Pebbles Care
Cluster Residential Child Care Worker
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If you enjoy working with children and have the resilience to deal with challenging behaviors while still being able to offer a caring and supportive therapeutic approach, then we would love to hear from you!
Pebbles Care has an exciting opportunity for you to collaborate with our established team and become an integral part of our children's lives. Your role may vary each working day across a small cluster of homes, with various shift patterns to support holiday or training cover. Our unique cluster roles allow you to enhance your development and enrich your experience by offering varied work and the opportunity to work across diverse teams.
Your Responsibilities
- Daily home life, such as driving our children to and from school, appointments, and visits (a full UK manual driving license is essential).
- Teach valuable life skills, including meal preparation and household chores.
- Create lasting memories through engaging activities, outings, and holidays.
Your Role as a Cluster Residential Child Care Worker
- Employed full-time as a dedicated team member, averaging 56.4 hours per week, including sleep hours.
- Work collaboratively with your team on shift across multiple locations in a cluster of homes within a short journey of each other.
- Provide support tailored to the young person's needs, either one-to-one or two-to-one.
Your Training
- Begins on day one with our comprehensive induction and shadow shifts.
- Learn about the Pebbles Way and our therapeutic care model, supported by your manager and our in-house Learning and Development team.
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What We Offer You
- A starting salary of £ 35,468.95 to £ 37,043.94 per annum, pro rata, depending on experience.
- Cluster Full-time roles operate on a rota pattern of one day on (24 hours, including sleepover) and two days off (48 hours).
- 5.6 weeks annual leave per annum (this will be pro-rata for part-time contracts).
- 100% funding for your Level 3 SVQ /NVQ qualification in Residential Child Care.
- Career review upon completing your induction, training, and minimum qualifications.
- Auto-enrolment into our salary sacrifice pension scheme (Scottish Widows).
- Cash-back health care plan via Medicash, Blue Light Card, and meals provided during your shift.
What Sets Pebbles Apart from Other Care Providers?
- Strive to be the best and lead the way in providing personalized therapeutic care and education.
- Provide a clearly defined developmental pathway and recently integrated a leadership development plan for those who wish to progress.
- Specialize in providing residential child care and education for young people between ages 8 and 18.
- Ambitious growth initiatives are planned for 2026.
Essential Qualities We Look For
- A flexible approach to your work pattern.
- Dedication to safeguarding our children and young individuals.
- A strong desire to obtain qualifications and continue your personal development.
- Confident and resilient nature.
- A valid, full UK driver's license is required (all homes possess a manual vehicle).
- A kind and supportive nature.
- Patience and the ability to cultivate non-judgmental relationships.
- An engaged and attentive listener.
- A creative ability to have fun and learn new skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficient IT skills and experience in using Microsoft packages.
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Desirable Qualities Include
- Up to 12 months experience working with children or young adults. (If you have more than 12 months experience, then our grade two and three level salaries may apply).
- Working towards, or a desire to obtain, SCQF Level 7 or Level 3 Diploma relevant to Children and Young People's Residential workforce (funding may be available).
- Familiar with the Codes of Practice set out by regulatory bodies.
- An existing PVG / DBS certificate.
Are You Ready to Join Our Family?
Please complete our online application form. If you would like to discuss the role further with our team, please email recruitment@pebblescare.com and a member of our team will contact you.
Please note that due to the fast-paced nature of our recruitment process, shortlisting will be ongoing, and we may choose to end the recruitment campaign if a suitable candidate is identified before the end date.
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