Are you interested and passionate about working with and supporting young people to grow and flourish? And do you have the skills to engage young people to reach their potential? Working within our Children's Residential services aims to provide positive, safe & nurturing experiences for young people through ensuring care, respect, connection that is individualised and promotes young people's mental and emotional well-being.You will work across our Childrens Residential Services and support our staff teams to support our young people in offering a safe and nurturing environment. You will be working alongside our dedicated staff teams focussed on making changes to improve outcomes for our young people.You will be able to choose what shifts you work and when, to fit around your work life balance to join our supply of established locum Residential Childcare Officers.The role of Residential Childcare Officer (RCO) is a key role for supporting, caring and upholding the rights of children and young people and the ethos of CEC. This is an exciting time to join the team as we continue to build on our strong models of care, specifically, trauma Informed practice, relationship-based practice & Edinburgh's Promise.We are seeking child centred, resilient and motivated individuals to positively role model and who can make a difference in the lives of young people. The successful candidates will have experience of supporting young people, have a commitment to promoting children's rights and advocating on their behalf. The candidates should have good communication & interpersonal skills, be reliable and adaptable with a clear focus on improving the outcomes for vulnerable young people.We are committed to the Promise and Edinburgh's Promise is supported by a plan which is underpinned by 5 fundamentals - what matters to children and families, listening, poverty, children's rights and language. Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility are the foundation for driving positive change in our workplace and support our way of working.You should have or be working towards completing SVQ Level 3/HNC or equivalent in Child Care/Social care or related area, or other relevant qualification at SCQF Level 7, or above. There is also a requirement to register with the Scottish Social services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of employment & under the relevant category.For further information or queries please contact Charmaine Edwards at and Douglas Kerr at Douglas.Kerr@edinburgh.gov.uk.This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.You can find out more on Our Behaviours web pageFollow us on X at @edincounciljobsViewShow on mapFavourite Residential Care Officer (Locum) - City Wide - 11131_1756904957AdvertisementFrequented links© 2025 myjobscotland Please enable JavaScript to continue using this application.
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