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Aberlour-Childcare-Trust

Good working day starts with wake up of children getting them ready for school. Can be challenging depending on what's going on with certain children/young people. Staff work well together individually and as a team. Managers support their staff well and the culture of the home is one of nurturing. The hardest part of the job is seeing the children/young people trying to have a sense of normality when they arrive as new service users, the trauma that they have endured has been very traumatic indeed usually the sense of loss and being taken from their parents care. The most enjoyable part of the job is seeing the children/young people grow and develop while they are in your care.

Worked for ACCT for 9 years and found it to be a fantastically inspiring organisation. As with all third sector environments we had our ups and downs in relation to change....but Aberlour had the foresight to stay ahead of that change. Every member of staff does the job for the right reasons and are 100% committed to the organisational cause. If you have the right mindset there are plenty of opportunities to move around the organisations many fantastic services. This is a children's charity that although not very well known....punches way above its weight in terms of influence, culture and outcomes. Highly recommended!!!!

If you are working for this company any where apart from Dumfrise and Galloway congratulations you have a good job for a nice company. If it’s in DnG however unlucky. The manager is awful. The rest of the team are amazing and job would be great otherwise but the manger ruins it. Talks to you like a child and treats you with contempt. 
The centre while I was there was open evening and weekends the rota for this was badly managed so the work life balance was poor. 
Contracts are rarely over a year long so little job security. 
The pay isn’t great with no chance of paid overtime with TOIL being used instead. 
Overall avoid this company in DnG else where go ahead and enjoy. 

Very rewarding work with children and young people who have experienced trauma and neglect. 
A tough job where you can be regularly exposed to extremely challenging behaviour. 
Ok access to internal training and good access to regular mandatory training.
Salary is not bad in comparison to other social care charities and local authorities. 
Quite poor in terms of job security, progression and support through supervision/performance development.
Good camaraderie between staff at ground level.
Can work long shifts and feel pressured to work outwith your contracted hours. 
Lack of clarity and communication between some levels of management.

Generally a good workplace, high paced and high volume of work. Good if you like to keep busy and enjoy being hands on. Found it very difficult to get staff disability accommodations met if at all though.  Work life balance could be better as regularly contacted outside of work, and can be 7/8 days in a row for your rota hours. 
Rate of pay is good for care jobs and holiday entitlement is fair. training provided was excellent and there is counselling services as part of your service. The service I was in discourage staff talking about shifts/policies/conflicts which can lead to poor team moral but other services are more open to these discussions. 

I worked here for just under a year and found it to be really well run with a really good management team. The young people were amazing and the best part of the job, there were some really nice staff there as well. The only negative I could say would be that there is a central group who can not be welcoming to new starts and this makes it a bit hard to fit in. Overall I would really recommend this company and the job to anyone who enjoys improving their practice and working with Young People. 

I worked in a care home in Kirkcaldy fife and the management team there was really horrible to the young people and staff management always wanting u to sort the rota out When young people needed help management wouldn't help them I think managers and staff team are really strict on the young people there WiFi is horrible I hated giving the young people codes for like an hour a day I've worked in other companies and never have had to hand out WiFi codes it was just house WiFi passwords 

I originally came across aberlour as an agency worker, I was inspired by their care and values and this was something I wanted to be parted of and moved to a permanent position, I have throughly enjoyed my time with aberlour, I've also learnt and grown so much in my role. It has given me a new passion for the care industry and key skills that will remain with me for life. If you truly love to make a difference in the lives of others then this is the place for you! 

A real values driven organisation with great people.  I felt supported and trusted to make choices about my work.  During the pandemic the organisation showed how much it cared, no-one was furloughed and no-one was penalised for having to take time off for self isolating or child care issues.  Managers are compassionate and empowering, I would recommend working for this organisation.

A typical day at work would be working shifts. During this shift you would be dealing with residents who may have chaotic behaviour due to illicit drug use. 
During my experience working there I learned to be non judgemental and helping mothers to overcome addiction.
The staff were a great support as were the management. 
The hardest part of the job was seeing babies withdraw from illicit substances. 
The most enjoyable part of the job is seeing families reunited and known you have made a difference for there future.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Family support worker 26 salaries reported	£30,015 per year
Home care worker 27 salaries reported	£30,909 per year
Support worker 10 salaries reported	£30,408 per year
Relief worker 28 salaries reported	£15.28 per hour
Service manager 14 salaries reported	£38,687 per year

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