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Senior Residential Worker

North Ayrshire Council
Kilwinning
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Job Summary
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This is a re\-advert of NAY17193, previous applicants need not re\-apply as they will not be considered.

We may conduct our interviews in person or using Microsoft Teams for video calling. All you need is a device with a camera and access to the internet. We will provide guidance and instructions on how to use this method if your interview is being held virtually.

We are a disability confident leader and we support reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process \- for more information clickimportant\-information\-for\-applicants (north\-ayrshire.gov.uk).

This post is based in the Abbey Croft Children's House within our residential childcare service. Reporting to the manager, you will be involved in providing effective leadership and direction to a team delivering high quality care and support to children and young people.

For more details see the attached Role Profile below.

*Before you apply, find out a little bit about us and why* *we are a Great Place to Work.*

Staff Values \& Behaviours
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North Ayrshire Council uses behavioural based approach throughout the recruitment process. Our staff values of Focus, Passion \& Inspiration will be explored for this vacancy.

Further information on our Staff Values and how to complete behaviour based application form questions is available on the Staff values and behaviours (north\-ayrshire.gov.uk).

Additional Information
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References

For your information if this post requires references you will be notified of further details if you are successful in gaining an interview. Not providing relevant references when requested may delay the outcome of the interview process.

PVG (Children)

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007\. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by North Ayrshire Council. Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant PVG check (£59 or £18\), which will be deducted from your salary following commencement of employment. For further information on the PVG Scheme please visit https://www.mygov.scot/organisations/disclosure\-scotland/.For further details on North Ayrshire Council’s policy please visit Pre\-employment checks (north\-ayrshire.gov.uk).

Please note if you are the successful candidate your name and email address will be entered into the Disclosure Scotland PVG system to generate your PVG form which will be issued to your email with an enclosed link to complete.

Our Workstyles

As an employer of choice, North Ayrshire Council has identified four different Workstyles. Each post in the council has been allocated one of these styles:

In Building – More than 90% of time spent primarily at a single base or location.

This post has been allocated the workstyle: In Building

More information on our workstyles can be found in our HR Guide \- Workstyles (north\-ayrshire.gov.uk). If you have any questions on the allocated Workstyle for this post, please ask at interview.

Use of AI in Applications
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Applicants may use AI tools to assist with drafting or refining their application. However, AI should only be used to enhance an application and must not replace personal experience or be used to generate content wholly on the applicant’s behalf. Where it is identified that AI has been used to create an application in full or to falsify responses, this will be taken into account within the scoring, and your application may not be progressed.

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