Children's Residential Support Worker

**Job description**

**Residential Support Worker - Birmingham**

**Next Step Residential Care are looking for the best Residential Support Workers to join our children’s home in Birmingham. We strive to encourage and motivate children and young people to develop and enhance life skills. We participate in a range of leisure activities, educational interests and social opportunities which offer positive challenges within a safe and structured environment.**

**Committed to our “only outstanding” principles culture**:

- We will never give up on our young people
- We will do whatever it takes

**Main Duties**:

- Direct work with young people, key working and generally taking an active part in providing care & support on a shift work basis.
- Working in partnership with young people, their social worker and carers and other relevant agencies.
- To co-ordinate, monitor and review Care Plans for all allocated young people preparing to make the transition to adulthood and greater independence.
- Taking responsibility for the upkeep of the establishment with regard to health and safety and primary care issues, as well as making autonomous decisions about individual young people’s requests and behaviour whilst on shift.
- Administrative work and record keeping associated with key working responsibilities and the daily running of the home.
- To ensure that young people carry as much responsibility for their own lives as they can reasonably and demonstrably be expected to carry, keeping them informed of their circumstances and rights, involving them in planning their lives, supporting them and helping them towards taking greater control and responsibility
- Respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns and report these effectively

**Household Responsibilities**:

- To share in the practical activities necessary to maintain the House.
- To care for the fabric, equipment and overall environment
- To be accountable for moneys allocated for specific purposes
- Reporting repairs and ensuring that necessary actions are taken

**Personal**:

- To act as a role model and guide for young people setting principles and examples
- To keep abreast of good practice in order to develop skills, knowledge and experience, in accordance with a personal development plan.
- To make use of regular professional supervision
- To report to a line manager, or other appropriate person, malpractice or evidence which may suggest it

**Additional Duties**:

- To carry out any other reasonable duties as requested by management.
- To work shifts including weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis as required
- Flexibility to work at other Next Step Residential Care properties as directed by management.

**Requirements to be successful**:

- Experience of working with children / young people (**essential**)
- Level 3 CYPW or above (or willing to work towards a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Child Care) (**essential**)

**Benefits**
- In house promotion
- Enrolled on A Company Pension Scheme
- Free food whilst on shift
- 28 Holiday with additional holidays for loyalty to the company
- Fully funded Level 3 Diploma in Residential Child Care

Please note this is a full-time role, shifts include days, nights, sleep-ins, weekends and bank holidays, Operating 24-hour service 365 days a year.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Freelance
Part-time hours: 12-40 per week

**Salary**: £11.50-£14.50 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus

COVID-19 considerations:
All employees are required to be vaccinated

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: RCW-B14