Senior Practitioner - Residential Childcare (Part-Time) - WDN06018
| Posting date: | 21 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £40,339.15 to £43,618.76 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 August 2025 |
| Location: | Clydebank, G81 1QA |
| Company: | West Dunbartonshire Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | WDN06018 |
Summary
Job Description
PAY AWARD PENDING.
This is a part-time post the salary will be pro-rata'd to the hours worked.
We are looking for a Senior practitioner to join our team at Craigellachie. If you are forward thinking, child centre and committed to lead and support a team in ensuring a safe and nurturing environment . This role involves supervising staff, managing daily operational tasks within the house at a management level and contributing to the developing of others.
Requirements
This post is considered a Regulated Role with Children and Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2020 and as such membership with the PVG scheme is essential. Further details of this scheme can be found here.
Preferred applicants will be required to become members of the relevant PVG scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer being made by West Dunbartonshire Council.
Responsibilities
The employment for which you are applying is excepted from the provisions of section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applicants are, therefore, not statutorily entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are "spent" under the provisions of the Act. In the event of employment any failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action.
The Individual
WDC was voted one of the top ten flexible employers and prides itself in providing flexible working to support work life balance. In addition to this there are also additional benefits:
• Access to the Local Government pension scheme (LGPS) with an employer’s contribution of at least 19.3% and all associated benefits
• A minimum of 25 days annual leave, increasing a day each year up to 35 days as well as 8 fixed public holidays each year
• Access to employee wellbeing supports including occupational health & counselling if ever you need help and support
Now that you have read the role and what we have to offer, we would love to hear from you. Please use the application to tell us your experience, and why you are the candidate for this role.
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http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/working-for-us/about-us/
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http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/working-for-us/benefits-of-working-with-us/
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