Part Time Childcare Practitioner

Buttercups House - Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire

Part Time Childcare Practitioner

30 Hours per week | £9.50 per hour | Job Reference: REQ00233

Closing Date: Thursday 30th September 2021

The Mungo Foundation is a well-established charitable organisation, with over 40 years of experience supporting vulnerable individuals across Scotland. We employ over 700 staff, supporting approximately 1500 people a year, across a diverse array of services. Our services are tailored to the needs of each individual we work with and together we work hard to improve their quality of life.

Our Buttercups House Project based in the Bishopbriggs area of East Dunbartonshire, provides respite/short breaks support for up to three children and young people with varying degrees of disability aged between six and 18 years old.

We are looking to recruit a committed and self-motivated Part Time Childcare Practitioner to join our busy team. The successful candidate will have the ability to implement Care Plans and Risk Assessments, be responsible for personal care and medication where necessary, and ensure the general wellbeing and safety of the children and young people are met in line with service and organisational policies, procedures and protocols.

Previous relevant experience with the client group and knowledge of current legislation relevant to children's services such as GIRFEC and SHANNARI is essential.

Qualifications are not essential. We offer excellent support, training and a salary of £9.50 per hour.

The successful candidate, if unqualified, must be willing to work towards a suitable qualification for a post at this level, in line with the SSSC Regulatory Requirements.

If you are looking for a new challenge, this may be the position for you.

We value our staff very highly. Alongside competitive terms and conditions we also offer membership of both an employee benefits scheme and a credit union, plus numerous training and development opportunities, including SVQ registration level qualifications.

We would appreciate if you could complete an online application form which can be found on our website www.themungofoundation.org.uk under join our team, then work with us, then under the relevant vacancy click on the apply button.

Appointments are made subject to satisfactory membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme, SSSC registration and appropriate safer recruitment checks.

All posts are currently subject to Job Evaluation.