Salary: Scale 3, SCP 5-6, £24,790 – £25,183
Hours: Full time – 45 hours per week, term time only
Flexibility in Hours available, by mutual agreement.
Purpose of the Job:
Working with our young people, teaching them life skills, both on site and in the broader community, this role is based within our modern residential homes which are on site at this prestigious campus on the outskirts of Worcester – you could really help our students with a great start in life!
The role involves working as part of the residential team, wider staff community within the college and also with parents.
RESIDENTIAL KEY WORKER – Weekdays
45hrs per week, to be worked term time only, and between 07.00 on Monday to 18.00 on Friday plus an additional £40.76 per sleep in (maximum 3 per week). Salary: Scale 3, SCP5-6, £24,790 – £25,183. (Salary will be pro rata)
Flexibility in Hours available, by mutual agreement.
The role of Residential Key Worker is to work collaboratively within the Care team to provide a high standard of care to children and young people with a vision impairment. You will create a positive environment for the delivery of the waking day curriculum and ensure high quality documentation with Care. Working with students in a proficient and sensitive manner that will enhance both their academic and social development is an essential part of this role.
NCW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is a regulated activity, and is conditional on two satisfactory and verified references, an enhanced DBS Clearance and Registration, and medical clearance and a six-month probationary period. NCW is an Equal Opportunities employer.
Equal Opportunities Statement:
NCW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is conditional on an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check.
Safeguarding Children:
NCW is fully committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of students at the College. You are responsible for adhering to the College’s policies on Child Protection and for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people you come into contact with.
Annual review:
This job description will be reviewed annually and may be subject to amendment or modification at any time after consultation with the post holder. It is not a comprehensive statement of procedures and tasks but sets out the main expectations of NCW in relation to the post holder’s professional responsibilities and duties.
This document is to be read in the context of NCW Statement of Purpose, NCW Equal Opportunities Statement, and agreed policies of the NCW and the Conditions of Service as outlined in the individual employee’s contract.
Important Information to read prior to applying to work at NCW:
Please note that any offer of employment will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Registration through the DBS and Health clearance which will be arranged by the College.
If you are shortlisted, you will be asked to complete and return a criminal history / suitability self-disclosure prior to interview; any relevant information that you disclose will be discussed with you at interview. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 as a result of the Exceptions Order 1975 as amended in 2020, and therefore all unspent convictions, cautions and bind-overs, and any convictions or adult cautions that would not be filtered, must be declared on the self-disclosure. Please see the Ministry of Justice website for information about the filtering of offences.
By completing an application form, the applicant confirms they are not disqualified from working in regulated activity with children, or subject to sanctions imposed by a regulatory body, eg Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) or Health and Care Professions council (HCPC). NCW will seek references on short-listed candidates, and may approach previous employers for information to verify particular experience or qualification, before interview.
If the applicant is currently working with children, on either a paid or voluntary basis, their current employer will be asked about disciplinary offences relating to their suitability to work with children, including any for which the penalty is time expired (that is where a warning could no longer be taken into account in any new disciplinary hearing for example) and whether the applicant has been the subject of any child protection concerns which are founded / upheld. If the applicant is not currently working with children, but has done so in the past, that previous employer will be asked about those issues.
To provide false information is an offence and could result in the application being rejected or summary dismissal if the application has been selected, and possible referral to the police.
For full details on this role, please download the Job Description and Person Specification.
How to apply
There are three ways you can apply for a vacancy at NCW.
It is optional for you to include a copy of your CV. A CV alone is not sufficient for our Safer Recruitment Procedures.
If choosing to complete the online application form, please complete as much information as possible. It may be helpful to write your supporting statement for the ‘Further Information’ section in a word processing programme first, which can be copy and pasted into the form below.
If choosing to upload a completed application form, please ensure you fill in the ‘Personal Details’ section below before clicking Submit.
ONLINE APPLICATION
Apply entirely online using the fields below. Please complete all fields, using N/A if a field is not applicable to you. You can also upload a CV if you wish but a CV alone will not suffice.
UPLOAD APPLICATION FORM
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APPLY BY POST
Download the application form using the green button below. Print off the completed application form or print and complete it by hand and send it by post or hand deliver to the following address:
Recruitment, NCW, Whittington Road, Worcester. WR5 2JX
If you do not receive an acknowledgement email from NCW following submission of your application or if you are experiencing issues with submitting your application form online (please complete this via Word), email Recruitment.
