Residential Childcare Worker

Are you reaching for the stars?

Can you help a neurodiverse child to do the same?

If the answer is yes, then read on!

Full time roles available working in a specialist residential setting supporting children with autism and learning disabilities to live a fulfilled life. In a unique and beautiful setting of the Fife countryside you will support children with complex trauma and autism to fulfil their dreams and prosper. You will join a diverse team and bring your unique outlook and experience to the house!

Salary is up to £18 per hour and working pattern is an average of 37.5 over 4 weeks, plus sleepovers and overtime available

What can Randstad offer a residential childcare worker?

- Competitive rates

- Employee discount scheme

- Unlimited friend referral bonuses

- Immediate start

- Easy online booking system

- Extensive training in industry standard courses supported by online learning

- Help with SSSC registration

- Support from within the team and a dedicated Randstad consultant

- Excellent career progression opportunities

- Opportunities to pick up ad hoc shifts

A successful residential childcare worker will be responsible for:

- Sharing responsibilities with a team of residential childcare workers

- Supporting the social and educational needs of children by accompanying them into classroom environments

- Develop and carry out engaging activities based on the interests of the young people in the house

- Act as a key worker to some children and support them on a one to one basis

- Actively identify potential risks or escalation points and use positive behaviour management techniques

- Co-ordinating wider care team to ensure consistency of care and messaging for young people

- Maintaining professional manner and working to National Care Standards

To be successful in your residential childcare worker application, you will:

- Have previous experience working in a care setting with young people

- Demonstrate understanding of legislation, behaviour management techniques and attachment theory

- Have strong communication skills, you may be asked to work with non-verbal children

- Register under the PVG scheme

- Full driving licence

- Obtained SVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care, or equivalent

If this sounds like the position for you, don't delay!

Apply now and one of our team may call you for an informal chat to take your application to the next stage.

Not the role for you?

We are always looking for talented residential support workers across Scotland, head over to the Randstad website for all roles!

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.