Senior Residential Childcare Worker

7 months ago

Skelmersdale, United Kingdom Exceptional Care Full time

**Senior Child Care Worker - Children's Residential Home**

**Salary**:_ _**_£11.50 per hour_ _plus £60 sleep in rate (2on 4off shift pattern)_

**Location**:Skelmersdale, Lancashire
- Do you want to make a difference to a young person’s life?_
- Do you have a natural caring and supportive nature?_
- Are you resilient and able to remain calm when faced with Challenging Behaviours?_

Exceptional care are seeking a Senior Support Worker to support young people on a 1:1 or 2:1 staffing ratio, in a Residential setting in Skelmersdale, Lancashire

During your duties you will be expected to Lead and Plan your team whilst on shift and take responsibility for supervision of staff.

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**About The Role**

**Who are Exceptional Care?**

Exceptional Care is a therapeutic children’s service providing care and support to children and young people aged 8-17, from complex backgrounds, who display challenging behaviour and EBD. The service is an independent social care organisation with multiple residential units across the whole of the North West.

Exceptional Care believes that consistency in care is paramount to children/young people with complex needs, to this end we are committed to developing and maintaining good communicative relationships with the child/young person.

**Benefits and Incentives**:

- Comprehensive, _paid_ induction training through our sister company Think Tank Academy
- Consistent support, training and development within our organisation
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free Healthcare Check with Dam Health Care
- Pension Scheme
- Length of Service Holiday Scheme - Awarding up to an additional 3 days paid leave per year with continued service, above Statutory Entitlement
- Refer a Friend Scheme offering £100 for every person you successfully recommend.
- Free Gym Membership, including group classes
- Level 3 or 4 Children and Young Peoples Workforce or equivalent
- 2 years’ experience supporting young people in a children’s residential setting
- Full UK Manual Driving Licence _- preferred_

**Your role as a Senior Residential Child Care Worker**:
You will be the lead practitioner on shift, mentoring and supporting new team members, reporting to Higher Management, conducting supervisions and updating on progress or difficulties in relation to staff or young people and to advise if management intervention is required.

Your role will be to act as a Key worker where necessary to a specified individual young person, taking on responsibility for specified areas of care and support. This includes ensuring all medical needs are met and supporting the young person to advocate his/her own needs and wishes.

Your role will be to provide advice, assistance and support to young people from complex backgrounds, with High Risk Challenging Behaviour, EBD and Learning/Behavioural Difficulties, attending to their practical, physical and emotional needs. You will provide a high standard of care and support, in a professional manner, to vulnerable young people, with challenging behaviour and emotional behavioural difficulties.

You will;
- Assist the Manager and Deputies in ensuring that each young person has their needs met through effective assessment and care planning.
- Review and monitor care plans/contribute to review reports as directed.
- Support and participate in young people’s social, educational / recreational activities in line with care plans, trips out and holidays.
- Liaise with other agencies/professionals as necessary in conjunction with Managers.
- Record information about young people and ensure communication with staff members if effective.
- The delegation of written task and to ensure the recording are factual, well recorded and signed off by you as a team leader.
- Promote good practice in the team in accordance with the home’s SOP and in line with all Company policies and procedures.

INDEC

**Required Criteria**
- Level 3 or 4 Children and Young Peoples Workforce or equivalent
- 2 years’ experience supporting young people in a children’s residential setting

**Desired Criteria**
- Full UK Manual Driving Licence - preferred

**Skills Needed**

**About The Company**

**Exceptional Care** is a children’s care home provider based in the Northwest of England. We work with children from ages 8 to 17 years with complex needs.

We believe that children spending time at Exceptional Care should find it an enjoyable experience, where the Young People can form positive attachments, giving them a sense of inner security, worth and adding to their emotional and physical well-being.

Our aim is to identify, understand and meet the needs of the individual Young People in our care. Exceptional Care believes that consistency in care is paramount to Young People with complex needs, to this end we are committed to developing and maintaining good communicative relationships with the Young People in our care.

**Company Culture**

**At Exceptional Care,** we are devoted to providing unpa

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