Children's Support Worker

7 months ago


Dundee, United Kingdom Digby Morgan Full time

summary
- _ dundee, scotland_
- _ £15.00 - £22.00 per hour, access to discount portal_
- _ contract_- specialism
- social care- sub specialism
- social care- reference number
- PR-1236610
- job details

Interested in a new challenge in Residential Childcare?

Do you have flexible full-time availability?

One of Randstad's key clients are looking for dedicated and experienced Residential Support Workers for a children's residenti...To succeed in this role, experience in working with young people behavioural and emotional difficulties is essential. Working closely with other support services you will need to ensure a secure, safe and supportive environment for all service users.

A successful child residential support worker will be responsible for:

- Working effectively as part of a team of child support workers
- Hitting the ground running
- Providing 24 hours care to a vulnerable young people
- Supporting service users with early trauma and emotional behavioural difficulties
- 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
- Have a minimum 12 months of experience in UK based Residential Childcare
- Have flexibility in the roles undertaken
- Have strong communication skills
- Register under the PVG scheme
- Full driving license
- Preferably obtained SVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care, or equivalent

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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Interested in a new challenge in Residential Childcare?

Do you have flexible full-time availability?

To succeed in this role, experience in working with young people behavioural and emotional difficulties is essential. Working closely with other support services you will need to ensure a secure, safe and supportive environment for all service users.

...

A successful child residential support worker will be responsible for:

- Working effectively as part of a team of child support workers
- Hitting the ground running
- Providing 24 hours care to a vulnerable young people
- Supporting service users with early trauma and emotional behavioural difficulties
- 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
- Have a minimum 12 months of experience in UK based Residential Childcare
- Have flexibility in the roles undertaken
- Have strong communication skills
- Register under the PVG scheme
- Full driving license
- Preferably obtained SVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care, or equivalent

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.

show more**experience**:

- Children services-
**skills**:

- be able to manage challenging situations,can work as an individual or part of a team,competent at dealing with all stakeholders,emotional intelligence,empathy



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