Residential Child Care Worker (12 month fixed term annualised contract) Job Vacancy in Pebbles Care Ltd Ayrshire – Updated today

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Company Name : Pebbles Care Ltd
Location : Ayrshire
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Job Description : Pebbles Care have an opportunity for a Part-time Residential Child Care Worker to join our dedicated and professional team. This role is a 12 month fixed term contract, with a strong possibility of extension, that requires varied hours per week throughout the school calendar year. Your monthly salary will remain the same throughout the year.
The Role and Responsibilities
You will be responsible for ensuring that our children and young people are cared for in every element of their lives. We are looking for Child Care professionals who are passionate about their role as a key worker and view it as a vocation, not just a job. This career will allow you to make a positive difference to all aspects of our children and young people by accompanying them to and from school or college, facilitating family contact, creating a warm and comforting environment, shopping, cooking, cleaning and encouraging participation in local activities and hobbies.
Our children and young people often have experienced trauma and early years attachment difficulties. We offer them understanding, through meaningful relationships aimed at keeping them safe and able to enjoy the world around them. We desire excellent listening skills to fully understand their views, wishes and feelings. The role can be extremely challenging at times and requires resilience, self-motivation and determination. Although the role can be challenging, the personal rewards are immense.
Essential Qualities that we look for include:
A flexible approach to work,
A nurturing and caring nature,
An engaging personality , allowing you to form non-judgemental relationships,
A consistent and professional manner,
An active and supportive listener,
Deeply empathetic to every situation,
A creative ability towards having fun and learning new skills,
Highly responsible and accountable when it comes to safeguarding our children and young people,
A resilient approach to the role,
A willingness to learn and develop your skills and abilities,
Excellent verbal and written communication skills,
Proficient IT skills and experienced in using Microsoft packages,
A full UK driver’s licence.
Desirable Qualities include:
One years’ experience in child care or youth settings
An SCQF Level 7 or Level 3 Diploma / relevant to Children and Young People’s Residential workforce, or working towards.
An interest in pursuing relevant Child Care qualifications,
Familiar with the Codes of Practice set out by regulatory bodies, i.e. SSSC,
An existing PVG / DBS certificate
About Us
At Pebbles, we have over 17 years’ experience in supporting some of the most vulnerable young people across the UK. We aim to nurture and develop, so that children and young people can flourish in our care.
Our teams are spread across 45 residences and 2 schools that continue to meet the needs of young people and provide supportive ways developing and learning. We also have excellent learning and development resources to ensure that all our staff have access to high quality, up-to-date training and support.
Hours of Work
You will work on a one day on, two day off rota, your average hours per week will be 33.9 hours over the 12 months.
Essential core hours will be as follows;
Term Time – Monday to Friday 12 noon to 10.30 pm, Saturday and Sunday 7.30 am to 10.30pm. School Holidays – Monday to Sunday – 7.30 am to 10.30 pm.
Remuneration
The starting salary is £15,950.58 per annum (expected take home salary)
Part-time hours of work are across a seven-day rota and the hours at work, including paid rest breaks average 33.9 per week.
The full-time equivalent salary is £26,584.31 per annum, based on 56.4 hours per week including sleeps and rest breaks.
You will receive 28 days holidays per annum, pro-rated for part-time employees and auto-enrolment into the company pension scheme. We also offer a Cashback Healthcare Plan.
We offer opportunities to gain relevant and necessary vocational qualifications, i.e. NVQ/SVQ Level 3. You will also receive a comprehensive induction and support in your role through regular supervision meetings as well as opportunity to progress in your career.
Additional Information
All successful applicants will be required to carry out the appropriate level of disclosure check, the cost of which will be covered by Pebbles Care. Due to the fast paced nature of the role it is possible that we will shortlist applicants prior to closing date, please do not hesitate in applying if you are interested.
A note to Recruitment Agencies:
Please note that Pebbles Care does not recognise the submission of unsolicited CVs and does not respond to unsolicited communications form recruitment companies. We will only review CVs sent by individual candidates in the application for an advertised post. Any CV’s or details submitted by recruitment companies will be viewed as the property of Pebbles Care.

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