Senior Residential Child Care Worker

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Job Description

Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing Monday 5 August 2024

Closing Date: Wednesday 24 July 2024

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: FC7 £31,179.34 - £38,950.71

Working Pattern: 36 hours per week (Over an 8 week rolling rota including evenings, weekends and sleepovers)

Location: Leven

Supporting Statement

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked 'upload resumé'. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement.

Job Details

This role involves providing support to children & young people who have experienced significant childhood adversity and who, at times, may be experiencing significant distress and distress related behaviours.

The role involves ensuring appropriate levels of supervision of young people. Residential Childcare Workers are expected to be with and alongside young people for the duration of their shift.

The role involves an ability to attune to the emotional states that young people display, being able to perceive emotional states underpinning behaviours and to think about what this may feel like for young people.

The role involves an ability to support young people to understand the emotional and behavioural states they display. This involves supporting young people to think about what their emotions and behaviours may mean.

The role involves supporting young people to have an active social and leisure life. This means an active and enthusiastic willingness to get out and about with young people. Supporting them to engage in community activities, sports, hobbies etc.

The successful applicant will be expected to uphold professional standards as detailed by the SSSC and the Care Inspectorate.

• Enhancements - for unsocial hours, including weekends and public holidays.
• Pay - is every 4 weeks and annualised for 38-week contracts.
• Training - Access to and support with training opportunities and qualifications for the job.
• Pension - Membership of Fife Pension Fund which is part of the Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS Scotland).
• Generous holiday allowance.

A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for.

The Person

• Experience of working with young people who have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences.
• An understanding of the concepts and principles of Attachment Promoting & Trauma Informed Care.
• Must be able to see beyond presenting behaviours and to display empathy, compassion and hope for young people.
• Needs to understand that this is a demanding and, at times, very tough job. A high level of composure and resilience is required.
• Must have an SVQ 4, or be willing to work toward these qualifications.
• Requirement to register with the SSSC.
• An active willingness to use public transport with young people to travel throughout Fife & beyond at all times of the day and evening.

As this role requires SSSC registration, the successful applicant will have three months to apply for registration.

If appointed, you must start your application as soon as possible so you're registered within the required six months. More details are included in the role profile

Before confirming to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.

Further Information

• Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
• How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.
• Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services
• Directorate Information - Council Department information
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For further Information please contact: Ashley Wilson - ashley.wilson@fife.gov.uk