Senior Therapeutic Child Carer

Opportunity to work with young people & make a positive influence in their lives
- Must have a full driver's licence.

**Job Purpose**

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To contribute to the maintenance and provision of a high quality therapeutic community residential service for young people. To work within the framework of good practice as set out in the Staff handbook and training materials. The primary role is to provide safety, security and support to young people.

**General standards and expectations for all roles**
- To be involved in the direct delivery of services to the young people.
- To assist the Management team in achieving the aims set out within the policy of the organisation and in accordance with statutory, organisation requirements.
- To assist the Management team in providing the highest possible standards of care guidance, support and protection for the young people and co-operate fully with colleagues in achieving these objectives whilst remembering the needs of the child are paramount.
- To be included on a work rota that provides staff cover on a shift basis. The pattern of these to be determined and planned by the manager to meet the needs of the home.
- To carry out any of the practical tasks out lined on individual job lists.
- Record keeping and administration as required to include supporting with auditing and maintenance of children’s files, collation of reports and communication with external agencies.
- Familiarising themselves with written fire drill procedures, location and use of fire extinguishers and alarms and other necessary safety precautions and to implement such procedures as and when appropriate.
- To be constantly vigilant on health and safety matters and to share concerns of same immediately with line management.
- Ensuring environs are kept clean and tidy.
- Attendance at Staff meetings, and any other meeting as required and to ensure the prescribed action is shared appropriately.
- Attending and contributing to a regular supervision session by arrangement with the Registered Manager.
- Taking a full and active part in 12 monthly appraisals as arranged by the Care Manager and your supervisor and to carry out such actions as are specified in this document.
- To attend training as arranged as part of your individual development plan.
- To complete mandatory and regulatory training as required by and provided by the organisation
- Responsibility to understand and promote the organisation's policies in relation to care and control, child protection, open access to records and equal opportunities.
- Dressing appropriately always when on duty.
- Any other duties delegated by the Care Manager and senior staff. This is likely to include specific responsibility for delegated tasks.
- Offer ideas & organise stimulating activities and new experiences to enable poorly motivated young people to achieve.

**Key Responsibilities and Duties - Therapeutic Child Carer (days)**
- To hold Link-working case responsibility for at least one young person, including co-work of CCO.
- To take part in the out of hours on-call system, providing telephone and occasional physical support to team members.

**Key Responsibilities and Duties - Senior Therapeutic Carers**
- To be responsible for co-ordinating shifts in the absence of, or when delegated by a Group Leader.
- To co-ordinate shifts, managing and supporting staff ensuring their operation of good working practice.
- To work with and maintain a high level of supervision of young people
- To communicate with other departments on a regular basis

**Special requirements**: (Education/Therapy)
- To be aware of and to understand the needs of Looked After Children
- To understand the importance of maintaining a therapeutic and caring ethos.

**_There is a 3 x week rolling rota_**

**_The shifts are:_**

**_8am - 11pm - full day / evening to mimic home environment_**

**_8am - 4pm - early_**

**_3pm - 11pm - late_**

**_On very rare occasions there may be a requirement to do a sleep in (but this is very rare) which is paid as follows: £100 per night if not interrupted, if woken you will be paid your hourly rate on top of the £100._**
- Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified. _
- Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description. _
- This job description may be reviewed on an annual basis, or earlier if necessary. In addition, it may be amended at any time after consultation with you._ We operate as formal Therapeutic Communities - this is a planned and deliberate use of roles, structures, routines and environments to underpin and contribute to the therapeutic task. To support this, all our job roles and training and designed to follow the practitioner competencies that have been developed externally by The Consortium for Therapeutic Communities and