Lead Childrens Worker

As a Lead Children’s Worker in our short breaks service, you will play a key role in supporting children and young people with disabilities to build confidence, develop independence, and feel safe, valued and supported during their stay. You will take the lead on shifts, support your colleagues, and ensure each child receives high quality, person centred care tailored to their individual needs and aspirations.

What your day will look like:

• Leading shifts on a rotational basis, coordinating daily activities and supporting the wider team
• Planning and delivering engaging activities that support development, wellbeing and life skills
• Providing personal care including eating, drinking, dressing and hygiene, always maintaining dignity and respect
• Acting as key worker for individual children, developing and reviewing care plans and risk assessments
• Supporting children with additional needs, including mobility and behaviours that may challenge
• Communicating with families and contributing to care reviews and multi agency meetings
• Supporting the safe running of the service, including medication management and compliance

About you:

This role could be right for you if you have experience supporting children, particularly those with additional support needs, and are confident taking on responsibility within a team. You are calm under pressure, organised, and able to lead by example while supporting others to deliver high quality care. You bring a compassionate and practical approach, balancing care, structure and fun to create a positive experience for every child. You are reliable and committed to delivering high quality care in a residential setting. You will hold an SVQ Level 3 in Social Care (Children) or HNC (SCQF Level 7). You will be required to join the PVG Scheme and register with the SSSC.

What you will gain:

• Meaningful work where you can see the impact you make every day
• A supportive team environment with opportunities to lead and develop
• Ongoing training and development to support your career progression
• The chance to build strong relationships with children, families and colleagues

If you are ready to take the next step in your career and lead high quality care for children and young people, apply now.

We also offer you a range of benefits that you would expect from an organisation that supports 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 you must be respectful of our Christian Ethos and be able to work within it. 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 recruitment.team@crossreach.org.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.