Salary: £32,578 up to £35,570 per annum
Grade: H
Contract Type: Fixed Term 12mths
Hours: 37 per week
Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Note – You would be required to work shifts Monday to Sunday which includes some evenings and 26 weekends of the year
Make a Difference in a Child’s Life – We have excellent opportunities for Residential Short Break Workers to join us at Nidderdale Children’s Resource Centre.
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About the service
We offer Short Breaks for children and young people, but we also run a Holiday Club, and an Outreach service in Skipton, go on lots of residential holidays and run a fully accessible festival every year
The Role
The role of Children’s Residential Short breaks Worker is invaluable, rewarding and exciting. At times the complexity of the young people can be challenging but to support you, there is a comprehensive training programme which covers all areas, such as clinical skills (such as medication, gastrostomy care and epilepsy management), Therapeutic Crisis Intervention and moving and handing people.
Key elements
- Working closely with families and other professionals to ensure that we have sound knowledge of the children we are caring for and are able to meet their diverse range of needs, interests and backgrounds.
- Focusing on the strengths and positive attributes of the children to encourage the growth of self-esteem and empowerment and support them to develop to their full potential.
- Playing an essential role in providing support and direct care to children and young people, and subsequently build empathetic respectful relationships.
- Support through a comprehensive programme which ensures new recruits have a thorough induction which includes training, shadowing experienced staff and competency testing.
As this is a home environment you will carry out as part of your role, personal care, keyworking and housekeeping.
About you
We’re looking for passionate, enthusiastic and highly skilled professionals who :
- Are child focussed with a positive approach.
- Have an understanding of safeguarding practice in a registered childcare setting, especially with those who may not use words to communicate.
- Are willing to complete a Level 4 apprenticeship as part of the role.
We look forward to exploring your interest and receiving your application.
It is an exciting time in Children and Young Peoples Services in North Yorkshire as we plan our approach in respect of the Families First Partnership Programme and how we will be responding to the social care reforms. Work is underway to plan our approach and implementations for 2027. As a result of this, some realignment may happen with job roles in the future, we want to be transparent about this in respect of this role.
For full details of the role and to help with your application please see Job description
To find out more about what we offer please see Total rewards
For further information about the role please contact Katherine Jane Clarke at Katherine.Clarke@northyorks.gov.uk , Jo Thornton at Jo.Thornton@northyorks.gov.uk
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Key Dates:
Closing Date: 1st November 2026
Interview date: w/c 8th November 2026
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.