Residential Child Care Worker Level 2

Application closing date

05/07/2026

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Salary

Grade G £33,143 - £36,363 per year

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Social Care - Children

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Role: Residential Child Care Worker Level 2

Salary: Grade G £33,143 - £36,363 per year

Location: The Light House Residential Unit St Mark's Road, Derby, DE21 6AL

Hours: 18.5 hours

Closing Date: 5th July 2026

Contract Type: Permanent

We are looking to appoint enthusiastic and committed individuals to deliver a residential short breaks service to disabled children and young people. The successful applicants will display a creative, patient and caring but dynamic approach to young people and must be able to create and follow care plans.

You will have experience of, and a genuine passion for, working with learning disabled young people aged 0 to 17 who may display complex challenging behaviours and may have a range of physical disabilities and clinical needs. Experience and knowledge of the impact of, and approaches to working with young people on the autistic spectrum, along with experience of working with young people who have complex needs such as sensory/communication difficulties and clinical needs is important.

You will be able to communicate effectively with young people and can build positive relationships with young people and their families, to enable young people’s care needs to be positively met.

You will understand the physical, emotional, and social needs of young people and their development and the role of short break care within this. You will be fun and child focussed and able to work as part of a team to plan and deliver care.

You must have excellent ability in written and numerical skills. Health and Social Care CYP NVQ 3 / Level 3 Diploma are desirable or the commitment to study to achieve this is essential.

Due to the nature of the post, applicants must be 22 years of age or above.

Shift work is an essential part of the post and includes evening and weekend working plus occasional sleep-in duties when required and waking night care in emergencies. You must be flexible and be able to change shifts to accommodate the needs of the service.

For further information, please contact Nicola Richardson ***email_hidden***

or Alexandra Myler [email protected]

Nathan Walters [email protected]

Who We Are

Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities.Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.

What We Offer

You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:

• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers

Next Steps

If you would like to apply for this vacancy via an application form, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.

The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 5th July 2026. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.

If you would prefer to apply for this job using your CV, then please download the attached Declaration Form and send it to ***email_hidden***. Without a completed declaration form, your application will not be accepted. We also encourage you to download the Equalities Form and return this to [email protected], however this is optional and will not affect your application.

Important Information

Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.

As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.

A temporary market rate supplement of £- a year is attached to this post. This is in addition to the basic salary and is subject to regular review which may result in the supplement being reduced or withdrawn. The supplement will also reduce in line with incremental progression and pay awards.

Before you complete your application, please read our guidance on filling in your application form.

Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.

Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at [email protected]. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/