Job title: Residential Worker – Day (Full time) and Night (Part time) – (Temporary / Permanent) – Various Posts – GLA10997
Company: Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership
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We are recruiting to Residential Worker posts in our Children’s Residential Peripatetic Team, covering service requirements across our 19 Children’s Houses within the Glasgow Health and Social Care partnership (HSCP).
Role: Residential Worker (Day) and (Night)
Location: Peripatetic Team – Citywide
Starting hourly rate: Day shift £20.35 based on £37,140 per annum, Night shift £22.92 based on £35,860 per annum (see attached annual salary detail)
Hours and Shifts: 37hrs (Day), 30hrs (Night) per week (see attached shift pattern detail)
Contract Type: Permanent and Temporary (temporary post’s are 13 rolling week contract)
Applications are welcome from individuals who have a commitment to providing caring and supportive experiences. If you enjoy helping young people and are committed to making a difference to their lives – this could be the perfect job for you. Experience working in a residential setting is desirable. Applicants must evidence: relational skills with young people, families and other professionals; good communication skills both verbal and written; good understanding of care planning process; knowledge of current legislation and good practice guidance and a demonstrated commitment to safeguards for children in residential care and Children’s Rights. Child care practice in Glasgow is underpinned by the Nurture Framework and the ability to practice in a trauma informed way is essential. An understanding of Child Development is also desirable, but all candidates must be able to respond relationally and in a non-punitive way to the trauma responses of young people.
Applicants must be motivated to achieving the best possible outcomes for young people, by working with young people to identify goals that are developmentally appropriate. You should be creative, caring and compassionate in your approach to working with young people, and be committed to ensuring that young people’s care experience is positive, developmental and fun. You must be flexible as the post provides a citywide care service therefore required to move to Houses where there is a service need. You will be required to work flexibly across the city to cover short notice service requirements and will work to a 3 week work pattern (see attached) which includes weekend working.
Membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme will be essential on taking up appointment. Please note successful candidates for the above position will be required to pay for their PVG Membership check.
Our recruitment process comprises of a Group Assessment and if successful you would be invited to Interview. (Group Assessment week beginning 13/11, Interviews week beginning 20/11 and 27/11).
These posts are excepted under Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013 (as amended).
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For more information on Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership, please visit our website https://glasgowcity.hscp.scot/
Application Packs
Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, Audio and other languages. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 0141 287 1054. Packs will be posted out to you within 3 working days of receiving your telephone request. Please note the closing date of the job advert to ensure that you give yourself plenty of time to complete your application form and return it to us.
Further Information
For further information about working for us please refer to our website
Expected salary: £37140.08 – 42349.15 per year
Location: Glasgow
Job date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 22:17:54 GMT
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