Casual Children's Residential Social Care Worker Wood View

Contract Type: Casual 

Working Hours: Varies 

Worker Type:  Onsite Worker

Salary: £17.45 per hour

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, 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 Casual 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 be required to work shifts. This will include working shifts such as 2pm -10pm with some sleep-in duty’s / 7am to 2.30pm.  

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.
  
  
  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.            

We would like to clarify that Nottingham City Council will not be seeking to offer skilled worker visa sponsorship for this recruitment campaign.  This role is a casual  appointment and as such the prospective appointee must already hold permanent right to work status to be considered. 

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: [email protected]      [email protected] 

Closing Date: 18th November 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

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