Senior Residential Support Worker

Full job description

Job Title: Senior Residential Support Worker

Accountable to: Registered Manager / Deputy Manager

Purpose of the role:

To work as a member of the home’s team and to provide children with the necessary activities, support, care and guidance within our homes and the environment beyond for the duration of any child’s stay with us. To be professionally accountable.

Duties and responsibilities:

• ·To ensure with the Registered Manager and the Deputy Manager that the home operates in full accordance with all statutory, regulatory and standards requirements.


• To safeguard and promote the welfare and health of any child living with us, including the protection of the child from any harm/exploitation.


• To provide activities, support and structure for children in the home ensuring appropriate levels and standards of individual care including a cleaning and meal preparation.


• To maintain standards of good practice always, establishing purposeful and constructive relationships and appropriate role modelling to assist with the development of their life, activities, education, social skills and personal skills.


• To maintain and produce required records and reports as necessary to ensure smooth, efficient running of the home.


• To participate on a shift basis by rota, demonstrating a level of commitment and flexibility to enable the efficient running of the home.


• To undertake training and utilise learning within the home.


• To act as a key worker for individual children, in line with organisational policy.


• Where applicable, to attend to and contribute to any review and planning meeting as necessary alongside management.


• To take appropriate action to ensure that activity and other plans are designed, implemented and reviewed so that children’s stay is managed, their health, social and emotional development is monitored, and appropriate opportunities are made available to assist with any other need.


• To contribute to good practice standards within the company by identifying and highlighting service shortfalls and planning methods of development to meet such shortfalls.


• To work effectively with Ofsted.


• To conduct supervisions with RSW’s


• Delegate roles to RSW when on shift and shift lead when required


• Assist with writing reports for children and review care plans


• Oversee certain areas of the home such as medication, health and safety, food hygiene


• This job description is not intended to be a complete list of duties and responsibilities but indicates some of the main areas attached to the post of Senior Residential Support Worker.


• This job description may be amended from time to time, to take account of changing trends in social care relevant legislation, together with Employment Law.

Required:

• Has or working through their NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Children's and Young People Workforce.


• Has at least 1\-2 years of experience within residential childcare and working alongside young people.


• Has a UK Driving License (manual).

Benefits:

• Casual dress


• Company pension


• Free parking


• On\-site parking

Job Types: Full\-time, Temporary, Permanent, Temp to perm

Pay: £30,000\.00\-£33,000\.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events


• Company pension


• On\-site parking

Application question(s):

• We do not offer sponsorship as company. Please confirm you do NOT require sponsorship to be employed?

Licence/Certification:

• UK Driving Licence (manual) (required)

Work Location: In person

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