Residential Childcare Worker

6 months ago

East Lothian, United Kingdom CareTech Group Full time

**Residential Childcare Worker - Nights**

**£500 Welcome Bonus *£1000 Recommend A Friend Bonus**

**Manual Driving License is a Necessity**

**About us**

Spark of Genius is one of Scotland’s largest residential child care providers. For over 25 years, we have been delivering high quality care to young people who need to be looked after. Spark of Genius is also part of the UK-wide CareTech family who are committed to providing each child with opportunities to have their individual needs met.

**About the Service**
Drumbank House is a large detached house located within the Drumbank Estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh. The nearest village is Danderhall.

Drumbank has five bedrooms (one of which has en-suite facilities) and was modernised in 2014 to provide a safe and nurturing environment for five young people aged between 12 to 18 years.

The ethos of the trauma informed staff team is to help meet the individual needs of each young person with understanding and empathy and to create a setting in which young people can be happy, have fun and thrive through respectful, caring and developmental relationships.

**In your new role**

This is an opportunity to be part of a dedicated and trauma-informed team, and to work directly with young people with a range of complex needs connected to their individual life experiences and childhood adversity.

This is also a chance to make a difference to outcomes for young people Our mission is to make Every Second Count, to help us succeed you will:
Work in a positive, respectful and empowering way with all young people in order to promote good relationships and encourage achievements.
Work as part of a team to meet the social, emotional and educational health and mental health needs of young people
Participate in and encourage the participation of the young people in the domestic tasks of the home in order to develop the self-care skills.
Write review reports, risk assessment and contribute to care plans.
liaise with parents and partners agencies to ensure that the best interests of the young people are respected and promoted at all times.

**You will ideally have**:
Good understanding of the developmental needs and milestones of young people.
Experience of working with children and families.
Driving Licence
Ability to communicate, engage and form positive relationships with young people, parent/carers and other professionals.
Ability to produce clear and concise written reports and records of good standard and verbally present information and views.
Ability to challenge individuals where necessary, remain calm and objective in difficult situations.
HNC in Social Care, SVQ level 3 in Care or equivalent qualification, or the ability to undertake these qualifications

**Benefits**

As part of this role, we offer a range of specialist training programmes to support you in your work and invest in your professional development. These include:
Fully Paid induction programme
Every Second Counts: bespoke training on the role of a residential childcare worker
Therapeutic crisis intervention training to assist young people in regulating their emotions when they are in crisis.
Child protection training
Relax kids training
Attachment and trauma training
Full suite of e-learning modules available that provide continuous knowledge and development.

In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes;

Full Time Contract

Competitive Rates of Pay

Free PVG check

Pension Scheme

Free Training

Paid Induction
- £1000 Recommend A Friend Bonus
- £500 Welcome Bonus

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