Our Residential Short Breaks Service, enables children & young people to enjoy time away from home, taking part in a range of activities, making friends and developing their independence. Based in the residential area of Springburn in Glasgow, Short Breaks is a fantastic service offering family focussed support for children and young adults with additional or complex needs. We offer overnight breaks for children and young people from 5 to 21 years old.
Through a popcorn & movie night with a familiar film, playing a favourite game in the garden, or by providing the right sensory environment, our team works in partnership with families to create a home away from home experience based on the needs of the young person. It is a safe, purpose-built environment where children and young people's needs and preferences are at the heart of what we offer. With full access to our sensory room hydrotherapy spa pool, art and craft room and large enclosed garden, its great environment for our team as well as our children.
In this exciting role you will lead our hard working team as they provide the care and support appropriate to our fantastic children and young people. You will put them at the heart of what you do and ensure that the team plan and implement activities to meet the individual needs and aspirations of every young person. You will ensure that we provide the highest quality of care every day and night, so that our children feel safe, secure and well cared for. You will ensure that care plans are carried out, co ordinate and support the staff team, taking responsibility for the unit in the absence of the Team and Service Leaders. You will also manage the ordering, safe keeping and administration of medication when on shift and model excellent social care practice.
This is a hands on role so you will be involved in the general day to day support and care (including personal care) of our children. You will act as a key worker to identified children and contribute to the setting up, carrying out and reviewing of care plans. As a key contact in the service you will support the families and carers of the young people and empower our children to access local services and leisure opportunities.
Ideally you will be qualified to HNC level and SVQ3 in Health and Social Care (Children and Young People) but what is essential is that you have previous experience working with children, administering mediciation and managing challenging behaviour. What is also essential is that you are a positive, organised and pro active team player who has a real passion for making a difference in the lives of the children we support. We are a great team, who take a real pride in what we do, so we need a like minded person to join us as a Senior Children's Worker.
We also offer you a range of benefits that you would expect from an organisation that support others.
Firstly, there is access to a wide range of exclusive retail and leisure discounts through our rewards scheme and the Blue Light Discount card. We also ensure that your future and that of your loved ones is secured with a generous contributory pension plan and death in service benefit. Balancing work and family are made easier with our suite of enhanced family friendly policies and your health and wellness are prioritised with access to our health cash plan, giving you cash back for a wide range of health treatments. We even have access to a care concierge service to assist you with life's challenges, providing invaluable support when you need it most.
But we also know that your training and development is important to you, and as well as a contribution to your professional membership fees, we are keen to support you in making the right steps to learn, grow and develop in ways that are right for you.
CrossReach has been at the forefront of high quality social care for over 150 years, providing loving care to people of all ages and supporting them to live life to the full whatever their circumstances. During that time, we have worked hard to understand the needs of the people who turn to us for help and with them have been at the forefront of pioneering services which have literally changed thousands of lives for the better.
Today we are one of the largest social care providers in Scotland, with experience across a broad range of services. We are still growing, learning, and improving, thanks to the incredible people we have the privilege to support, and all those who support us. We are part of the Church of Scotland and aim to provide social care services and specialist resources in Christ's name to further the caring work of the Church to people in challenging circumstances.
As we do our work in Christ's name the job you have applied for requires you to have a Christian faith and be able to work within and uphold our Christian Ethos. This is an Occupational Requirement under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.
This post requires you to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme and undertake the necessary vetting checks. You will also be required to be registered with SSSC and it is your professional responsibility to ensure that you meet the standards and criteria for registration.
We have a legal obligation to ensure that we do not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by UK Visas and Immigrations. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.
We are committed to ensuring that we attract, retain, and develop the very best people to build a diverse and talented team and we recognise that every individual's unique background, experience and ability contributes to our success. We aim to create an inclusive and inspiring environment where individuals feel valued and respected and where people can belong, thrive and be their very best, whoever they are.If you have any queries regarding this role or our recruitment process, please contact the Recruitment team on .uk
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