Senior Residential Childcare Worker

Rockwood House is a CrossReach residential children's service providing a safe, stable and nurturing home for children and young people. The service takes a relational and trauma-aware approach, supporting children to build trust, experience consistency and develop positive, lasting relationships.

As a Senior Residential Childcare Worker, you will combine direct, relationship-based care with a senior, practice-leading role within the team. You will support the Service Manager in maintaining high standards of care, modelling therapeutic approaches and providing day-to-day guidance to colleagues. This is a hands-on role where you will lead by example and help create a calm, structured and reflective environment for children and young people.

What your day could involve

• Providing nurturing, trauma-aware care to children and young people
• Acting as a senior presence on shift and a positive role model for colleagues
• Holding keyworker responsibilities, including care planning, risk assessments and reviews
• Supporting emotional regulation and positive behaviour using agreed approaches
• Leading individual and group work to meet identified needs and outcomes
• Supporting and mentoring staff, including induction and ongoing development
• Working in partnership with families and external professionals
• Maintaining high-quality records, reports and documentation
• Contributing to service development, quality assurance and team meetings
• Working a rota that includes evenings, weekends and sleepovers

About youYou are an experienced residential childcare professional with a calm, reflective and confident approach. You will be registered with the Scottish Social Services Council and hold, or be working towards, the required qualifications including HNC Social Care and SVQ Level 3. You have a strong understanding of trauma and attachment-informed practice and are confident supporting others to develop their skills. You will hold a full manual driving licence and be confident driving manual vehicles as part of your role. This post is subject to PVG membership and has an occupational requirement to work within and uphold CrossReach's Christian ethos.

Why join us

• A senior role with real influence on practice and team culture
• Structured induction and ongoing specialist training
• Regular supervision and professional support
• Opportunities to develop leadership skills and further qualifications
• The chance to work within a values-led organisation making a real difference

Ready to take the next step?If you are ready to move into a senior role and make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and young people at Rockwood House, we would love to hear from you. Apply today and join CrossReach in supporting children and young people to thrive.

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

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert prior to the closing date. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

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