Overview
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Being a Senior Coach (commonly referred to as a Senior Support Worker, Residential Support Worker or Children's Mental Health worker) at SuperCare offers a fulfilling chance to positively influence the lives of vulnerable children and young people. In this role, you'll help them become more independent, succeed in their education, and grow personally through various enjoyable activities in a safe environment. You'll collaborate closely with young people, their families, social workers, and other organisations to ensure everyone's needs are addressed, making their transition to adulthood smooth.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
* Direct work with young people, key working and generally taking an active part in providing day to day care and support on a shift work basis.
* Work in partnership with young people, their social workers, careers services and other relevant agencies.
* Coordinate, monitor and review Care Plans for all allocated young people preparing to make the transition to adulthood and greater independence.
* Take responsibility for the upkeep of the establishment with regard to health and safety and primary care issues, and make 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.
* 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.
* Attend to their day to day needs which includes bathing, feeding and cooking for the young people.
Household Responsibilities
* Share in the practical activities necessary to maintain the home.
* Care for the fabric, equipment and overall environment.
* Be accountable for moneys allocated for specific purposes.
* Report repairs and ensure that necessary actions are taken.
Personal
* Act as a role model and guide for young people, setting principles and examples.
* Keep abreast of best practice to develop skills, knowledge and experience, in accordance with a personal development plan.
* Utilise regular professional supervision.
* Report to a line manager or other appropriate person any malpractice or evidence which may suggest it.
Additional Duties
* Carry out any other reasonable duties as requested by management.
* Work shifts including weekends and bank holidays on a rotation basis as required.
* Flexibility to work at other properties as directed by management.
Ideal Backgrounds / Suitable Experience
* SEN Teachers
* Social Work Assistants
* Childcare Workers
* Family Support Workers
* Outreach Support Workers
* Children\'s Support Workers
This job description outlines the general ways in which it is expected you will meet the overall requirements of the post. The list of tasks is not exclusive, and duties may vary from time to time.
We follow Safer Recruitment measures. You should expect to provide adequate DBS information and personal information to prove your address and identity. You will be subject to enhanced DBS checks before being offered a placement and should be prepared to volunteer any relevant information on request.
You will receive regular and ongoing micro training to perform your role to your best ability. Your training will include 36 days of face-to-face training per year with our external training specialist.
Requirements To Be Successful
This job description is subject to regular review.
* Experience of working with children/young people in an Ofsted environment (important).
* Must have NVQ Level 3 relevant to child care (essential).
* Enhanced DBS Check, and on the update service (important).
* Full UK licence (ideal).
* Smart and agile to handle the daily needs and activities of the young people (essential).
* Interested in long-term career development, with a focus on enhancing skills to better support children and young people (important).
Why should you work for SuperCare?
We\'re on a mission to be the number 1 provider of children\'s homes in London and the South East. Our commitment to supporting and empowering our staff helps us build incredible teams of caring professionals that want to grow their careers with SuperCare, as backed up by our 98% staff retention rate.
As a Member Of SuperCare You\'ll Get
* Our "1 Day on 2 Days Off" rota
* Private health care and 24/7 GP access
* Gym membership stipend per month
* Best-in-class compensation (we pay 20% higher than market rate)
* Fully-paid support to complete your Level 3 and Level 5 NVQs
* Pension plan with Nest
* Free parking and food on shift
* Access to our company bonus scheme and events
And on top of that, the opportunity to empower children with learning disabilities to be the best people they can possibly be. Apply now or visit SuperCare.org/careers for more information about our team.
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