East Midlands Shared Services
Children's Residential Social Care Worker Woodview
🇬🇧United Kingdom16 hours ago
£32,597 – £35,412EntryFull Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Onsite Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £32,597 (Level one) rising to £35,412 (Level Four) per annum (pro-rata for part-time) (Pay award pending)
Location: Bakersfield, Nottingham
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
Nottingham City Council are looking to appoint Children’s Residential Social Care Workers in a residential home for children and young people with disabilities. We provide 24 hour care to young people who have severe learning disabilities, many of whom are on the autistic spectrum, and who may exhibit significant challenges in management of their behaviour. You will work a shift pattern on a rota that you will have at least one month in advance. This will include working shifts such as 2pm -10pm with some sleep-in duty’s / 7am to 2.30pm.
The role requires an ability to:
To give essential and personal care to children and young people with autism and learning disabilities.
To establish positive relationships with the young people, assessing needs and risk. Working jointly in preparation, implementation, delivery and revision of care plans.
To ensure that the physical, emotional, religious, educational and psychological needs of children and young people are met.
To support young people to access activities in and out of the home.
To support young people with their medical and all round health needs. This includes administration of medication.
To ensure a high standard of supervision and support is provided, to assist children and young people with Autism and learning disabilities.
To facilitate access to appropriate life opportunities to children and young people with Autism and learning disabilities that promotes the growth of the individual and inclusion.
Have relevant personal or work experience of caring for children, young people or vulnerable adults with disabilities.
About You
The ideal candidate will :
Have an awareness of the social, cultural, emotional and physical developmental needs of children
Be able to work as a team member and on your own initiative.
Be able to use varied communication methods well, including verbal, written and electronically.
Be willing to complete the level three diploma in residential care within two years of commencing employment.
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
To apply for this role, please ensure that within your personal statement you respond to the all specifications detailed in the job description and person specification.
This post is subject to a DBS Enhanced check with a barred list check
Please do not apply if you have applied in the past six months.
You can find the job description for this post here.
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Yvonne Parr/Shelley Edwards
Email: yvonne.parr@nottinghamcity.gov.uk shelley.edwards@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Closing Date: 29th May 2026
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interview Date: TBC
If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.
Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
