Residential Care Worker

7 months ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Kids Inc Residential Services Full time

Kidz inc Childcare Services Ltd are an inclusive, supportive, and rewarding organisation who provide care for children and young people with Complex Needs.

Our values underpin both what we believe and how we behave, creating a pathway for children and young people to excel:

- **C**aring - We care about the children, and lead by example_._
- **T**ransparent - Whether things are good or bad. We openly convey information as we know it. No problem is too big or small.
- **A**ccountable - We are responsible for our words, actions, and results,

everyone knows their role.
- **T**rust - We trust our teammates to do the right thing_, _we promote you to make sensible decisions.
- **F**un - We enjoy the work we do, and the people that we do it with. We are happy and optimistic individuals by nature.
- **R**egulatory - We meet and exceed the expectations of our regulator and stakeholders.

We are seeking passionate and committed individuals, who embody our ethos and values and want to join our specialists’ Residential Children's Home.

You will be a dedicated person, who thrives in making a difference in the lives of others and want to challenge yourself to develop your skills and knowledge in the children's home sector.

We offer an extremely competitive package:
**Enhanced Residential Care Worker**:

- Salary between **£36,681.00 to £38,076.00** (including 10 sleeps)
- 243 hours per month
- 310 hours annual leave

**Residential Care Worker**:

- Salary between **£25,998.00 to £28,177.80** (including 10 sleeps)
- 173 hours per month
- 210 hours annual leave

**The purpose of a Residential Care Worker**
- To lead by example and maintain good professional practices in accordance with legislation and guidance.
- To be accountable for the safety and wellbeing of our young people, whilst on shift with them.
- To help create a supportive and positive environment for each young person with reference to his or her safety, health and education.
- To act as a professional parent with professional boundaries.

**Person Specification**

Dependable
- Trustworthy and reliable.

Respectful
- Respect people’s opinions.

Conscientious
- Willing to fulfil your role thoroughly.

Responsible
- Taking control of decisions and duties.

Flexible
- Easy to adapt to change in circumstances.

Team Player
- Be an attribute to the team.

Meticulous
- Great attention to detail.

Understanding
- Appreciate individual values.

Selfless
- Be willing to put others first.

**Key elements of the role**

1. Ensure safeguarding of all young people underpins every decision made.

2. To contribute to the young person’s care plans and risk assessments, their review and implementation.

3. To contribute to the educational and social development of each young person.

4. To form effective relationships with young people, their families (if appropriate) and external agencies

5. To meet the emotional and physical needs of our young people and maximize opportunities for their development.

6. To ensure that young people’s views and wishes are sought and acted upon where appropriate.

7. To ensure that good quality records are maintained as required with supervision and advice from shift leaders and Managers.

8. To create a caring and positive environment for each young person regarding their safety, health, and education.

9. To undertake a ‘key worker’ role with young people as required.

10. To undertake cooking and domestic duties as would a ‘good parent’.

11. To dispense, record and administer medication as required.

12. To inform colleagues of relevant developments and communications i.e., during handover.

13. To maintain and promote residential care work to high levels of professionalism expected by Thrive Childcare Services Ltd.

14. To ensure high quality supervision of young people, ensuring their individual safety and well-being is closely monitored.

15. To support the Manager in the preparation, implementation, review and updating of Placement Plans and risk assessments and monitoring progression.

16. To identify problems and service deficiencies by the continuous review of young people’s needs and make recommendations for improvement.

**The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be modified from time to time in accordance with the development of the service and the employee.**

**Please note this position is for the Manchester, Macclesfield And Retford area.**

**Job Types**: Temporary contract, Permanent, Full-time

**Salary**: From £25,998.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Flexitime

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Manchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Residential Childcare: 1 year (preferred)
- Support Environment: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care (required)

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