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Residential Child Care Worker - FLK12895

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Posting date: 03 June 2025
Salary: £32,487.00 to £36,076.00 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 17 June 2025
Location: Brightons, FK2 0HN
Company: Falkirk Council
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: FLK12895

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We are looking for confident, flexible and nurturing residential child care workers to join our experienced and committed staff team. The work provides opportunities to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people in our care by building lasting relationships and contributing to meaningful care and support plans.

Our service promotes relationship-based practice that is child-centred and trauma informed.

We recognise the importance of regular professional supervision and provide significant training and development opportunities to our staff within Falkirk Council.

Our houses have been consistently highly rated by the Care Inspectorate, and we are keen to improve the experiences of the young people in our care and to develop the service to meet the expectations of “The Promise”.

You will work 30.83 hours per week across both residential homes on a flexible rota basis to include weekends, public holidays, evenings and nights.

You must have the ability to be mobile across the Council area.

Staff are required to be able to register unconditionally with SSSC as a residential childcare worker.

If you are the successful candidate, you will be required to gain/maintain PVG scheme membership.

This post is temporary until January 2026.

For informal discussion please contact:- Lauren Doherty, Senior Worker 01324 716868.

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