Residential Childcare Worker

Job Title: Residential Support Worker

Location: Montrose

Salary: Up to £20.00 per hour

Are you a dedicated care professional ready to make a profound impact within a highly specialist setting? A premier provider of secure children's services in Montrose is seeking resilient Residential Support Workers to champion high-quality care and drive positive outcomes for vulnerable young people.

This is not your average residential role. It is an opportunity to join an organisation that supports young individuals facing complex social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties resulting from early trauma. If you possess the empathy, clinical insight, and structural consistency to guide young people through rewarding challenges, this environment will allow your career to thrive.

• Exceptional Pay: Earn a highly competitive rate of up to £20.00 per hour.

• Desirable Rota Pattern: Achieve an excellent work-life balance operating on a structured 1-day-on, 2-days-off rota system.

• Professional Advocacy: Benefit from a dedicated specialist consultant alongside comprehensive support navigating your SSSC registration.

• Continuous Development: Keep your expertise sharp with access to advanced, industry-standard training and interactive online learning modules.

• Exclusive Perks: Access a comprehensive employee discount scheme and an unlimited "Refer a Friend" bonus programme.

• Streamlined Onboarding: Fast-track compliant candidates into immediate starts.

As a Residential Support Worker, you will act as a cornerstone of quality care, balancing direct support with therapeutic intervention:

• Therapeutic Care Delivery: Provide premium, round-the-clock trauma-informed care to young people within a secure residential setting.

• Foster Independence: Empower service users by facilitating access to education, development sessions, and structured community activities.

• Regulatory Compliance: Uphold flawless professional boundaries while ensuring all care aligns strictly with National Care Standards and SSSC guidelines.

• Team Collaboration: Work effectively with existing staff teams to maintain a safe, nurturing, and highly structured environment.

• Operational Adaptability: Commit to a dedicated 1 on 2 off shift pattern, ensuring continuous service excellence across weekends and holiday periods.

• Proven Experience: A robust, demonstrable background in a residential childcare setting, ideally with exposure to complex needs or EBD.

• Qualifications: An SVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care (Children and Young People) or an equivalent recognised qualification is highly desirable.

• Essential Vetting: Active registration, or full willingness to register, under the PVG scheme.

• Mobility: A full UK driving licence is highly preferred to support service users in community activities.

• Key Skills: Elite interpersonal communication skills paired with a resilient, proactive, and solutions-focused approach.

This position requires advanced therapeutic care skills. Individuals with successful experience in the following roles are strongly encouraged to apply:

• Childcare Practitioner / Youth Worker

• Secure Care Officer / Youth Justice Worker

• Complex Needs Support Practitioner

• Residential Care Worker

The specialised children's sector moves swiftly, and outstanding opportunities do not remain vacant for long.

Apply today to initiate an informal, confidential discussion regarding this vacancy, or contact the specialist recruitment team directly on [phone removed] to take the next step in your professional journey

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.

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