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Sycamore Highland - Inverness
Residential Worker - Maternity Cover
Full-time - 37.5 hours
Starting salary GBP 23,037 including 9% allowance for working unsociable hours
How do you put a price on helping a child have abetter future?
Could you make a positivedifference to some of the most marginalised and vulnerable children in Scotland? Have you got what it takes to work with children and young people, giving them a chance to flourish and develop? Are you keen to develop your own skills and experience within an enabling and ambitious environment? Could you join the team and help to maintain the continuity of care that the young people need whilst one of their regular carers is on maternity leave?
If the answer is 'yes', then we'd like to hear from you!
We seek enthusiastic, energetic and committed individuals who share our ambition that residential child care should be the first best option for children who need to be looked after away from home. You should be confident in being playful, warm, accepting, curious and empathetic, working with children and young people to deliver our vision. Our children and young people would like staff who:
"keep me safe at night"
"are confident to play and have fun - who don't sit back and just watch"
"are kind and fun"
"are kind and can make up bed time stories"
"are sound and likes football"
"are quiet but happy and likes Xbox and has their own controller to play me"
"share my interest in ice hockey"
"want to spend time with me one to one"
"remember what's it like to grow up".
We want staff to be as effective as they can be - exceptional role models for children and staff; comfortable working in a culture based on respect, integrity, innovation and able to challenge both themselves and others around them. We are a residential child care service in Inverness supporting children and young people to live and grow within a community setting.
Details of the role are set out in the 'Terms &Conditions for this post' document which is included with the advert on our website.
Please go to our website www.aberlour.org.uk/vacancies where you can apply on-line. If you have any queries, please e-mail: jobs@aberlour.org.uk. Applications are welcome from minority groups.
Aberlour is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our service users and uses a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG Scheme checks to ensure this commitment is not compromised.
Applications to be returned by noon on Tuesday 30th April 2019
Introduction to Our Aberlour Click Here
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Child Protection Policy Click Here
Job Description Click here
Person Specification Click here
Terms & Conditions for this post click here
A Scottish Guarantee Co No: SC312912 Scottish Charity No. SC007991
Young People's Worker Disability
Aberlour Options Borders, St Boswells
Our service offers an exciting range of short break, residential and non residential services for children and young people living in the Scottish Borders who have a significant learning and/or physical disability.
Starting salary GBP 23,459 per annum pro-rata (including 9% unsocial hours allowance)
As part of a small team, you will ensure that the highest level of physical and emotional care is provided to the children and young people. Applicants will have an understanding and commitment to children with a learning disability, autism and physical disabilities. Experience in this type of work is preferred.
Hours for these posts will average 23 per week for 42 weeks of the year, except during school holidays when this will rise to an average of 35 hours per week for 10 weeks of the year.
This service works a residential shift system including midweek, weekend, public holiday, evening and sleep-over duties. The flexibility to work a varied shift pattern and undertake sleepover duties is essential.
You will be required to register with Scottish Social Services Council and hold or be supported to gain a qualification at SCQF 7 or above (e.g. HNC and SVQ3).
Please go to our website www.aberlour.org.ukwhere you can apply online. If you have any queries, please e-mail: jobs@aberlour.org.uk.Applications are welcome from minority groups.
Applications to be submitted by: Friday 26thApril 2019
Interviews are planned to take place on: TBC
A ScottishGuarantee Co No: SC312912 Scottish Charity No. SC007991
Relief Residential Worker
Sycamore Inverness
We are looking to build our current pool of Relief Residential Workers to work in our residential service for children and young people based in Inverness. We work using a Dyadic Developmental Practice model which means that we ensure that the child/young person and their behaviour is understood and that the child or young person feels as safe as possible at home, in school and in social activities.
We are looking for individuals who will be playful, warm, accepting, curious and empathetic in their
dealings with children, and to bring these qualities to help us achieve our vision, which is to:
1. Provide the best option in Scotland for children who require to live in residential care.
2. Provide the best life-long learning services in Scotland which support children to lead happy and successful lives.
3. Be the best place in Scotland for staff to work and to support staff to achieve their individual and collective potential.
Our aim is to create and provide our young people with opportunities to develop and grow within a safe therapeutic environment.
'I help out in the kitchen. My speciality is Spag Bol.' (Young Person).
By giving our young people opportunities like this we help build self-esteem and self-worth, giving children and young people the belief that they can achieve and be successful in their future.
Relief Workers play a crucial role in supporting our team. Using a person-centred approach, you will provide enabling support ensuring the highest level of physical, personal, and emotional care to support the families in their daily living and within the local community.
This work is offered on a casual, hourly paid basis to provide cover during staff absence and/or particularly busy periods. Availability should be specified on your application and will be discussed at interview.
You will hold, or be willing to work towards, a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 7 or above (for example: SVQ3 Care plus an HNC) together with relevant experience of working with children or young people.
Please note this is an open advert and has no closing date.
