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Please note: this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.
St Philip’s was originally founded in 1970 as a residential school for junior boys. Over time, we developed an excellent reputation for residential child care and education, particularly through the 1980s and the early development of the Children’s Hearing system.
Throughout the 90s, our collaboration with local authorities progressed through a period of reform. We developed our Day Services facility and gained support from the Cora foundation and an agency of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Scotland.
The advent of the new millennium proved to be among our most difficult periods but led us to remodel and develop our services. This included the introduction of the St Philip’s secure estate. Although in place for a number of years, the secure estate across Scotland was reduced, and our secure facility was deemed supernumerary.
In the years that followed we engaged in a process of restructuring and expansion. This began with taking over the secure facility while remodeling and developing additional facilities, firstly on campus and then in the community of Blackwood, South Lanarkshire. We also introduced girls to the facility and were soon registered as a mixed gender service for young people aged 10 to 18.
In 2020, in the midst of the COVID pandemic, we celebrated our 50th year of service. Our commitment to transparency and our core values remain as we continue in our vision to be the choice for vulnerable children and young people in Scotland who need a safe place to live, learn and flourish.
Please arrange to visit St Philip’s prior to interview.
Post will be based at St Philip’s School, Plains and linked to Airdrie Locality SLT Department.
Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by Christine Fear on 01698753744 or christine.fear@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.
For queries regarding the application form or recruitment process only, please contact anne.osho@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk stating the job title and reference number in the subject. Please note: all job related queries must be directed to the informal contact noted above.
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
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