Residential Child Care Specialist

3 weeks ago


Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom Austin Fraser Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Senior Support Worker to join our team in supporting children with disabilities and looked after children.

As a key member of our residential team, you will play a vital role in fostering positive relationships and maintaining strong bonds between children and staff based on shared daily life and routines, joint activities, and established boundaries of acceptable behaviour.

  • Care and Support:
  • Implement care plans, conduct risk assessments, and devise support and health plans.
  • Provide appropriate levels of personal care for children and young people with disabilities and complex needs, including bathing, toileting, dressing, changing, and feeding as appropriate.
  • Support children and young people's emotional, mental, and physical health needs to build self-esteem.
  • Nurture children's ambitions for their future and their learning, both in and out of school.
  • Respect privacy whilst maintaining a duty of care, ensuring that living spaces are clean and safe.
  • Work with professionals and communities of origin to sustain links and understand past problems.
  • Manage complex and challenging behaviour in an assertive, restorative, and sensitive manner.
  • Work to reduce the likelihood that a child/young person becomes criminalized, encouraging restorative approaches and outcomes.
Requirements

To be successful in this role, you must hold a minimum NVQ/QCF Diploma Level 3 in Residential Child Care, as well as the QFC Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services Level 5. Recent experience of working with young people or vulnerable adults who may have emotional or behavioural difficulties is also essential.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and young people.



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