Hours: 0 per week, Night Position – Covering
21.45pm – 07:15am
Contract Type: Casual
If you enjoy
helping children and want to make a positive difference to their lives this job
could be perfect for you.
Beaulieu House
is a children’s home and short breaks service for disabled children located in
Newport, Isle of Wight. Our recent Ofsted inspection graded us as ‘Good’.
Ofsted have reported that ‘Staff place the well-being of individual children at
the centre of their practice, irrespective of the challenges that children may
present’ and ‘Children, irrespective of any disability they may have, enjoy
access to a range of social, educational and recreational opportunities,
including activities in the local community’. We are looking to recruit
similarly minded, hard-working team members, who share our goals and
aspirations and actively work to help us achieve them.
As a Bank Night
Care Assistant at Beaulieu House you can expect:
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A
comprehensive induction
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Highly
flexible working
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Shift
enhancements
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Friendly
and supportive team
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Fun,
enthusiastic and rewarding environment
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Career
progression opportunities
-
Professional
training and qualifications
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Staff
Benefits Scheme: childcare benefits scheme, travel discounts [Hovertravel,
Wightlink and Red Funnel] employee assistance programme and more!
This position
is an exciting opportunity to gain valuable experience working in child care
and residential settings.
For further
information or an informal discussion please contact Mark Dawkins, on 01983
533024.
Find
out more about working for the Isle of Wight Council and living on the Island here.
This
council and its schools recruit according to the council’s Safer Recruitment
policy and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this
commitment.
The Isle of Wight Council protects its
employees from discrimination, we actively promote the diversity of our
workforce and we provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to
support the different needs of our employees. The Isle of Wight Council is an
equal opportunities employer and is proud to encourage applications from all
cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our
local community.
In addition to the above, the Isle of
Wight Council is a Disability Confident Employer. This means that providing an
individual meets the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and
have declared themselves as disabled, they will be offered an opportunity for
an interview within the council.
In the
interests of efficiency and economy, no further communication will be sent to
you unless you reach the final shortlist. This means that if you do not hear
from the recruiting manager within three weeks of the closing date, we regret
that your application will not have been successful on this occasion.
Please note that this role falls within
the strategic partnership between the Isle of Wight Council and Hampshire
County Council. The employer will be the Isle of Wight Council and employment
is on Isle of Wight terms and conditions. Hampshire County Council delivers, on
behalf of the Isle of Wight Council, all of its children’s services functions
and did so for an agreed period of five years from 1 July 2013, the original
five year partnership arrangement under direction of the Secretary of State
finished in 2018 but has been extended voluntarily by both local authorities
for a further five years.
The management reporting line for this role is ultimately through Hampshire
County Council Children’s Services Director/Assistant Director and managers who
take operational responsibility for children’s services.