Five Rivers recruits adults from every walk of life and thrives on the diversity we attract.
Five Rivers is one of the England’s most experienced practitioners in turning around the lives of vulnerable children and young people. We provide a joined-up service to over 100 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 skillful 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.
You will benefit from working with a well-established, child-centred organisation that is committed to turning children’s lives around. With over 35 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Our annual leave allowance increases with your length of service.
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.
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.
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:
