Senior Care Officer

St. Annes School and Sixth Form College - Residence, Boothferry Road, Hessle, HU13 9AR

Interviews are Week commencing 9 February

This is an extremely rewarding opportunity to make a real difference to children's lives in a Residential Care Setting.

St Anne's Residence provides short breaks to children and young people aged 5-19 years, offering structure and consistency across 48 weeks of the year.

We are rated GOOD by Ofsted.

We pride ourselves on developing self-help, independence, social and communication skills through reactional activities on and off site for children and young people. The emotional well-being of children and young people and safety is a high priority.

You will be qualified with an NVQ/Diploma level 4 in Care of Children and Young People/Social Care Pathways/Residential Child Care or higher and will have at least 2 year's experience or more of working in Residential Care.

You should be committed to promoting positive values, and you'll have a confident and positive approach to behaviour management.

Joining us will give you the opportunity to develop professionally with access to training and learning, and the support from an excellent manager and team.

Online applications close on 2 February. Applications will be received at the school up until 9am on 3 February.

If already work for the council and have previously used an Employee Self Service (ESS) account, to login to apply online, from September 2025 you will need to create a new account using your personal email address.

Apply by completing the online application form. Ensure the application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria from the employee specification. CV's will not be accepted for this vacancy.

Schools applications

This school does not have the resources to send individual notifications to all applicants who are not shortlisted so if you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date you should assume you have been unsuccessful.

If selected for interview, an online search will be conducted for candidates. This is in line with KCSiE 2022.

DBS/Medical check

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS clearance check. The school is committed to safeguarding children and promoting their welfare. All members of staff are expected to share this commitment.

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