Residential Key Worker

**KEYWORKER JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Background Information**

Safe Places for Children was founded as a Registered Charity in April 2016 with the aim of supporting the most vulnerable young people within the residential care industry. Safe Places for Children provide complex traumatised young people in care with individualised therapeutic residential homes within either England or Northern Ireland. Our mission is _**At Safe Places, it’s all about the young people**_. Our values focus on being _**supportive, responsive, passionate, professional and united**_.

The Young People that Safe Places for Children provide care for can at times display **Challenging Behaviours that include but are not limited to the following**; Destroying Property, Absconding, Self-harming, Poor Hygiene, Sexually Acting out towards other Young People or Workers, Fire Fascination, Cruelty to Animals, Anti-social Behaviours, High level Defiance, Physical Aggression including Hitting, Spitting, Kicking, Threatening Young People and/or Workers and Verbal aggression.

Our aims and objectives at Safe Places for Children is to provide a model of care that focuses on providing stability, a nurturing & domestic environment that can support positive outcomes for Young People. The Service Delivery will operate in line with our Registered Homes **Statement of Purpose** and our Organisational **Integrated Practice Framework (IPF).** Safe Places for Children hire staff members that have the skills, qualities, experience, qualification and abilities to work with High Risk and Complex Traumatised Young People. This **Job Description** outlines the roles and responsibilities in which you have been employed to provide.

**General Responsibilities**

Employees of Safe Places for Children will be required to promote and support our mission: _**At Safe Places, it’s all about the young people**_ and our values which are to be _**Professional, Responsive, Passionate, Untied and Supportive**_ with all stakeholders, colleagues and management that are connected with the organisation and also with young people in our care.

General responsibilities include, but not limited to, the following:

- Provide a caring, safe and secure environment that promotes the wellbeing and the needs of the Young People within the Registered Service;
- Provide a caring service at all times and treat those they come into contact with in a courteous and respectful manner;
- Carry out duties and responsibilities in a manner which assures the safety of young people, colleagues and the public; work as in line with the Registered Services Statement of Purpose and Safe Places for Children Integrated Practice Framework;
- Build and participate in a strong and positive team culture and ensure that adequate rostering / cover is in place for the Registered Home, this will relate to undertaking shift work to ensure that the Registered Service continues to operate with safe staffing levels;
- Attend and contribute to planned Team Meetings, participated in required Case Inductions and other tasks or assignments that have been provided by the Homes Management Team;
- Ensure the completion and input into the required paperwork; this includes but not limited to the completion of all Shift Reports; Critical Information Reports, Health & Safety Reports; Case Handovers and Care Map (Care Planning), other reports will be directed by the Homes Management Team;
- Participate in Professional Development Plan, undertake and contribute to Coaching opportunities and work with the Registered Homes Management team to identify areas of Practice Improvement and adhered to an agreed plan to improve;
- Contribute and Input into ongoing Risk Assessments, Safety Plans, and Care Planning needs of the Young People and Positive Behaviour Support Plan. This includes the creation of Risk Assessments and notifying the Registered Homes Management team when these have been completed;
- Demonstrate commitment through regular attendance in planned meetings and work efficiently on completion of all assigned tasks allocated to them that have been set by the homes management team, this includes but not limited to inputting into Progress Reports and other Documentation;
- Participate in all agreed and desired elements of the Case Management needs, this includes participating in Annual Training, Case Clinics and adhered to the Assigned Youth Worker task that has been issued by the Homes Management Team;
- Able to positively role model and support Young People through challenging crisis situations and help them to develop long term health coping strategies. Demonstrate a willingness to engage in reflective practice sessions with the Homes Management Team, this is to help with increasing strategies to further support the Management of Crisis Situations;
- Understand and Adhere to the Shift Lead Responsibilities in regards to, but not limited Administration of Medication, Health & Safety, Safeguarding and Fire Warden & Safety Res