Residential Support Worker

4 weeks ago

Newton Aycliffe, United Kingdom Concept Resources Full time
Job Description
Description of role
As a Residential Worker, you will be responsible for undertaking all aspects of caring and
supporting the young people in the Children’s Home/Short-Breaks Provision/Long-Breaks
Provision/Edge of Care. You will adopt an aspirational approach to support and develop the
Children’s Homes Service to achieve its vision of providing high quality care and support to
children, young people and their families as detailed in the Children’s Homes Statement of
Purpose.
As a Residential Worker you will support the Registered Homes Manager in the provision of good
quality residential care working in partnership with the wider care system. You will be a positive role model for vulnerable young people supporting them within a Children’s
Home/Short-Breaks Provision/Long-Breaks Provision/Edge of Care. You will support young people
to have positive outcomes within their lives and aspirations for their future.
You will provide appropriate emotional and physical care, promote education, training, and
employment, good health, hobbies, interests and relationships with friends and family to ensure that
the outstanding standards of practice outlined within the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 are
met.
You will be committed to your own professional development ensuring that your relevant knowledge
and skills are up to date and in line with the needs of the young people in your care.
You will play a key role when young people transition in and out of the Children’s Home care,
ensuring that these important milestones.
Duties and responsibilities
Listed below are the duties and responsibilities this role will be primarily responsible for:
• To contribute to achieving identified outcomes for young people as outlined in their Individual
Care Plans.
• To directly participate in the care planning and review process.
• To take on the role of key worker to individual young people as required by the Registered Homes
Manager.
• To work in partnership with young people, their families, social workers and other relevant
stakeholders and agencies, in pursuit of the identified outcomes for young people.
• To ensure that work with young people is in line with the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015,
DCC procedures, and good practice guidance.
• To work with individuals and groups of young people effectively and creatively in line with risk
assessments in a planned and flexible way.
• To contribute to young people’s development through the provision of a healthy lifestyle.
• To provide and promote a variety of appropriate stimulating activities and present as a consistent
and caring and positive role model.
• To be alert to signs of distress or abuse, and to ensure that young people are safeguarded.
• To administer prescribed medication and homely remedies in line with DCC policy and procedure
and to undertake training as appropriate.
• To be sensitive to the needs of individual young people, regardless of race, culture, language,
religion, gender, sexual orientation and age.
• To understand and follow young people’s risk assessments / safety plans and take any relevant
actions to update these where necessary.
• To report to the line manager, or other appropriate person any concerns you may have relating
to practice or issues relating to a young person’s wellbeing in the home.• To work with young people in line with DCC procedure and policy in relation to safe care practice.
• To effectively manage the consequences of risk-taking behaviours of young people, e.g.
substance misuse, self-harm, going missing from home, etc.
• To undertake specific responsibilities within the home, these could be related to health and safety
or acting as an education representative of the home as an example.
• To provide appropriate boundaries to young people to support their behaviour and wellbeing.
• To provide for young people’s physical needs as necessary, for example, by cooking, washing,
ironing, shopping, budgeting, or by enabling young people to carry out such tasks for themselves.
• To undertake administrative tasks and all forms of record keeping and prepare reports as
required by the Registered Homes Manager.
• To recognise and promote the rights of young people as recognised in legislative and practice
guidance.
• To contribute to the home and garden environment ensuring this is of a high standard and
replicates as much as possible a family home.
• To keep the home safe and secure.
• To follow DCC procedures regarding management of finances in the home including petty cash
and purchase cards.
• To act as a member of the staff team, supporting colleagues and being prepared to receive
support as necessary.
• To participate in staff meetings as required.
• To adopt a flexible attitude to ensure necessary rota cover as appropriate.
• To communicate relevant issues/concerns using the systems in the home.
• To contribute to the development of positive links with the community and other agencies.
• To fully participate in supervision and appraisal in accordance with best practice guidance.
• To promote and adhere to the principles of equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice.
• To undertake and maintain mandatory training standards and training relevant to continuous
professional development.
• To have good IT skills and be willing to develop knowledge around the introduction of Residential
systems.
• To form good working relationships with young people and colleagues.
• There is a requirement that the post holder is fit and well enough to undertake Durham County
Council’s Physical Intervention Training at a frequency set out in the Development plan.

Requirements
RSW Support worker enhanced DBS

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