Work With Us

For those who come to Gradan Care without their NVQ Level 4 in Children and Young Peoples Workforce and would like to progress in their residential careers, we enrol them onto this course and offer support and guidance throughout. If you already have this qualification or complete it and would like to start a career in residential management, we also enrol our teams onto the NVQ Level 5 in Leadership and Management.

Induction and Training
Learning the Essentials
Hands-on Learning

Your first week with Gradan Care will take you through the first part of our Skills for Care training programme. This week will be aimed at helping you to establish an in-depth understanding of your role and the ethos of our company values and visions. Your training will cover modules such as Recording and Reporting, Health and Safety, First Aid, Risk Management, Key Working and Safer Handling of Medication.

Your first five weeks with Gradan Care will be structured to help you get to know the ins and outs of our company and our approach to residential childcare. Throughout your induction, you will undergo our Gradan Care Children’s Homes training programme.

In your second, third and fourth weeks of your induction, your training will move to field-based learning, in one our children’s homes. You will spend the first of these weeks shadowing one of our more experienced residential team members, developing your understanding of the day-to-day workings of our residential homes. In the following weeks, you will work in the residential home under our new starter shift pattern, allowing you to take a more-hands on approach to your learning and training.

At Gradan Care, ongoing training and learning is an integral part of our culture. All our colleagues participate in an extensive training and learning programme that begins from the moment they join us and continues throughout their employment. Our training is embedded with our model of care, which ensures that child-centred approaches remain at the heart of all learning.

Our induction process provides employees with the opportunity to gain new skills and knowledge in a wide range of areas, ranging from safeguarding training to accredited behavioural support training, to a Level 4 Diploma in residential childcare. Our comprehensive training ensures that all our colleagues are empowered with the education necessary to understand and manage the complex needs of the children in our care, all the while gaining vital qualifications to further their professional career.

We take a blended approach to training, mixing classroom learning with video facilitation and online courses, helping us cater to all learning preferences. Our training is also regularly reviewed by our experienced residential trainers to ensure all information and strategies are relevant and up to date.