Children's Residential Support Worker

3 months ago

Slough, United Kingdom Serenity Housing Service LTD Full time

Job Description | Person Specification Serenity Housing

Job Title: Residential Support Worker

Accountable to: Deputy Manager, Team Leader, Registered Manager

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
- To establish a nurturing and supportive relationship with children and young people in order to help them develop functional and constructive relationships with others.
- Within the overall framework of Serenity Housing philosophy of care and statement of purpose to participate as a team member in providing care and support to the children and young people placed in the home.
- To work with the rest of the team to provide a stable, caring and supportive environment for children and young people that respects and affirms their racial, cultural and religious identity and lifestyle.
- To assist children and young people to develop socially acceptable behaviour through encouragement of positive behaviour, constructive response to inappropriate behaviour and adherence to Serenity Housing service’s behaviour management strategies.
- To act at all times within the framework of the Core Principles

TASK/DUTIES | RESPONSIBILITIES

Working with other members of the team, and as agreed with the line management or shift leader, to be actively involved in the direct care of the children and young people in accordance with standards of care as identified within the relevant policy or practice guidelines. This will include, for example:

- Contributing to the normal development of the children and young people and promote a healthy life style.
- Residential Support Workers will as directed promote and support children and young people’s education.
- Being aware of the children’s and young people’s leisure and recreational needs and supporting their active participation in these.
- Listening and talking to children and young people, and observing their behaviour, and recording significant features or events.
- Taking an active part in social activities, both on the premises and, as agreed, away from the home. This will include driving the home’s private cars for shopping and other excursions.
- Providing for the child or young person’s physical needs as necessary, for example, by cooking, washing, ironing, shopping, encouraging good personal hygiene, budgeting skills and working towards enabling young people to carry out such tasks for themselves.
- Working professionally with families and outside agencies, including social workers, teachers, therapists and any other relevant bodies as directed to meet the needs of child/ young person.
- Preparing the child/ young person to deal with problems and where necessary helping them to make the transition towards independence.
- To handle petty cash transactions and manage these in line with the homes procedures to do so.
- Contributing to placement planning, participating in reviews and other meetings as required. To
- Assist in the implementation of placement plans and supporting children and young people to work
- Towards agreed goals. This may include assisting children and young people to return to their families or enable them to move on to alternative cares or independence at the appropriate stage in their lives.
- To take on key worker responsibility with support where necessary for one or more child or young person.
- To support any planned contact with family or others important to the individual child or young person, as agreed by reviews/planning meetings or court hearings. this includes protecting children and young people from contact with individuals who have been deemed as inappropriate or a danger to the individual child or young person.
- Join other members of the staff group accompanying the children and young people on their annual holiday as determined and selected by the managers.

Equal Opportunities

All young people are equally entitled to have their needs met in a fair and balanced way. The Support Worker is responsible for promoting equal opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any young person or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation or any other perceived difference.

OBJECTIVES

Support children and young people to develop and improve their relationships with others, their social and life skills, academic attainment and participation in recreational and leisure pursuits through contributing to the provision of stable, secure and safe surroundings, planned activities and individual interventions.

CONDITIONS OF WORK

This post requires the worker to follow a rota completed by the registered manager / deputy that includes sleep-in duties, evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

Staff are expected to comply with the following requirements. This list is not exhaustive and may be added to from time to time.

CORE PRINCIPLES

Promote and protect the health, safety and wellbeing of children and young people placed at the home. Support children and young people

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