Social Care Worker 2, Strathpeffer - HGH16876

Job Description

Post Title: Social Care Worker 2
Location: Strathpeffer
Hours: 37 hours per week
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £30,707 - £34,208 p.a.

Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.

Contact Person: Hazel Riach Tel:

Job Purpose: Tasks necessary to ensure that the house is run in accordance with:

• Statutory requirements
• Professional standards of childcare practice
• Service policy

Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact Business Support, T: (24 hour voicemail) quoting the post reference number above.

Please find the Job Description below.

The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Requirements

Experience of working with children and young people and or relevant life experience.

Good general education, ideally have a HNC in Social Care SVQ3 or equivalent.

Willingness and ability to register with the Scottish Social Services Council and to train to their required standard (a minimum of HNC/SVQ Level 3 in an appropriate subject) and commit to ongoing training and development.