Senior Support Worker Nn4

1 week ago

Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Brook Street Full time
To provide advice, assistance, and support to Children & Young People (C&YP) and Residential Child Care (Night) Support Workers. To attend to C&YPs practical, physical, and emotional needs.

To act as an appropriate role model and to work closely with themto enable them to address their difficulties and achieve their optimum potential.

GAC Family Services are looking for individuals who have previous experience working with C&YP in a residential home. We are looking for someone who is knowledgeable, confident, friendly, and positive to join us. Staff at our homes will provide a range ofservices to support C&YP. The C&YP residing in our homes may have emotional, social, and behavioural difficulties.

Flexibility is required for this role as you will also be required to work evenings, nights, and weekends with some sleep-in shifts.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Responsible for leading shifts and supervising a team of Residential Child Care (Night) Support Workers within the residential home.
  • Supervise Residential Child Care (Night) Support Workers and cascade information to them so that the C&YP are looked after appropriately in line with relevant legislation and inspection frameworks
  • Working closely with the management team to ensure the service maintains excellent standards.
  • Coach, support and develop Residential Child Care (Night) Support Workers ensuring their performance and potential is maximised to meet contractual and company requirements.
  • To maintain a high quality of care and support which meets the physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and cultural needs of C&YP within the care of GACFS. Working from the guidelines from the 1989 Children's Act, Children's Home Standards & Quality Standards,and any other relevant legislation.
  • To provide a caring, supportive, and nurturing environment in which C&YP can feel secure and free from harm.
  • Establishing positive relationships with C&YP and always offering them unconditional and positive regard.
  • Helping C&YP gain selfcontrol by challenging unacceptable behaviour and rewarding acceptable, prosocial conduct.
  • Ensuring that each C&YPs 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 key worker or coworker for a C&YP to ensure that their 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 C&YP perceive to be positive, warm, and rewarding.
  • Providing advice, assistance, and support on a 1:1 basis to enable C&YP to address past and present difficulties
  • Providing emotional support at times of difficulty or stress
  • Being ambitious for C&YP, helping them achieve their goals and optimise their potential
  • Providing support for C&YP in their education and extracurricular activities, this may include supporting them in the classroom if necessary
  • Keeping accurate records and providing written reports on C&YP for planning meetings, reviews or any other meetings as directed by the line manager
  • Empowering C&YP and facilitating their active involvement in the decision making about their lives and future
  • Encouraging the C&YP to develop links with the community, attend offsite activities and expand their personal social network

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