Residential Childcare Worker (Part-Time)

Tucked away in the scenic village of Strathblane, Dumbrock House is a welcoming home for children and young people aged 8 to 16. With its own beautiful grounds and strong links to the local community, Dumbrock is somewhere young people feel safe, supported, and ready to take on new challenges. We are recruiting Relief Support Practitioners to support children and young people within our residential Children and Family Services. This is a flexible, relief role providing cover as required to help maintain safe, stable and nurturing environments. This is a hands on, relationship based role where you will work directly with children and young people, supporting daily routines, emotional wellbeing and positive experiences within a consistent and therapeutic setting. Provide direct care and support to children and young people in line with individual needs* Support daily routines, education, activities and community engagement* Contribute to care planning, recording and reporting* Support young people to attend appointments, activities and family contact as required* Work flexibly across a relief rota, including evenings, weekends and sleepovers You will have experience of working with children and young people in a care or support setting and be confident building consistent, respectful relationships. You will hold, or be working towards, an HNC Social Care and SVQ Level 3, be willing to register with the SSSC, and hold a full UK manual driving licence. If you are looking for flexible relief work where you can make a genuine difference to the lives of children and young people, apply now to find out more. 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 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 you must be respectful of our Christian Ethos and be able to work within it. 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. Posts close at midnight on the indicated date.* Application Assistance: For help completing an application on Jobtrain, please click here – Application Guidance – Jobtrain* Please check your email regularly (including junk folders) and also your Jobtrain account for updates.* Support Hub: For advice and support with any system issues, please contact Jobtrain Candidate Support Hub – Jobtrain – Jobseekers Support Hub* Browser Recommendation: We recommend using the internet browsers “Google Chrome” or “Microsoft Edge” when using Jobtrain.*…