Residential Support Worker

Are you a passionate and dedicated child support worker?

Do you strive to make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable children?

If this sounds like you, then apply today!

Child Support worker roles available in West Lothian supporting the local authority, secure services and charities in a residential setting. Make a real difference to the lives of young people, supporting them to have a safe and fulfilled childhood!

These roles offer a competitive salary of £15 to £20 per hour PAYE plus sleepovers. You'll be working to your own rota based on your availability. With plenty of shifts available you can easily work 40 horus per week!

What can Randstad offer a child support worker?

• Competitive rate
• Keep your skills sharp working across multiple services
• Flexible working schedule
• Opportunity for consistent placement
• Unlimited friend referral bonuses
• Help with SSSC registration
• Employee discount app
• Support from within the team and a dedicated Randstad consultant
• Additional benefits including access to a group pension scheme,enhanced rates on bank holidays and for key shifts, and a free confidential employee assistance programme.

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 service users with early trauma and emotional behavioural difficulties. This approach is centered on nurturing positive relationships using the principles of Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, and Empathy (PACE) and Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP).
• 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. Individuals with diverse skills and experiences from backgrounds such as residential care, early years, education, or healthcare are also welcomed.
• 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 call Rebecca Prentice on [phone removed] for a confidential chat

Not the role for you? We are always looking for talented residential support workers across Scotland, check out the website for a full list of jobs!

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.

experience

Children services

skills

be able to manage challenging situations,be person centred,can work as an individual or part of a team,caring,emotional intelligence,handling medication,patience

qualifications

college

education

SVQ