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Casual Children's Residential Social Care Worker Wood View

Location: United Kingdom

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: yvonne.parr@nottinghamcity.gov.uk shelley.edwards@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

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

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair, inclusive and Disability Confident Employer, welcoming applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

If you are a disabled candidate and wish to be considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this within your application. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment journey.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from serving personnel, veterans, reservists and military families.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the LGBTQ+ community, or are disabled. These groups are currently underrepresented in our workforce, and we are committed to better reflecting the communities we serve.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and encourage candidates to discuss this with us during the recruitment process.