Job Description

Job description

Residential Child care Practitioner casual posts at Montgomery Terrace Road children's home

We are currently recruiting to two residential child care practitioners to work on our casual zero hours register. The home is open 7 days a week 365 days per year.



You do need experience of working or volunteering with vulnerable children in order to apply and be able to be flexible in order to meet the requirements of being on the casual register as we may contact you at short notice to cover shifts.



You will also need to attend the two/three day induction period and safeguarding training prior to any shifts being offered. Work offered will be covering shifts which may be during the week, evenings, weekends or bank holidays to cover staff absences at the home.



Enhanced rates of pay will apply if you are required to work out of hours.



We will also need to complete an enhanced DBS check for both children's and adults services with you as our children can be aged between 16-25.



You must be resilient and be able to deal with challenging behaviour.



You will have an understanding of child development and and be able to support vulnerable children who may have suffered childhood trauma, abuse or neglect. Knowledge of the Children's Act and safeguarding is essential.



Please contact Alina.Pop@sheffield.gov.uk if you require any further information.



We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.





It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.





Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.





We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.



Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page

Job details

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Job reference
REQ003240
Date posted
25/04/2025
Application closing date
07/05/2025
Location
Sheffield
Salary
Grade 5 29,093 SCP15
Package
x2 Casual Positions
Contractual hours
0
Job category/type
Children's Social Care