Job Introduction
Salary: Band 5, £6,932 to £7,395 per annum pro-rata for ten hours per week (£25,652 to £27,363 FTE), plus 33% shift enhancement for working nights
Hours: Part Time (10 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday 26 January 2025, 23:59
The Service:
Beechside provides care and short break accommodation for up to six young people aged between 5 - 18 years tailored to meet individual children's needs. They may have a learning or a physical disability, often alongside communication needs. The aim of our service is to support them and provide a setting where they can develop confidence and flourish.
Your New Role:
You will ensure that children and young people are safe and monitored through the night. You may be required to administer medication therefore you need to be fully aware of the relevant policies and procedures. You will help to settle children to bed, monitor the building during the night, and be involved in admitting children. You will maintain communication with other agencies and families as necessary during the night and maintain records and logs.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
What you'll need to succeed:
You have an NVQ level 3 in childcare or are prepared to undertake training to achieve this. You have experience of working in a residential children's setting and are highly committed to children and young people. You have good assessment and planning skills, and excellent communication skills. You can interpret young people’s behaviour and respond appropriately, and you understand the issues and pressures affecting young people today. You can manage challenging and difficult / stressful situations calmly and assertively.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
Additional Information:
The full job profile is attached here.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
Sam Stokes, Registered Manager, sam.stokes@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 688 039
A commitment to our values:
We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.
Application process:
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Please include your full work history, education history and qualifications as well as a detailed personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' section of the full Job Profile, using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.
If you don't include a detailed personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful.
Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body. Please explain any gaps - this is essential for all safeguarding children's roles.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
Please note that we may shortlist as we receive applications, so this advert may close earlier than the given date.
We look forward to speaking with you soon.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
Why come to live and work in Portsmouth?
Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.
What we can offer you:
Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.
Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council
Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Partnership safer recruitment procedures.
