Residential Children's Practitioner

Randstad Care ,
Dunfermline, Fife
Contract Type: Contract
Salary: £11.4 per hour

Overview

Are you an accomplished child support worker? Looking to undertake a new role in a growing residential service ? If the answer is yes, then we need you Child Support worker roles available in Fife within the residential cottage based in Fife. with a salary of £27, 000 pro rata based on a 40 hour working week. The service supports young people ages 8-18 years old with emotional and social difficulties to continue their education. At the end of contracted hours, successful child support workers will be invited to become a permanent member of the team What can Randstad offer you? - Competitive rates - Great service with therapy animals on site - Close knit team with flexible rotas - Excellent career progressions; the service is keen to promote from within - Opportunity for overtime in other services - Unlimited friend referral bonuses - Immediate start - Extensive training in industry standard courses supported by online learning - Help with SSSC registration - Employee discount app - Support from within the team and a dedicated Randstad consultant A successful child support worker will be responsible for: - Working effectively as part of a team of child support workers - Providing 24 hours care to a vulnerable young people - supporting 4 service users in rural cottage - Taking service users out into the community and to school each day - 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 application, you will: - Have previous experience working in a residential setting with young people - Have flexibility in the roles undertaken - Have strong communication skills - Register under the PVG scheme - Full driving licence - 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 for a confidential chat or email Not the role for you? We are always looking for talented residential support workers across Scotland, email 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.