Day/Night Residential Worker - Ferndale - EAD09804 in Glasgow

The post holder will work as part of the Residential team at Ferndale Children’s Services delivering high quality residential care to children and young people who require to be looked after away from home on a full time 35 hour per week contract. The post holder will also be required to undertake Outreach work in the community, this will involve supporting young people and their families while they remain at home.

The post holder will work in partnership with families, social workers, education and health to support children and young people to promote welfare and development and achieve best outcomes in line with ‘Getting It Right For Every Child’ and the SHANARRI principles. The post holder will contribute to the continuous achievements and improvements of Ferndale Children’s Services and Ferndale Outreach Service, participate in all inspections and deliver practice of a high standard.

There is a flexible 5/7 working rota which is planned to ensure consideration of holidays, training and outings. There is a requirement to cover day, evening and nightshift duties, sleepover duties during emergencies. There is also a requirement to work out with core daily hours or weekends dependent on the requirements of the service.

In line with SSSC registration requirement for Residential Child Care, the post holder will have a mandatory academic qualification - minimum of HNC in Social Care or equivalent academic social care award at SQF level 9 or above. The post holder will also hold a Practice Qualification - SVQ 3 or equivalent or be committed to undertake the required SVQ 3 Qualification as determined by the SSSC for Residential Child Care services.

Benefits to working within East Dunbartonshire Council:

• Annual Leave: Employees benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 36 days depending on the length of service, and 6 fixed public holidays per year. For part-time employees the days are on a pro-rata basis.
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS): The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in Scotland is a funded, defined benefit occupational pension scheme with employee contributions starting at 5.5% with a minimum of 19.3% Employer contributions.
• Employee Wellbeing: The wellbeing of all our employees is extremely important to us, and we are a Healthy Working Lives Gold award holder. We offer an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to our employees, which provide a range of support services to employees 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Occupational health services are also available.
• All East Dunbartonshire Council employees are eligible to join Scotwest Credit Union and save directly from their wages or salary each pay day.
• Discounted corporate membership at EDLC Leisure Centres based at; the Leisuredrome in Bishopbriggs, Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre and the Allander in Bearsden.

PVG/Disclosure Scotland: The following criteria applies to all roles within East Dunbartonshire Council where PVG/Disclosure checks are essential criteria. Where the post you are applying for is considered a Regulated Role under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020, successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council. Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate’s first salary.