Interviews planned for: 2nd April 2019
Introduction to Our Aberlour click here
Our Aberlour Values click here
Child Protection Policy click here
Job Description click here
Person Specification click here
Many vulnerable children and young people are unable to be supported sufficiently within their own homes and communities. However, by intervening earlier with person centred approaches we can support children and young people to remain at home.
Aberlour, with support and funding from Perth and Kinross Council, is establishing Sustain. This is an innovative and creative new service in Perth and Kinross which focuses on supporting children and young people (age 5 - 11) on the 'edge of care' to remain and flourish in their local communities.
Using personalised and person-centred approaches and principles, the aim is to ensure that children, young people and families are supported to build on their strengths, assets and interests to develop enduring capacity and resilience. We also aim to support local professional stakeholders and communities to coproduce solutions.
Applicants should be enthusiastic, energetic and committed and, working in a culture based on respect, integrity, innovation and the ability to challenge, you will share our vision that collaborative early intervention and engagement is the best option for children and families who are on the 'edge of care'. You will bring a fresh and collaborative approach to this service and, in discussion with the manager, be willing to try new approaches to ensure strong and trusting relationships are developed with families and stakeholders. You should be dynamic and creative and be able to deliver flexible, person-centred services to vulnerable children and families in a way which can be playful, warm, accepting, curious, tenacious and empathetic.
Relief Workers will play a crucial role in supporting our team. This work is offered on a casual, hourly paid basis to provide cover during staff absence and/or particularly busy periods. Availability should be specified on your application and will be discussed at interview. As a relief worker you will work as and when required to support the work of the service assisting to help with annual leave cover and specific pieces of work. You will have experience of direct practice within this field of work, including child/adult protection issues. Experience of working with children with additional support needs would be desirable but is not essential.
Based within a variety of settings including the service base, family homes, schools and community settings, you will work either individually or with groups of children, young people and parents / carers using an asset based approach to build capacity and resilience.
As well as being involved in planning, designing and delivering appropriate work you will also assist in assessing and evaluating the services, maintain accurate records and contribute to reports.
Successful candidates will be required to manage their time in a way which balances the needs of children and families, the administrative requirements of the role as well as being able to work at times which may include weekends, evenings and public holidays.
If you would like more information or wish to discuss this post, please contact Tracey Gordon, Service Manager on 07518 970557 for an informal conversation.
If you have any queries, please e-mail: jobs@aberlour.org.uk. Applications are welcome from minority groups.
As an Aberlour employee, you will:
- receive a supported induction
- be part of a highly motivated and skilled team
- receive continual personalised support
- have access to a well-developed training programme, including Person Centred Planning and Graphic Facilitation
- access to the Aberlour Rewards retail discount scheme
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We are a residential child care service in Fife supporting children and young people to live and grow within a community setting.
We are looking for individuals who will be playful, warm, accepting, curious and empathetic in their dealings with the children, and to bring these qualities to help us achieve our vision, which is to:
Relief Workers play a crucial role in supporting our team. Work is offered on a casual, hourly paid basis to provide cover during staff absence and/or particularly busy periods. Availability should be specified on your application and will be discussed at interview.
Our children and young people would like applicants who:
"remember what's it like to grow up"
We are seeking to recruit enthusiastic, energetic and committed individuals who share our ambition that residential child care should be the first best option for children who need to be looked after away from home. Successful candidates must be comfortable in a culture based on respect, integrity, innovation and the ability to challenge.
Please go apply on-line. If you have any queries please e-mail: jobs@aberlour.org.uk. Applications are welcome from minority groups.
This is an open advert which will be reviewed on an on going basis with interviews arranged intermittently.
Terms and Conditions for this post click here
We are looking to build our current pool of Relief Residential Workers to work in our new residential service for children and young people based in Tain. We work using a Dyadic Developmental Practice model which means that we ensure that the child/young person and their behaviour is understood and that the child or young person feels as safe as possible at home, in school and in social activities.
Relief Workers play a crucial role in supporting our team. This work is offered on a casual, hourly paid basis to provide cover during staff absence and/or particularly busy periods. Availability should be specified on your application and will be discussed at interview. Ideally, you will have experience of direct work with children and families and/or experience of working with children or adults with a learning disability and/or an autism spectrum condition.
You will hold, or be willing to work towards, a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 7 or above (for example: SVQ3 Care plus an HNC) together with relevant experience of working with children or young people. You must also be able to demonstrate awareness of the key elements of working with people affected by disability as well as an understanding of, and commitment to, young people's rights.
Please go to our website www.aberlour.org.uk where you can apply on-line. If you have any queries please e-mail: jobs@aberlour.org.uk. Applications are welcome from minority groups. There is no deadline for applications as they will be reviewed as and when received. However, the service may wait until a number are received before arranging suitable interview dates. Please note we do not accept CV's.
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Aberlour Options Dundee provides tailor-made packages of support to parents and children. We work in partnership with parents and families to increase the parenting capacity of parents who have a learning disability and or autism. We have an asset-based approach to support families to stay together and achieve positive outcomes for children and parents.
