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Working in our specialist central services

What we do

Five Rivers Child Care is one of the UK’s most experienced practitioners in turning around the lives of vulnerable children and young people. We provide a joined-up service to over 135 local authorities and NHS trusts which relies on excellent governance. The processes we have developed over our three decades of experience support our fostering, education and residential teams to enable them to give 100 per cent. We employ experts in areas of Governance, Safeguarding, Facilities Management, Financial Control, IT, Communications, Training and Human Resources, as well as skilful and dedicated generalists in administration.

Our in house management training schemes seek to promote talented, able people in a wide range of disciplines, and we also support administrators who feel inspired by the amazing work we do to re-train to work in a care professional role.

Five Rivers recruits adults from every walk of life and thrives on the diversity we attract. As part of our corporate social ethos, we guarantee to offer an interview to care-experienced applicants.

Training & Career progression

Our leadership team will invest in your progression as a professional in our sector, we source and deliver up-to-date training opportunities by using internal and external courses as well as online courses, including the following courses:

  • ATIC (Attachment & Trauma Informed Care) Model
  • Proactive Approach (behaviour support) 2 day course
  • Emergency First Aid
  • Fire Safety
  • Role specific qualifications

Benefits

You will benefit from working with a well-established, child-centred organisation that is committed to turning children’s lives around. With over 30 years’ experience, we are well equipped to support you to develop in your role. We know how demanding and challenging our work can be. We value our people and want to recognise and reward you for the work you to.

Some of your rewards and benefits include:

On-going training and learning: Our Learning and Development team are committed to sourcing and delivering up to date, quality training opportunities. We continually look at new learning initiatives to make sure we’re providing the best continuing professional development we can. We also prioritise and discuss your personal development goals to ensure you’re getting the most out of your career.

Simplyhealth Cashback scheme: You will automatically be enrolled in the Simply Health Cash Plan scheme which means you can claim back the cost of your everyday healthcare appointments. The membership also allows you free, immediate access to a 24/7 GP telephone helpline, and access to an Employee Assistance programme.

Employee discount scheme: Access to the Blue Light discount card, which gives you two years of access to more than 15,000 discounts from large national retailers to local businesses across categories such as holidays, cars, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones, and more.

Long service and recognition scheme: We appreciate the invaluable contribution our employees make, so we recognise and reward loyal service. Our recognition scheme provides additional holiday entitlement for length of service and financial recognition for ten years and above.

Annual leave allowance: Our annual leave allowance increases with your length of service.

Employee referral scheme: We know how important having the right workforce is and we’re confident your network includes professionals who could bring expertise and experience to our work. We offer financial rewards for successful appointments to our staff from your network.

We have an enhanced maternity policy: In addition, mothers with a year’s service can choose to return to work on a part-time basis for three months, while being paid their previous full-time pay.

Staff Stories

Jack Martin – Recruitment Resourcer, Talent

Jack Martin

Recruitment Resourcer, Talent

Jack Martin joined Five Rivers in July 2023, stepping into the role of Recruitment Resourcer. Since joining, he has strengthened his skills, completed his apprenticeship, and become a valued member […]

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We are always looking for engaged and passionate people to work for us and have a range of opportunities.

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What Our People Say

“What's so nice here is that it’s about making it a great place for staff as well as the children we care for, I love coming to work every day”
“Coming to work here has been life changing for me, I feel so blessed to have landed 'home' and this is in no small part to the values and ethos of Five Rivers. They respect my culture too which I have never experienced any where else”
“I could feel the Five Rivers values when I came for my interview. Everything I had heard about them came to life during the conversation, I wouldn't want to work anywhere else or for anyone else, I love my job.”
“I have been encouraged to step out of my comfort zone so many times and I've achieved things I didn't think I could. I have completed two qualifications, been promoted and feel so happy in my role.”
“We are acknowledged as individuals and teams and are so well supported, I feel appreciated every day I walk through the door.”
“Five Rivers are at the top for me. I started here with no previous experience and was given all the information I needed, had a buddy to support me and now I am working towards my level 3 qualification, I've never had a job like it.”

Our Values

Our values are at the heart of everything we do. We live these values day in, day out.

Respect • Adaptability • Integrity • Support • Excellence

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