Assistant Team Leader – Heathervale – EDN24758 Full Time

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Assistant Team Leader
Heathervale

Salary: £34,057 – £40,275 (pro-rata for part time)
Hours: 36 per week although part-time option is also available

You will work with potentially challenging young people to assist them to form personal attachments and develop resilience.

Experience required;

• Hold appropriate qualifications for “Residential Child Care Workers with Supervisory Responsibility” as laid down by the Scottish Social Services Council

• Appropriate registration for the position with the Scottish Social Services Council. (If Not currently held then this must be achieved within the timescales as laid out by the SSSC

• Direct experience of working with young people who are Looked After. • Previous experience of working with young people in a residential setting.

• Prior experience in a managerial position within a social services setting.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children and/or Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by the City of Edinburgh Council.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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.

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