Residential Support Worker

Job Title ResidentialSupport Worker

Responsible to Senior Care Worker/Deputy Manager/Registered Manager

Responsible for Care of the Young People

Key Internal Contacts Other staff within the care team

Key External Contacts Young Persons relatives, advocates and others

Placing Authorities and Service Providers Registration, Regulatory and Inspection bodies

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Job Purpose

To provide advice, assistance and support to children. To attend to their practical, physical and emotional needs. To act as an appropriate role model and to work closely with them to enable them to address their difficulties and achieve their best possible potential. To act as a corporate parent completing tasks such as cleaning, cooking, teaching life skills, ensuring appointments are made in respect of the needs of the child and that those appointments are attended.

Responsibilities

Young People

● To maintain a high quality of care and support which meets the physical, emotional, intellectual, social and cultural needs of children and young people within the care of Swan Cottage. Working from the guidelines from current regulations and legislations.

● To provide a caring, supportive and nurturing environment in which children/young people can feel secure and free from harm.

● Establishing positive relationships with young people and always offering them unconditional and positive engagement.

● Helping young people to gain self-control by challenging unacceptable behavior and rewarding acceptable.

● Ensuring that each young person’s care plan is followed and amended as appropriate to reflect their changing needs

● Attending to practical matters in relation to childcare (cooking, cleaning, general maintenance around the home etc)

● To act as a support worker for a young person to ensure that the young person’s care plans are up to date and that all their care needs are being met. To provide a positive role model to be able to offer advice, guidance and assistance where appropriate.

● Establishing relationships which young people perceive to be positive, warm and rewarding

● Providing advice, assistance and support on a 1:1 basis to enable young people to address past and present difficulties

● Providing emotional support at times of difficulty or stress

● Being ambitious for young people, helping them achieve their goals and optimise their potential

● Providing support for young people in their education and extracurricular activities, this may include supporting them in the classroom if necessary

● Keeping accurate records and providing written reports on young people for planning meetings, reviews or any other meetings as directed by the line manager

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills to effectively interact with children and families
• Experience working with children in a supportive role
• Ability to develop and implement care plans tailored to individual needs
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation for travel
• Knowledge of childcare practices and cooking skills to prepare nutritious meals
• Basic IT skills for documentation and communication purposes
• level 3 diploma in working with children in residential or equlivalent

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From £13.00 per hour

Experience:

• working with children : 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person