senior residential childrens worker

JOB DESCRIPTION – SENIOR RESIDENTIAL CHILDRENS WORKER

*** £35,464 Starting wage (depending on qualifications and experience) ***

**** £250 STARTING BONUS - IF YOU HOLD A TRANSFERABLE DBS (children and adults)****

*** A Level 3 qualification in Children's Residential and Childcare is essential ( we will consider those working towards for the right candidate)

**Previous experience within a residential childcare setting essential.***

***Driving License Essential***

Do you want to make a positive difference in young people's lives?

Do you want to work as part of a team?

Do you want a job that is rewarding and is never quite the same from one day to the next?

If you would like all this, this job could be for you

About Us

We are a registered children's residential home company. We have homes in Neath, Swansea and Ammanford and are committed to providing the highest standard of care. Our goal is to enhance the lives of every young person that lives in our homes. Our homes provide a safe, nurturing and private environment for young people who have social, emotional and behavioural needs.

About you

The ideal candidate will need excellent communication skills, excellent computer literacy, excellent organisational skills, the ability to lead and manage a team of individuals and have a passion for improving the services provided by Innovative care. The Senior Support Worker will need to be clear and concise in order to maintain both high standards and discipline in the staff group.

Responsibilities of the role

*To provide support to the Registered Manager, other seniors and residential workers.

*To deliver on the content of the Statement of Purpose of the home.

*To protect children and young people from risks to their health, welfare and development.

*To ensure that the home environment is appropriate and sensitive to the needs of the young people being looked after and is compliant with the Children's Homes Regulations and Quality Standards.

*To develop and maintain good working relationships with parents and other family members; social workers; school staff and other professionals with a concern for the young person's needs such as general practitioners or psychologists.

*To provide support and guidance to other staff, ensuring they are able to carry out their role effectively in line with company policy and procedures.

*To maintain a safe environment complying with health and safety and other legal requirements.

* To run shifts and help support staff that are on shift in the day to day running of the home.

*To stand in for the Registered Manager when they are on annual leave or sick and maintain the high standards and strategic overview prescribed by them.

*To support the staff team and other senior staff and to facilitate mentoring, supervisions and training as required.

*To undertake and complete daily paperwork and to make sure that staff team have understood and completed their tasks/paperwork.

*Handing over clear information to the Manager / other team members on shift once their shift finishes.

*To be actively involved with recruitment to ensure balanced, diverse teams with a wide variety of skills.

*To be active in the retention of 'key staff' in order to maintain appropriate levels of qualified staff members/diversity.

*Be actively involved in induction of new staff members through the passing on of knowledge of Innovative Cares, Philosophy and Policies and Procedures and their AWIF booklets and progress logs.

*To monitor staff progress of QCF qualification and provide encouragement, supervision and support to the learners.

*To help and support the manager to carry out yearly appraisals of staff to ensure quality.

*To ensure all staff files are up-to-date and contain only relevant documentation.

*To maintain professional knowledge and skills through reading, attending conferences/ training and other such activities and to achieve and maintain continuous professional development.

*To monitor ongoing expenditure and ensure staff operate the petty cash system within the required guidelines.

*To ensure the high standards of cleanliness and decoration of the home are maintained year-round.

*To be responsible for Quality Assurance of home files and paperwork.

An exciting career pathway and training will be made available to the successful candidate. As long as you can demonstrate the values needed for a role within residential childcare, we will give you all the training and support you need to progress.

*Driving License essential* - role requires staff to take young people to appointments/meetings and activities.

*Minimum age 21*- Regulations for the business require that staff have a minimum age gap between them and the young people we care for.

Training on the job

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• COSHH
• PBM
• Drugs/Alcohol awareness
• Emergency First Aid at Work.
• First Aid at Work
• Fire Awareness
• Food Hygiene
• Health & Safety awareness
• Infection Control
• Medication administration
• Paediatric First Aid
• Safeguarding (Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children)
• Suicide and Self Harm Awareness
• QCF qualifications as your role develops (level 4 and 5)

There are also excellent future prospects for further development and progression into management roles within the business.

As part of the role a DBS check will be carried out on all applicants as required by law. (We will fund this)

**Please let us know if you're signed up to the DBS update service (this will be reimbursed to you yearly)**

Schedule:

13-hour shifts x3 one week (39hrs) x4 following week (52hrs)

On call rota x3 alternative weeks and when manager is on leave (£30 per night)

Ability to commute/relocate:

SA5 : reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £35,464.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Free parking
• Referral programme

Experience:

• Residential Childcare: 2 years (required)
• Supervising or managerial: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Level 2 Health and Social Care (children and young people) (required)
• Driving Licence (required)
• Level 3 Health and Social Care: (Children and Young People) (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person