Residential Childcare Worker

Job Description

Residential Child Care Worker (Edinburgh) - Harmeny Education TrustSalary: £26,130 (unqualified), £27,525 (part- qualified) or £30,452 to £33,409 (fully qualified), depending on qualifications and experience, with a generous sleep-in allowance of £75 per sleep-in shiftPermanent - Full Time - 39 hours per weekAnnual Leave - Generous entitlement of 35 days for full time employeesPension - Auto-enrolment into a pension scheme with 3% employer contribution and 5% employee contributionWork Pattern - Various shift times including evenings and weekends. 3 week rotating pattern, including working 2 weekends out of 3. Shift timings are 7.30am-3.30pm or 2.10pm-10.30pm. Approximately 3-4 sleepovers required per month as partof rota, in which sleepover shift timings are 10.30pm - 7.10am.Additional staff benefits include enhanced pay for family leave, access to wellbeing initiatives such as a wellbeing space, massage therapy and fitness equipment, life assurance and enhanced sick pay. Harmeny also provides access to reflective space, includingaccess to a psychotherapist.Harmeny are committed to staff learning and development, offering a robust and supportive induction and probation period (12-14 dedicated induction days over 6 months) and ongoing professional development with opportunities for career progression. Candidatescan also be supported through professional qualifications.The Social Care Community Partnership are currently recruiting for Residential Child Care Workers on an exclusively retained basis for the highly renowned and reputable charity called Harmeny Education Trust, based in Balerno, just outside Edinburgh.Harmeny offers therapeutic residential care and education for children aged 5-14 years, and will soon extend its care and education services to young people up to the age of 18. Harmeny is situated within a beautiful 35-acre campus with extensive woodland,allowing the children to learn and play in nature, and they also have an Outdoors team to supplement core learning.Harmeny has received eight consecutive Excellent grade awards from the Care Inspectorate which shows they are a firm sector leader for care and education. If you share Harmenys vision for children to have the love, encouragement and nourishment they need,to grow and reach their potential, this may be the job for you.What Harmeny are looking for:You will be a member of the Care staff team, which operates all year round. You will commit to creating a culture and ethos in which childrens needs come first, and provide them with security, safety, care and social development to empower them to reachtheir potential.Ideally you will possess relevant qualifications in line with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) requirements for residential childcare workers. However, Harmeny will consider candidates who are unqualified, or part-qualified (e.g. an academic qualificationbut not a practice qualification).You will also have a full, clean driving licence.You will have experience in childcare and / or working in residential settings, preferably with children and young people with complex social, emotional and behavioural needs and who have experienced early years trauma.You will have good communication skills, both written and oral, and be committed to high standards of care.Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• To promote a positive culture in the school in line with Harmenys vision, purpose and core values
• To support the Residential Team Manager with the implementation of decisions consistent with the Harmeny plans, policies and procedures
• To care for the children and young peoples everyday needs, and to create a homely, caring and safe environment for the children
• To communicate and interact positively with children using solution-focussed and strengths-based principles in line with Harmeny policy, procedures and core values
• To develop and implement care plans which addresses the needs of the child
• To support childrens learning during and out with the school hours
• To take part in regular reviews and submit written reports on individual children
• To promote independence, uphold childrens rights and promote participation in line with SSSC codes of practice and outcomes of the independent care review (The Promise).

To applyFor more information about this job opportunity including a detailed Job Description, please click apply and submit your CV to Social Care Community Partnership or contact Sean Carruthers or Charlotte Hickey on for a confidential discussion.About The Social Care Community Partnership:The Social Care Community Partnership is Scotlands premier Social Care recruitment agency, sourcing and placing Social Care professionals, support staff and administrators throughout Scotland and the rest of the UK. We have Investors in People Gold AwardStatus and Investors in Young People Award. The Social Care Community Partnership is a registered employer with the Scottish Social Services Council. The Social care Community Partnership is working on an exclusively retained basis on behalf of Harmeny EducationTrust. No agencies please.INDAH

Keyskills :
Child CareResidentialSchooldisability