring that day to day care and therapeutic procedures are of the very highest standards to help our children and young people live a fulfilling life.
The Ideal Candidate
As a Resource Worker, you will have:
- An understanding of the Quality Standards for Children’s Homes 2015 along with an appreciation of the associated frameworks and legislation relevant to the improvements of outcomes for looked after children.
- Experience of working in a residential setting is desirable but not essential
- You’ll have a NVQ or QCF level 3 in Caring for Children and Young People or reflect a commitment to undertake the qualification on appointment
Need more information?
If you'd like to find out more information or have a chat before applying, please get in touch with Jo Heath at jo.heath@staffordshire.gov.uk,or on 01543 579820
Or you can find out more information via our Children's Residential Services website.
The recruitment for this position is ongoing and so we reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date.
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits:
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to a range of benefits.
Our recruitment process:
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Silver Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
