Residential Support Worker

Residential Support Worker

About the Role

Our client is looking for exceptional Residential Support Workers for their new children’s home in North London and Hertfordshire. They provide a bespoke service based on a Therapeutic and Care Approach, for each child or young person aged 8 – 17yrs old on admission.

As a Residential Support Worker, you will need a passion for nurturing children and young people with the emphasis being on promoting their physical, emotional, and intellectual wellbeing, in addition to helping them with their social development. You will also be required to provide advice and advocate for their children and young people. Our client as an organisation is child focused and friendly in all aspects of service delivery, keeping the children at the heart of all their decision making.

About Our Client’s Homes

Our client’s homes are specialist small children’s homes, providing niche services to children between the ages of 8 – 17 years who have E.B.D – Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, where they will meet the needs of Looked After Children aged 8+ who have experienced trauma and display varying levels of emotional dysregulation and/or self-harming behaviour.

From there, in line with their comprehensive work and support, they will either return home or move to foster care or independence. They work closely with universal and their in-house specialist services for children and young people with emotional or mental health needs. They have a great team and are looking for someone who will share the same passion for children and young people as they do.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• To care, nurture and establish positive relationships with the children / young people, assessing needs and working collaboration in producing, implementing, delivering, and revising individual care plans.
• To organise participate in activities for children and 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 aspirations.
• Working within the Children’s Act 1989, Every child Matters and all other relevant legislation.
• Provide advice, assistance, and support on a 1:1 basis to enable the child to address past and present difficulties.
• To support with domestic chores such as cooking, cleaning, general maintenance and promoting good hygiene within the home.
• Providing emotional support at the time of difficulty or stress.
• Attending young people’s meetings and contributing to them.
• Responsibility for the accurate of maintenance of financial records.
• Be a key worker to a young person.
• Empower young people and facilitating their active involvement in decision making about their lives and future.
• Support young people to achieve their goals and optimise their potential.
• Provide support to young people with homework and extracurricular activities.
• Keep accurate records and providing written reports on young people for planning reviews meetings, meetings any other meetings as directed by the Line Manager.
• Support young person to keep good hygiene and involve in day-to-day routine of the home.
• Support young to all health appointments and complete the relevant documents as needed.
• Complete any reasonable and lawful instruction related to work and given by an authorized person.

Person Specification

Education:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience working with children and young people, preferably in a children’s residential home, or equivalent setting – Desirable.
• NVQ Level 3 in Residential childcare or equivalent – Desirable.

Requirements:

• Full UK driving licence (held for over 1 year) – Desirable.
• An enhanced DBS check – Essential.
• Must be aged 25 years old or over in order to drive company vehicles.

Experience and Skills:

• Good communication skills.
• Compassion and understanding.

Desired Attributes:

• A passion for working with children.
• Friendliness and a kind and caring nature.
• Compassion and understanding.
• Going the extra mile.
• Resilience and patience.
• An ability to build trust and relationships with others.
• Proven team player and also able to work independently.
• Organisational skills, including time management.

Employment Details

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, Part Time

Salary: £14.80 per hour (work undertaken on Bank Holidays, including Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday, will be paid at an enhanced rate of £18.00 per hour.)

Schedule: Shifts are 12 hours; Day shifts (08:00 – 20:00) and night shifts (20:00 – 08:00) based on the needs of the home. Applicants will need to be flexible as per the need of the home.

Safer Recruitment

A DBS check will be required. The role involves contact with children. You will be required to undergo the relevant vetting checks. This will include checking for criminal convictions and checking that you are not barred from working with children. All information you provide will be treated as confidential and managed in accordance with relevant data protection legislation and guidance. You have a legal right to access any information held about you. You will also be subject to an in-house driving assessment, and drug and alcohol testing to determine the use of illegal drugs.

Values

Demonstrates and embraces our client’s ethos of: Treat people how you would like to be treated. </p

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