Children's Residential Support Worker

Service Care Solutions; Cumnock; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A social care recruitment agency is looking for a Residential Support Worker for a short breaks service in East Ayrshire, Scotland. This position is full time and temporary for 3 months, with potential for permanence. The ideal candidate will have experience working with children with disabilities and possess a QCF Level 3 qualification. Competitive pay rate of £15.66 per hour, with a rota of morning and afternoon shifts.

Benefits

Dedicated and personal consultant

Wide variety of exclusive roles

Frequent updates of new opportunities

Expert payroll service processed twice a week

£250 bonus for referrals

Qualifications

• SSSC registration is required.
• PVG certificate is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct care and support to young people.
• Help children achieve positive outcomes in line with their personal plans.
• Build appropriate relationships with children and young people.

Skills

Experience of working with children and young people with disabilities

Can-do attitude

Education

Minimum of a QCF Level 3 or a willingness to work towards this

Job description

Overview

Action for Children are looking for a Residential Support Worker to work at a short breaks service in East Ayrshire for children with disabilities. This will be a full time, temporary position initially for 3 months but with permanent opportunities becoming available further down the line. We have a competitive pay rate on offer of £15.66 per hour for standard working hours and you will work on a rota basis with a mixture of morning and afternoon shifts each week.

Responsibilities

It takes a special type of person to dedicate their career to supporting others. We are looking for individuals to help ensure children and young people receive a high level and quality of individual support throughout their time in our home. You will be working within a team supporting children and young people to achieve positive outcomes, build appropriate relationships and have fun, being there at every step of their development. As a Residential Support Worker, you will play an essential part in providing direct care and effective support to young people to enable them to achieve positive outcomes in line with their childcare personal plan. Every day is different, and you will face new challenges; we need staff members with a can-do attitude, who are willing to go above and beyond for the young people in their care.

Ideal candidate / Qualifications

• Experience of working with children and young people with disabilities
• SSSC registration
• Minimum of a QCF Level 3 or a willingness to work towards this
• PVG certificate

Benefits

• You will receive a dedicated and personal consultant with a vast knowledge of social work
• We are a nationwide supplier of Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities which means we have a wide variety of exclusive roles based all over the country
• We provide frequent updates of new opportunities via text and email
• We have an expert payroll service which is processed twice a week
• At Service Care Solutions we also offer a £250 bonus for referrals! If you think you know someone who would be ideal for this role and they are placed in the job you will then receive £250 at the end of their probationary period.

How to apply

To apply for this role, or to refer someone else, then please do not hesitate to contact Eilidh at Service Care Solutions on (phone number removed)