Are you a compassionate and resilient individual driven by a passion for transforming young lives? Do you thrive on helping children grow, heal, and flourish in a stable, nurturing environment?
We're seeking experienced Residential Childcare Workers to join our dedicated team across multiple homes in Scotland. In this vital role, you'll become a consistent, trusted adult, providing essential emotional and practical support to vulnerable young people.
About the Role
As a Residential Childcare Worker, you will:
- Be a consistent source of safety, structure, and care for children who have experienced trauma, neglect, or disability.
- Empower young people to build resilience and confidence through everyday guidance and positive relationships.
- Act as a keyworker, ensuring individual needs are met and personal development plans are meticulously followed.
- Collaborate effectively with families and other professionals to support holistic care planning.
What You'll Bring
We're looking for individuals who are:
- A minimum of 2 years experience in residential childcare.
- Hold an SVQ3 Children & Young People + HNC (or actively working towards these qualifications).
- Registered (or eligible to register) with the SSSC.
- Possess a valid UK driving licence (essential).
- Confident, compassionate, and available to work unsocial hours when needed.
Why Join Us? (Benefits & Support)
We value our team and offer:
- Competitive Pay: Rates from £12.50 - £15.50 per hour (qualified staff receive a minimum of £14 per hour).
- Performance Incentives: Sleep-in & attendance bonuses.
- On-Shift Perks: Free meals during shifts.
- Convenience: Company vehicle available for work use.
- Career Growth: Access to comprehensive CPD training (including CALM & ATLAS learning) and a clear path to promotion.
- Well-being Support: Employee Assistance Programme.
- Essential Cover: Free PVG check.
- Continuous Development: Ongoing support to help you excel in your role.
Your Shift Options
We offer flexible working patterns to suit your lifestyle:
- Full-Time: A rolling 9-week rota of 3 x 24-hour shifts (includes 8-hour paid sleepover) followed by 3 days off.
- Part-Time: Opportunities for 12-hour or 6-hour shifts.
- Enhanced pay for shifts worked on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
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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