Residential Care Deputy

3 weeks ago

Worcester, United Kingdom New College Worcester Full time

**Salary**:
Scale 5, SCP 12-17

£24,496 - £26,845

**Hours**:
Full time - 45 hours per week, term time only in a shift pattern to include weekends and sleep-ins
**Closing Date**:
Monday 12th June 2023 at 9am

**INTERVIEWS WILL TAKE PLACE ON**:
Week beginning Monday 12 June 2023

**Purpose of the Job**:
To provide a high standard of care to blind and vision impaired children in a proficient and sensitive manner that will enhance their academic and social development.

NCW provides specialist education for 11-19 year-old students, who are blind or vision impaired, with onsite residential student accommodation. The Residential Care Deputy role at NCW works closely with the Residential Care Lead, to oversee one of our houses at the College ensuring, through supervision and co-working, that staff work effectively to support children to access opportunities and achieve their potential. The role includes day-to-day direct work with children and sleep-in responsibilities.

**Please Note**
- **Main Tasks**:

- To deputise for the Residential Care Lead in their absence (for two days per week).
- To supervise the work of the Assistant House Parents.
- To attend staff meetings, student reviews and other meetings as requested.
- To attend regular supervision sessions and an annual appraisal by the Residential Care Lead.
- To provide opportunities for students to develop socially into mature and confident young people.
- To liaise with parents, academic staff, agencies and other professionals in order to achieve a comprehensive approach to individual student development.
- To support students coming to terms with the effect of visual and other impairments.
- To assist in developing comprehensive care programmes appropriate to the age and understanding of individual students. Each programme will address living skills with the aim of the students becoming competent at carrying them out independently. This will involve, amongst others, skills
- training in personal hygiene; nutrition and self-catering; general skills required in managing money; and personal safety.
- To provide access to and experience of a range of leisure pursuits in liaison with relevant staff.
- To ensure that records are kept in accordance with school requirements and current legislation.
- To maintain confidentiality on all matters relating to students, staff and the College.
- To administer medication and minor medical procedures to students who require it. Training on the handling and administration of medication will be provided. Specific training for other medical procedures will be provided as necessary.

**Equal Opportunities Statement**:
NCW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is conditional on an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check.

**Safeguarding Children**:
NCW is fully committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of students at the College. You are responsible for adhering to the College’s policies on Child Protection and for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people you come into contact with.

**Annual review**:
This document is to be read in the context of NCW Statement of Purpose, NCW Equal Opportunities Statement, and agreed policies of the NCW and the Conditions of Service as outlined in the individual employee’s contract.

If you are shortlisted, you will be asked to complete and return a criminal history / suitability self-disclosure prior to interview; any relevant information that you disclose will be discussed with you at interview. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 as a result of the Exceptions Order 1975 as amended in 2020, and therefore all unspent convictions, cautions and bind-overs, and any convictions or adult cautions that would not be filtered, must be declared on the self-disclosure. Please see the Ministry of Justice website for information about the filtering of offences.

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