Aberlour Options Borders
Our service works with children and young people affected by their learning disabilities. Our Holiday Activity Club offers children the opportunity to take part in fun activities whilst enabling them to grow and learn. Summer Holiday Activity Clubs take place in Hawick, Peebles, Galashiels and Kelso.
Activity Support Workers
£9.0415 per hour
You will be passionate about meeting the needs of children and young people and will strive to ensure that a programme of fun-filled activities and outings is available. You will understand the need for, and your responsibility to contribute to, a safe and secure environment.
You will have enthusiasm and drive, but also be patient and have a good sense of humour. This type of work can be challenging and so ideally you will have some previous experience of working with children and/or a similar client group.
The work can be physically demanding and includes moving and handling and providing personal care.
To allow us to provide a consistent, quality service it is desirable that applicants will commit to working between 10 and 35 hours per week throughout the 7 weeks of school summer holidays. Payment is made for the accrual of annual leave and will be explained further in the job pack. There is also the opportunity to join our relief pool for future work.
Prior to commencing, it is mandatory to attend training days on 1st and 2nd July 2020 where you will meet the rest of the team and learn about the service.
Interviews will be held on in St Boswells.
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.
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We are seeking to recruit an Assistant Service Manager to work 22.5 hours per week for a 6 month fixed term period. As part of the management team you will work alongside the Service Manager and existing Assistant Service Manager to assist in developing our services in Dundee and to deliver excellent services to children and families.
You will be responsible for co-ordinating and managing referral procedures including allocating key workers to individual cases. Our person-centred approach ensures that we secure the best outcomes for the children and families we support. The role involves supporting delivery of excellent services to meet complex needs where behaviour can be challenging. You will ensure that parenting support is delivered in line with best practice.
The work is delivered in a range of settings including community venues and you will be responsible for arranging off site venues.
The successful candidate must be comfortable working in a culture based on respect, integrity, innovation and the ability to challenge. As such you will have the ability to provide an excellent role model for the children, young people and families.
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Re-advertisement - previous applicants need not apply
Aberlour is looking to recruit 2 Peripatetic Residential Child Care Workers to work with our children's houses in Fife to help with the smooth running of the lives of the children who live with us. Peripatetic Residential Workers allow us to be more responsive to the needs of the houses enabling us to help our houses fill any gaps that come up, be they during the day to help children attend school or other learning provision, in the evenings enabling the children to undertake specific activities, or at night, either to cover night shifts or to help the adults settle children at night. Post holders, therefore, need to be flexible and adaptable and be able to work across all our houses in Fife and be available at short notice to work across the full span of the day across the full week, including weekends.
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Aberlour Options Moray offer a safe, homely environment for a child to come and stay for a short break that gives their families a rest from their caring role. During that break, children enjoy a range of fun activities and experiences with our staff who specialise in taking care of children with disabilities. Our service is very much a 'home from home' for the children who stay with us there.
Aberlour Options Moray is a community based project for children/young people with learning disabilities in Moray. Staff are involved in all aspects of the young peoples' care which includes ensuring a high level of physical, emotional and personal care. Aberlour Options Moray offers residential services as well as respite short breaks.
You will provide needs-led, person-centred support to children and young people with complex physical, learning and emotional needs.
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. Days, Evenings, Weekend and Nights shifts may be offered. 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 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.
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 apply on-line. If you have any queries, please e-mail: jobs@aberlour.org.uk. Applications are welcome from minority groups.
Please note that this is an open advert for residential workers and interviews will be arranged as and when there are sufficient candidates
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:
"keep me safe at night"
"are confident to play and have fun - who don't sit back and just watch"
"are kind and fun"
"want to spend time with me one to one"
"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.
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 Fort William. We work therapeutically with children and young pepole, using a Dyadic Developmental Practice model. This means that we ensure that behaviours are understood and that the young people we support feel 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.
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
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Job Description Click Here
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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).