Residential Child Care Worker - FLK14719

Falkirk Council; Brighton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension scheme

Car leasing scheme

Salary sacrifice schemes

AA cover discount

Job summary

Falkirk Council is seeking a permanent residential childcare worker for Wallace Crescent within Falkirk HSCP Residential Services. You will help create a safe, nurturing home for young people, provide emotional support, manage daily routines from meals to school runs, and work as part of a dedicated team with guidance from management.

A full driving licence is essential; two cars support the service, with a 24-hour rota, every second weekend off, and a plan for six weeks' notice.

Qualifications

• Emotional resilience and ability to connect with young people.
• Experience in residential care or similar settings caring for vulnerable children.
• Registration with SSSC and PVG checks as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide emotional support and create a safe, nurturing home environment for young people.
• Support with meals, school runs, activities, and shared experiences.
• Drive to support education and activities; a full driving licence is essential.
• Work within a 24-hour rota including early, late and night shifts; every second weekend off.
• Assist with the smooth running of the household under guidance from management.

Skills

Emotional resilience

Empathy

Teamwork

Communication

Education

HNC

SVQ3

Job description

Job Advert

The Falkirk Way

We are looking for a permanent residential childcare worker at Wallace Crescent to become part of our team within Falkirk HSCP Residential Services. We have 2 children's houses with 5 young people in each house. We strive to provide a loving and safe environment where we work with young people to help them understand themselves and their wider world through emotionally rich relationships, reflection and connectedness.

Our practice model is made possible by our team's commitment and belief in trauma informed principles. We plan support for our young people with a deep understanding of the impact of trauma experiences on the coping mechanisms of the young people we are privileged to support.

Our approach is also strongly influenced by the commitments within the Promise and an evidence based belief that loving, safe and consistent relationships have the potential to create growth and change in all of us.

About the job

Your largest part of your role is to help create a safe, nurturing, and supportive home where young people can heal and thrive. Working as part of a dedicated team, you'll offer emotional support and provide the stability of a well-managed, caring environment. From home-cooked meals and school runs to activities and shared experiences. You'll play a key part in ensuring the smooth running of the household, while receiving consistent guidance and support from your management team every step of the way.

Our young people are active, both within education and in their wider world, therefore a full driving licence is essential in being able to support them with this. Each service has two cars to allow for this.

Our team works a rota that ensures that wakened support is available to them 24 hours a day, you will work on a peripatetic basis covering annual leave, absence and training hours as a part of this rota completing early, late- and wakened-night shifts as per your rota. You will have every second weekend off and a rota planned with a minimum of 6 weeks' notice.

Requirements

What we look for

Our successful candidate will have lots of emotional resilience that is equally matched by their compassion and a desire to understand the world through their eyes and truly connect with young people. They will be joining a team of motivated and skilled residential care workers who are expected and supported to use relationships to solve challenges, to stay connected when things get tough and to explore the potential of the everyday when you have trusted loving people surrounding you.

You will ideally have experience of working within residential care, or comparable experience meeting the holistic needs of young people who have experienced loss and rejection

You will ideally hold relevant qualifications to HNC and SVQ3 level, and be prepared to achieve these within the timeframe set by the SSSC if you do not.

You will have to be able to register with the SSSC, and undergo an advanced PVG check.

What we offer

A truly rewarding role in a place where you are trusted, supported and empowered to support some incredible young people

Competitive pay scales with annual increments within salary scale (£34,957 - £38,834) based on a 37 hour average working week

Additional financial payment for night shift work and unsociable hours

Generous local authority pension scheme

35 days annual leave allowance (inclusive of a bank holiday allowance), rising to 40 days after 5 years' service, part time colleagues receive a pro rata rate.

Specialist training including skilled level trauma training, TCI and a suite of role specific skills training.

Regular relational supervision and support from an experienced and specifically identified supervisor

Council benefits including access to salary sacrifice schemes, car leasing scheme, AA cover discount and additional voluntary contribution pension scheme.

The successful applicant will be required to gain/maintain PVG scheme membership.