# Social Care Worker, Arach (2 vacancies)Ref no:: HGH18265Published:: 07/10/2025Closes:: 01/12/2025Location:: Arach, Blairninich, Strathpeffer, IV14 9ADSalary:: £33,285 - £36,921 per yearContract Type:: PermanentPosition Type:: Full TimeHours:: 37 hours per week## Job Description**Post Title: Social Care Worker (2 vacancies)****Location: Arach****Hours: 37 Hours Per Week Duration: Permanent Salary: HC06 £33,285 - £36,921 p.a.**Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.**Contact** **Person: Hazel Riach Tel: 01349 781821****Job** **Purpose:** At Arach, we believe that every child deserves the chance to flourish regardless of their background and the circumstances that have brought them to live with us. The children we support are presently not able to live with their own families and many of them have suffered from trauma and loss in their young lives.Our residential house offers Crisis and emergency care to up to 4 YP, as our children are with us short term the care team are required to build relationships quickly, support and nurture the YP in a loving and compassionate way, ensuring they feel safe, cared for and loved. Our experienced team of staff work really hard to create a comfortable home for the young people where they can grow and flourish.The team at Arach have a passion for improving young people's lives, empathy and experience in trauma-informed care. The ability to advocate for all our young people, they are creative, proactive, and willing to bring new ideas to support their journey.You would work alongside a dedicated, passionate team where your contributions and skills are valued.Be part of a team that is transforming the way care is delivered and making a positive impact on young people's lives.This role involves working in a residential care setting, providing round-the-clock support to young people.**All staff are required to be registered with the SSSC. Training will be offered if required to meet the registration requirements and in addition to this we will ensure all staff have a good grounding in trauma informed practice and approaches. This will be achieved by a program of training based on Dan Huges models of interventions.**Please **APPLY** **ONLINE**. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions Team, T: 01955 608279 (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.**## RequirementsGood general education, ideally have a HNC in Social Care SVQ3 or equivalentWillingness 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 developmentExperience of working with children and young people and or relevant life experience## Job Attachments* Share this job posting via Email### Advertisement
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