This specialised service offered by Aberlour Options Dundee enables children and young people to grow and develop - accessing their local area, broadening their experiences and not just meeting their needs but reaching their full potential.
"Without the provision of Aberlour Options Dundee and the range and quality of the support it has provided, this young person may not have moved into adulthood as ably as they have and been able to undertake college, social settings and been as independent as possible, looking towards living within her own community. The family also may not have managed to move on with their lives as they have done, had they not had the confidence they now have in her being able to manage more independently; being able to draw on wider support and experiencing the things she has. This is a direct result of Aberlour Options Dundee" - Professional in Dundee
Relief Workers play a crucial role in supporting our team. Using a person centred approach you will provide enabling support ensuring the highest level of physical, personal, and emotional care to support the families in their daily living and within the local community.
This work is offered on a casual, hourly paid basis to provide cover during staff absence and/or particularly busy periods. Availability should be specified on your application and will be discussed at interview. Ideally, you will have experience of direct work with children and families and/or experience of working with children or adults with a learning disability and/or an autism spectrum condition.
If you have any queries please e-mail: jobs@aberlour.org.uk. Applications are welcome from minority groups.
Please note we do not accept CV's.
Please note this is an open advert, and has no closing date.
We are looking to build our current pool of Relief Residential Workers to work in our new residential service for children and young people based in Fort William. We work using a Dyadic Developmental Practice model which means that we ensure that the child/young person and their behaviour is understood and that the child or young person feels as safe as possible at home, in school and in social activities.
If you have any queries please e-mail: jobs@aberlour.org.uk. Applications are welcome from minority groups. There is no deadline for applications as they will be reviewed as and when received. However, the service may wait until a number are received before arranging suitable interview dates. Please note we do not accept CV's.
Aberlour is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our service users and uses a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG Scheme checks to ensure this commitment is not compromised
Aberlour Options Moray offer a safe, homely environment for a child to come and stay for a short break that gives their families a restfrom their caring role. During that break, children enjoy a range of funactivities and experiences with our staff who specialise in taking care ofchildren with disabilities. Our service is very much a 'home from home' for thechildren who stay with us there.
Aberlour Options Moray is a community based project forchildren/young people with learning disabilities in Moray. Staff are involved in all aspects of theyoung peoples' care which includes ensuring a high level of physical, emotionaland personal care. Aberlour OptionsMoray offers residential services as well as respite short breaks.
You will provide needs-led, person-centred support tochildren and young people with complex physical, learning and emotional needs.
Relief Workers play a crucial role in supporting ourteam. This work is offered on a casual,hourly paid basis to provide cover during staff absence and/or particularlybusy periods. Availability should bespecified on your application and will be discussed at interview. Days, Evenings, Weekend and Nights shifts may be offered. Ideally, you will have experience of directwork with children and families and/or experience of working with children oradults with a learning disability and/or an autism spectrum condition.
You will hold, or be willing to work towards, a relevantprofessional qualification at SCQF level 7 or above (for example: SVQ3 Careplus an HNC) together with relevant experience of working with children oryoung people. You must also be able todemonstrate awareness of the key elements of working with people affected bydisability as well as an understanding of, and commitment to, young people'srights.
Please go to our website www.aberlour.org.ukwhere you can apply on-line. If you haveany queries please e-mail: jobs@aberlour.org.uk. Applications are welcome from minority groups.
There isno deadline for applications as they will be reviewed as and when received.However the service may wait until a number are received before arrangingsuitable interview dates. Please note wedo not accept CV's.
Aberlouris committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our service users and usesa thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG Schemechecks to ensure this commitment is not compromised.
In partnership with Aberdeen City Council, Aberlour Options Aberdeen provides a variety of services throughout Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire supporting people with learning disabilities and complex communication and behavioural difficulties from our base in Bucksburn. Options Aberdeen provides overnight respite, we work with parents to build safe environments promoting change that will lead to better outcomes for our young people. We provide community based outreach services across city and shire working on either a one to one or group basis with children and young people. We offer care at home services, working with parents to reduce the risk of home or placement breakdown.
"Aberlour Options - Aberdeen for us has been a godsend. Our lives have changed at home. They listen to your views and try and help with whatever is the problem." Parent
What we will offer you:
Excellent development and training opportunities to enable you to grow and develop your skills.
A fantastic opportunity to develop and plan fun and positive activities for children and young people.
Continual support working as part of a small highly motivated team.
Access to Aberlour Rewards retail discount scheme
This opportunity will give you the chance to work directly with our service users and their families, building positive relationships and delivering care plans that tailored to our young people's needs. You will demonstrate confidence in your approach and have a good understanding of the complex and challenging circumstances that may arise for vulnerable children. You will display patience and empathy in your daily interactions and be reflective in your practice.
You will work in a person centred manner to intensive individualised support plans working closely with families and other agencies, as applicable, including assisting service users to access local and wider community resources. You will have experience of working with young people in a community or residential setting. You are required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council. To register you must hold or be willing to work towards a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 7 or above (eg SVQ3 Care plus an HNC).