Children's Residential Support Worker

2 weeks ago

Corby, United Kingdom Heart & Home Living Full time

**Job**: Children's Residential Support Worker

**Reports to**: Registered Manager / Deputy manager / Senior Team Leader

**Salary Scale**: £29,200 - £32,320 inclusive of 7-8 sleeps per month. Progression through these salary scales is dependent upon experience, NVQ/ QCF and continued development. LEVEL 5 PAID FOR BY THE EMPLOYER

**JOB PURPOSE**

To support the emotional, social, educational and physical needs of the children, ensuring that they are given every opportunity to reach their full potential and achieve positive outcomes while seeing to it that the care provided meets the regulations of the Children’s Homes Regulations and Care Standards of 2015 while adhering to OFSTED requirements.

**NATURE OF POST**

The post holder will be based at one of our therapeutic homes within the Northamptonshire area. The children in the care of the organisation present a variety of difficulties for which they will need varying levels of support. In order to provide the required care, the staff team are required to work shifts allocated by the Manager or delegated deputy, including weekends, evenings, sleep ins and the children’s annual holidays. During this time a number of administrative hours will be spent attending meetings, supervision, annual appraisals, training, and children’s reviews.

**KEY DUTIES**
- To work in a positive, respectful and empowering way with all children in order to promote good relationships and encourage achievement, and proactively ensure the therapeutic care of young people. To interact on an individual and group basis with all children and provide a positive role model, maintaining high professional standards at all times.
- To maintain appropriate routines, limits and boundaries for the children at all times and encourage young people to understand the importance of action and consequence and the importance of appropriate positive relationships.
- To support the educational development and achievements of the young people and remain informed about educational matters and contribute to the development of educational opportunities inherent in the home.
- To act, as key worker to a particular child in order to provide support and ensure the implementation of their individual care plan. To attend childcare reviews and contribute to the assessment and care planning process and ensure high standards of safe working practices are always adhered to.
- To contribute to the development of daily programmes and individual/group plans and actively participate in social, recreational and educational activities with the young people. To participate in and encourage the participation of the young people in the domestic tasks of the home in order to develop their self-care skills.
- To liaise and collaborate positively with parents and partner agencies to ensure that the best interests of the young people are respected and always promoted. To maintain, where appropriate, all necessary records in a timely manner and to a high standard.
- To remain well informed about latest practice, research policy and legislative developments in relation to childcare. Promote the organisations’ ethos of providing an appropriate environment and undertake other reasonable duties as identified by the line manager from time to time
- To keep up to date with the latest (developments/research/practice) in respect of the post holder's area of work to improve post holders' own performance of the role on a year-on-year basis, including participation in any performance appraisal system

**Person Specification for the role**

**Qualifications / Education**

**Essential**
- Be willing and able to study for a relevant qualification if not currently held
- Additional qualifications related to the care sector

**Desirable**
- NVQ/QCF/ CYP level 3/4 health and social care children and young people / working with children and young people

**Knowledge**

**Essential**
- Knowledge and understanding of multi-agency working
- An Understanding of equal opportunities
- Children’s Act 1989 (2004,)
- Working Together to Safeguard Children 2015
- Knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding

**Desirable**
- A sound knowledge of human growth and development and the effects of trauma, abuse and deprivation.
- Knowledge of a wide range of health, education, social work and voluntary services for children and young people and the ability to use them.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015
- OFSTED inspection framework (SCCIF)
- Leaving Care Act 2000

**Experience**

**Essential**
- Previous experience of working with children or young people in a residential setting.
- Previous experience of working as part of a team to achieve great outcomes.
- Experience of managing challenging behaviours and complex needs, including emotional and behavioural difficulties.
- Experience of managing young people in crisis

**Desirable**
- Experience of working with young people with mental health and anxiety disorde

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