Job Title: Residential Support Worker – Children’s residential home
Location: Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Salary: £32,850- £35,444 per annum (inclusive of 2 sleeps)
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Next Steps: Apply now or contact Brooklea at Liquid Personnel for more information
About the role:
Liquid Personnel have an exclusive opportunity for Residential Support Workers to join an incredible authority, Ofsted rated good. You will be joining a brand-new home for children and young people, registered for up to 4 young people from 13-17 years old with a background of emotional behaviour difficulties and child sexual exploitation.
Your key responsibilities as the Residential Support Worker:
* To demonstrate good childcare practices in own direct work with children to be a role model for other staff members
* Key Working to be responsible for and accountable to senior staff in ensuring effective assessment monitoring, planning and evaluating for each child takes place.
* To actively seek the views and opinions of children and provide a platform from which they can be heard.
* To carry out specific tasks as delegated by the Registered Manager/ Deputy/ Seniors
* To be supportive of teamwork. Following agreed team meetings/plans and supporting a high challenge high support culture.
* To act as driver and/or escort transporting young people to and from school, on shopping trips and activities.
* Flexible working, To perform sleeping-in duties as required.
* Meet the needs of children and young people, using a restorative approach, developing strong relationships to support children make their own decisions and actively engage.
* Delivery of direct work with children through their plans of support.
* Developing and maintaining strong partnerships with other services, the community, and agencies to deliver a holistic service to children with complex needs.
* Delivery of specialist interventions and programmes (training is provided)
Essential Requirement:
* Hold a Level 3 or 4 in Residential Childcare or be working towards this
* Good knowledge around Children’s Homes regulations (2015), Children’s Homes Regulations including the quality standards
* Hold at least 1 years’ experience within a children’s residential homes
* Hold a Full UK driving licence
Benefits:
* Enhancements for Sunday and unsociable hours
* Comprehensive training
* A funded QCF qualification
* Employment assistance programme, i.e. access to counselling and support
* A career pathway for progression
* Additional pay for unsociable hours and sleep-in’s