Senior Residential Childcare Worker

 

Main characteristics

Location

Fife

Company

Randstad Care

Salary

£28000 - £31000/annum

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Social Care / Nursing

Job summary

EMPATHY. POSITIVITY. RESILIENCE.

Do these describe you and your approach to care?

Then please read on!

Randstad are looking for proactive senior residential childcare workers to join a beautiful house in Fife. This post is ideal for an experienced residential childcare worker looking to take a step up. The manager described their ideal candidate as someone who understands that not every day will be full of rainbows, but the rainbows make it worth it! You will support not only the children but the rest of the team to find the rainbows!N

Salary up to £31,,000 depending on experience and qualifications and comprises of 38 hours per week.

What can Randstad offer a senior residential childcare worker?
Support and guidance from an expert Randstad consultant every step of the way
Join an already large organisation that is looking to expand across the area
Scenic drive to work!
Thorough induction period and access to industry leading training
Close knit family style service with excellent working environment
Foosball table and beanbag chairs!

A successful senior residential childcare worker will be responsible for:

- Acting as a positive role model not only to the children but to junior members of team
- Taking the lead on shift
- Responsible for smooth running of the house when the manager is not available
- Providing 24 hours care to a vulnerable young people
- Creating a homely and nurturing environment where young people feel safe
- Supporting young people with early trauma and emotional behavioural difficulties
- Collaborating with the team in the house, schools, other professionals and families to ensure the best possible outcomes for the young people in your care
- Ensuring professional boundaries are in place
- Maintaining professional manner and working to National Care Standards
- Working to a flexible schedule, including night shifts, weekends and bank holidays and Christmas period

To be successful in your senior residential childcare worker application, you will:
- Have a minimum 2 years experience working in a residential setting with young people
- Be willing to undertake relevant professional training
- Have strong communication skills
- Register under the PVG scheme and with SSSC
- Full driving licence (essential)
- Obtained, or working towards SVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care, or equivalent desirable

If this sounds like the position for you, don't delay!

Apply now and one of our team may call you for an informal chat to take your application to the next stage. Alternatively, if you would like some more information give Rebecca Prentice a call on (phone number removed) for a confidential chat.

Not the role for you?
We are always looking for talented residential support workers across Scotland call Rebecca for a chat about roles (phone number removed)

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing