Residential Childcare Support Worker

1 week ago

Penrith, Cumbria, United Kingdom North Lakes Full time
Main Responsibilities:

As a Residential Childcare Support Worker at North Lakes Children's Services, you will play a vital role in supporting the daily routines of the young people in our care. This includes getting them up, promoting personal hygiene routines, meals, and activities. You will also be responsible for supporting room cleans, developing life skills, and promoting socialisation.

Key Duties:

Supporting all daily routines, including getting the young people up, promoting personal hygiene routines, meals, and activities
Supporting room cleans, developing life skills, and promoting socialisation
Attending medical and other appointments
Supporting the plans on the activity planners
Completing day sheets for the young people and working with them on their targets
Completing handover documents and tasks
Completing all daily paperwork
Completing budgeting requirements
Completing daily room checks and daily housecleaning tasks
Completing any food or other shopping needs, including meal preparation and kitchen hygiene/laundry duties
Completing any specific checks, such as COSHH, Fire Checks/Car checks
Liaising and building relationships with the families, working to find out about special dates for the young people and ensuring these are noted/marked, sorting and planning family time contacts

Requirements:

Flexibility in your availability is a must as the role will involve sleep-in nights and shift work of hours – typically full days on, days off. Rotating start times of 8am, 12pm, or 4pm
An understanding of the issues that face young people in care
Hold Residential Childcare/Families Practitioner Diploma/Children and Young People's Workforce/NVQ Level in Health & Social Care or equivalent – or be willing to work towards a required qualification
Excellent communication and listening skills
Be willing to learn
Be able to work well as part of a small team
Be willing to undertake a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position. Your DBS check shall be paid for by ourselves
Experience with Emotional Behavioural Disorder, Social/Residential Work or Youth Work would be advantageous
Have a full, clean UK driving licence and be able to cover at other Residential Homes as and when needed

What We Offer:

A sleep-in allowance of £x per night – potential extra earning of up to £y
Up to x weeks' holiday per year
A rota pattern of days on, days off, with staggered start times ranging from 8am, 12pm, or 4pm
All meals on duty are provided
Company pension
Access to our Exchange Employee Discount Scheme
Access to wellbeing programmes via our Exchange Provision
Comprehensive training programme, followed by a comprehensive and ongoing CPD Programme
Access to qualifications (Including Diploma/Diploma)
Promotion opportunities
Monthly clinical and professional supervisions, access to therapeutic support

About Us:

North Lakes Children's Services is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

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