Residential Support Worker

**Company description**

**YOU MUST HAVE PREVIOUS EXPERIANCE WORKING IN A CHILDRENS HOME REGULATED BY OFSTED**

The home are currently recruiting support workers for there 4 bed childrens home

**Job description**
- **Participate in a duty Rota that meets the needs of the care home and to fulfil sleep in duties as required in accordance with the needs of the care home**
- **Care for and safeguard all children and young people resident within the home**
- **Ensure that factual, accurate and legible entries are made as per policy on child/young person records/reports**
- **Ensure that you are working in line with policy and procedure, effectively and safely working with children/young people and supporting/implementing social activity, life skills and independence skills**
- **Ensure all diary and clear care entries are made, planned and completed as per delegation from supervisor**
- **Ensure that you have implemented, updated and adhered to all child and young person’s plans that are in place (where appropriate)**
- **Provide a positive mentor to the children and young people and to work professionally, positively and enthusiastically always**
- **Liaise where appropriate with relatives, significant others and professionals in a professionals and timely manner**

**Staff**
- **To accept and participate in monthly supervision with supervisor**
- **Ensure professionalism always and working In line with Company policy and procedure**
- **Complete all delegated tasks for the day**
- **Report promptly any issues that arise to the relevant/appropriate person**
- **Support colleagues and ensure their wellbeing and safety always**
- **Participate in a full handover at the end of every shift and participate a full de-brief at the end of every shift**
- **Use money as required and ensure that effective management of funds is completed daily, carried over and returns are completed in line with internal procedure**
- **Support staffing levels to remain safe and consistent and ensure that deficiencies are addressed immediately and the appropriate person notified**
- **Assist in ongoing development and training of the home**
- **Delegate tasks as per key working (where appropriate) and ensure the completion of these**
- **Attend meetings and reviews**
- **Participate in annual appraisal of the care team, return to work interview and probation meetings/induction workbooks**

**General**
- **Ensure that budgets are adhered to and maintained appropriately**
- **Be vigilant in exercising health and safety and report issues promptly and/or remedy them**
- **Report incident/issues that have arisen during the day promptly to supervisor/ senior management**
- **Always work in line with Company Policy and Procedure with attention to Safeguarding children and young people, Child protection, Whistle blowing and complaints**
- **Work to achieve quality standards as set out by the Regulatory body**
- **Ensure actions are always in the best interest of the child, young person and organisation**
- **Work within and exhibit the Company ethos and values**
- **Conduct yourself at all times in a professional manner to reinforce the positive name of the Company**
- **To carry out all other duties and reasonable requests within your role**

Work Remotely
- No

**Job Type**: Zero hours contract

**Salary**: £12.00-£12.60 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

COVID-19 considerations:
The compay provides all PPE

Work Location: In person