Total earnings between:
£33,236.12 - £34,733.68 (depending on experience).
(Grade 5 salary is now: £26,403 - £27,694 pro-rata + 16%: £4,224.48 - £4,431.04 contribution for unsocial hours and weekend working + 64 sleep ins per year totalling £2,608.64)
- Additional £3,000 one-off payment as a Golden Hello.
West Lodge Children's Residential Home sits near the picturesque village of St Ishmaels, Haverfordwest. We provide a safe, nurturing, and supportive temporary home for young people between 7 and 17 years of age who have experienced a range of adverse childhood experiences.
We are looking for experienced and compassionate
Support Workers to join our dedicated team. In this role, you will help us deliver a dynamic, person-centred service, in line with Care Inspectorate Wales regulations.
Our team works on an annualised rota, including evenings, nights, and weekends, to ensure West Lodge remains a consistently warm, welcoming, and happy environment. Flexibility is essential to maintain the high standard of care our residents deserve.
What we offer: - Generous annual leave of up to 31 days
- Additional allowances for weekend and night working
- Membership of the Local Government 'career average' defined benefit pension scheme
- Extensive health and wellbeing resources, including in-house occupational health and counselling services
- Generous occupational maternity and paternity pay, in addition to statutory benefits
- Salary sacrifice car and cycle schemes
Essential requirements:To meet Care Standards Inspectorate for Wales regulations, applicants must be at least 22 years old and hold an NVQ Level 3 in Caring for Children or Children and Young People-or be willing to work towards this qualification.
For further information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact:
Sharon Mathias - Sharon.mathias@pembrokeshire.gov.uk Please refer to the job description above for more details on this vacancy and the person specification. Employment ChecksThis post is subject to a DBS disclosure check.
Where it is appropriate for your role and responsibility, the personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by visiting https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.
Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.
Please note that at this point, Pembrokeshire County Council is not accepting applicants who require a Skilled Worker visa as a prerequisite to a right to work in the UK. Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy. Safeguarding Safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk is a high priority for Pembrokeshire County Council. We aim to support vulnerable children and adults at risk to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. We are committed to ensuring their safety and will take action to safeguard their well-being. The Council's Corporate Safeguarding Policy provides a framework for every member of staff and Service within the Council, setting out responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk as well as the methods by which the Council will be assured that it is fulfilling its duties.
This policy applies to all Council employees and workforce, councillors, volunteers and also service providers that are commissioned by the Council. Safeguarding is everyone's business whether they work for, or on behalf of, the Council.
Support & Additional Info - Please contact the HR Systems Team as early as possible if you're unable to apply online by emailing hrsystemsteam@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
- Please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries relating to this vacancy by emailing Recruit@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
- Local Government Employees on National Joint Council (NJC) terms are subject to national pay bargaining; all salaries currently stated in our adverts are as 01/04/2025.
- Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; therefore prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the person specification and are registered on our redeployment pool.
Welsh language skills are desirable. Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.
