HORIZONS RESIDENTIAL CARE LIMITED
Mission Statement: "Working together to provide a stable, supportive and caring home promoting respect, values, rights and diversity."
Residential Care Worker- Job description
Vacant Post- Full-time
Horizons Residential Care Limited is a well-established residential childcare provider based in the East Coast of Scotland and has been providing residential childcare service since 2013. The company won the Best Social Care Provider award in 2019, the Best Care Home Award in Scotland in 2021 and also won the Best Care Home Group in the UK in 2022.
The company has undergone major restructuring with a view to enhance the standards and quality of care provision to our Service Users and Local Authorities across the UK. The company expanded the range of services it provides and is opening new homes over the next few months. Consequently, we have a number of opportunities opening up: Assistant Managers, Senior Residential Care Workers and Residential Care Workers.
Horizon’s vision is for young people within our care to thrive in a positive living experience, which meets and exceeds the requirements of the Health and Social Care Standards.
Horizon’s ethos resonates with childcare theory, Attachment Theory, Social Pedagogy and Opportunity led Life Space Interventions. Our care practice aims to promote the development of young people’s coping mechanisms to resolve past experiences and enhance individual capacity in respect of life skills, self-esteem, confidence, and resilience.
Horizons provide, as standard, a staffing ratio of 1:1 (10am - 10pm) who are competent and confident in working alongside young people with complex and sometimes challenging behaviours. Our young people may present with a range of social, emotional and physical needs. Therefore the specialised care we provide requires being adaptive and flexible in response.
The ideal candidate must have 2 or more year’s experience working with and caring for vulnerable young people in a residential care setting, who have a range of support needs varying from traumatic life experience, family breakdown to disability. Candidates must also be fully qualified to work as a residential childcare worker, meeting the requirements as set out by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) for registration. A clean and current driving licence is also preferable, alongside a willingness to transport the young people in our care using company vehicles.
Essential
Clean Driving Licence
Experience in the Residential Child Care Sector
Able to work unsocial hours, including Weekends.
Shift Patterns: Full Days, Sleep-ins
Accepted Qualifications: HNC/SVQ3 or equivalent
Ambitious and Work towards meeting Set Targets or Goals
Benefits
Competitive Remuneration Package
Funding to Complete Qualification relevant to the Job
In addition to 5.6 Weeks of Statutory Holiday Entitlement, Enhanced Leave depending on qualifications, experience, performance reviews and appraisal.
Enhanced Pay for shifts and sleep-ins on Xmas and New Years Day
Dedicated learning and development programmes
Access to a wide range of free online Citations courses on a variety of topic
Free PVG check
Free meals on shift
Pension scheme
Company vehicle to use when in work
All applications, CVs with names of 2 referees and Written submissions to be received by 31st August 2023
Application deadline: 31st August 2023
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
3-step interview process:
1st interview over phone
2nd interview is virtual HR interview over Google Meets
3rd interview is in-person followed by Paid Shadow Shifts in the house to assess interaction with young people and Staff. Shadow shift is subject to clearing 3rd Interview.
Benefits:
- Discounted or free food
- Referral programme
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- 24 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
- Performance bonus
- Yearly bonus
Experience:
- Residential Childcare: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- HNC Social Care (preferred)
- SVQ 3 Social Care (preferred)
Ability to commute/relocate:
- BATHGATE: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Work Location: One location
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £12.00-£15.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:
- Performance bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Bathgate, West Lothian: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Experience:
- Residential Childcare: 1 year (preferred)
- Support Environment: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
- NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 31/08/2023
Reference ID: RCWBV2023
Expected start date: 15/09/2023
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