Residential Care Officer - Heathervale

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Residential Care Officer
Heathervale

Salary: £30,751 - £36,312
Hours: 36 per week

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated individual who can support young people who live at Heathervale by working in a trauma informed way to ensure we offer the best possible care and support. You will work as a part of dynamic team, with young people to assist them to form personal attachments, develop resilience and ensure they receive as much support as possible to achieve their full potential . Please note that shift work and weekend work are part of your contractual hours.

Experience required;

• Qualification held must fully meet the SSSC requirement for Unconditional Registration. The sole exception to this is for candidates who have achieved the necessary practice qualification (e.g. HNC in Social services) and have only the optional SVQIII modules to be completed to be awarded the SVQIII Social Services (Children and Young People) SCQF Level 7.
• Applicants must be eligible and prepared to register with the Scottish Social Services Council as a Residential Child Care Worker

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check.  Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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