About the role
Derbyshire County Council have an exciting Residential Children’s Worker opportunity to join an experienced and supportive team at Spire Lodge. Spire Lodge is a 6 bedded short break service based in North East Derbyshire and situated close to Chesterfield town centre. We provide an Ofsted Outstanding graded service for young people aged between 8 and 17 years who may have a physical disability, moderate to severe learning disability, an autistic spectrum condition or sensory impairment. The Spire Lodge team prides themselves in their commitment and child centred approach to the young people they care for.
What will you be doing?
- Delivering the holistic care and safety needs of children within the home.
- Provide a service to Children within Specialist Services in accordance with legislative and policy requirements.
- Assuming a parental role for the children.
- Working with internal and external partners
- Providing responsive care and support based on the individual needs of children and their families.
- Assessing and monitoring the care needs of the children.
- Escalating any emergency situations accordingly.
- Being a warm, friendly and approachable member of the care team.
What skills and qualifications will you need?
- A relationship focused and mindful approach to the care of children.
- The ability to work using your own initiative.
- Working within and understanding the Quality Care Standards and Children’s Homes (England) regulations 2015.
- You must hold, be working towards or willing to undertake and complete the Level 3 Children and Young people’s Workforce Diploma & Social Care Pathway (2015) England OR have an equivalent qualification (More information on the role can be found within the Job and Person profile).
Residential Children’s Worker roles attract the following additional payments. This post is an overnight role, for the most part, and will include weekend and bank holiday working, as well as attendance at team meetings and reflective practice sessions. Assistant Residential Children’s Workers have the support of a Residential Children’s Worker who will sleep in, and wake, should the need arise.
Salary details: Grade 9 £16.25- £17.24 Monday to Sunday 7am-7pm. After 7pm until 7am £21.67 – £22.66. Bank Holidays £32.50 – £34.48 Bank Holidays
Sleep-in duty, you will be paid a basic duty payment rate of £30.40. Any additional time worked because of being called to work when sleeping in will be paid at the appropriate rate for the day/time of day. Bank holidays: sleep-in duties that span into or out of a bank holiday will be enhanced to double the basic duty payment rate.
What we offer you
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Generous annual leave and flexi-time scheme
- Travel expenses
- Discount on leisure centre memberships
- Free car parking at most sites
- In-house counselling services
- Occupational health service
- Access to sessions with a trained physiotherapist
- Cycle to work scheme
Our Commitment
- Derbyshire provides consistent, good quality care through twelve children’s homes across the County. Our homes provide an environment where young people feel happy to live.
- Under-pinned by Sensory Processing, trauma informed practice, social pedagogy and person-centred approach to inform practice, we work continuously to improve the quality of our Children’s homes, ensuring our young people have every opportunity to thrive and develop.
Provisional Interview Date: 2 June 2025
