HORIZONS RESIDENTIAL CARE LIMITED

Mission Statement: “Working together to provide a stable, supportive and caring home promoting respect, values, rights and diversity.”

ABOUT US

Vacant Posts- Residential Care Workers (Full-time & Part-time)
Horizons Residential Care Limited is a well-established residential childcare provider based in the East Coast of Scotland and has been providing therapeutic residential childcare service since 2013. We won the Best Social Care Provider award in 2019, the Best Care Home Award in Scotland in 2021 and also won the Best Care Home Group in the UK in 2022 and 2023.
Horizon’s vision is for young people within our care to thrive in a positive and therapeutic living experience, which meets and exceeds the requirements of the Health and Social Care Standards. Horizon’s ethos resonates with childcare theory, Attachment Theory, Social Pedagogy and Opportunity led Life Space Interventions. Our care practice aims to promote the development of young people’s coping mechanisms to resolve past experiences and enhance individual capacity in respect of life skills, self-esteem, confidence, and resilience.
Horizons provide, as a standard, a staffing ratio of 1:1 (10am - 10pm) with passionate, competent, and confident team members to support our young people with complex and sometimes challenging behaviours. Our young people may present with a range of social, emotional and physical needs. Therefore the specialised and therapeutic care we provide requires to be person centred.

JOB POSITION : RESIDENTIAL CARE WORKERS

We are looking for caring, committed, resilient, and empathic residential childcare workers to join our team. As a Residential Childcare Worker, you will play a crucial role in providing high-quality care and support to children and young people in a residential care setting. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure the safety, wellbeing, and development of each child in your care, helping them to achieve their individual goals and live in a nurturing, supportive environment. As a keyworker, you will work as part of a team, and provide day-to-day care, support, and guidance, while maintaining positive relationships with the children, their families, and external professionals.

EXPERIENCED AND FULLY QUALIFIED (HNC AND SVQ 3) APPLICANTS WILL BE ON THE FOLLOWING PAY RATE: A MINIMUM £14 PER HOUR, EQUIVALENT TO AN ANNUAL SALARY APPROX. : £33,890 INCLUSIVE OF SLEEPOVER ALLOWANCE.

The ideal candidate must have 2 or more year’s experience working with and caring for vulnerable young people in a residential care setting, who have a range of support needs varying from traumatic life experience, family breakdown, to disability. The candidate must be ambitious attitude and willing to work towards meeting set targets and goals
Candidates must also be fully qualified or working towards qualifications to work as a residential childcare worker, meeting the requirements as set out by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) for registration. For drivers, a clean and current driving licence is required, alongside a willingness to transport the young people in our care using company vehicles.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE WORKERS:

• HNC Health and social Care or equivalent.
• SVQ3 Children and Young people or equivalent.

Please refer the Job description for details