About the Company
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Young Care Hub is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of the children, and we expect all staff to share the same commitment. We are also committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities.
About the Role
We are recruiting experienced Senior Residential Workers for our Residential children’s home in Harlow, Essex. Our home caters for 3 children of any gender with a diagnosed learning disability and/or emotional behavioural difficulties between the ages of 7 and 17 years. As Senior Residential Worker you will be a key factor in the smooth running of the home, helping us to deliver high quality care to the children living at the home.
Responsibilities
* To be responsible for leading shifts, allocation and supervision of staff and children, delegating tasks, and managing the day to day needs of the home.
* To ensure activities are planned for children.
* To be confident in offering guidance and support to all residential and support staff.
* To oversee keyworking responsibilities.
* To deliver frequent probations, supervisions and observations to Residential staff and support staff.
* To deliver annual appraisals for Residential staff and support staff.
* To be responsible for managing the homes finances on a daily basis.
* To be responsible for ensuring that weekly and monthly audits and checks are completed including, Health and Safety audits, Medications audits and Fire checks/drills.
* To be responsible for administering children’s medication in line with the homes medication policy.
* To be responsible for ensuring all paperwork in relation to medication administration is completed and that medication balances are checked.
* To support the development of person-centred planning, ensuring each child has meaningful and achievable goals.
* To prepare reports and to attend review meetings and other multi-disciplinary meetings.
* To be able to develop positive relationships with family members.
* To assist in the smooth running of the home, being part of a multidisciplinary team promoting a warm, caring, safe and enjoyable environment.
* To know and follow the complaints procedures, reporting complaints or untoward occurrences to management whether it be from public, staff or children.
* To recognise the needs of the service provided by adopting a flexible attitude to work routines and shift patterns.
* To support young people in other environments outside of the home, as required i.e., at school & during hospital stays/admissions.
* To liaise with management and colleagues regarding issues within the home. Updating on progress, or difficulties in relation to staff, or young people and to advise if management intervention is needed.
* To have the ability to communicate effectively through oral and written communication.
* To know, understand, follow, and promote the home’s anti-discriminatory practice procedures.
* To attend regular supervision and staff meetings.
* To make use of all available training and staff development opportunities and to attend scheduled training and refresher courses, ensuring training is kept up to date.
* To ensure domestic standards such as cooking, and cleaning are set and monitored in such a fashion as to set a good example to young people.
* To promote the health, safety, and welfare of all children, including the promotion of their physical, intellectual, social, behavioural and moral development to enable them to mature and develop as responsible members of the community.
* To carry out personal care for children when needed.
* To ensure medical and dental treatments are arranged as necessary and complete the relevant forms are completed for their files.
* To liaise with family and other multi-agencies to gather information to assist in assessing the needs of children.
* To provide a stimulating environment for children and participate in their activities.
* To know, use, and promote the home’s child protection procedures at all times, developing a good awareness of child protection issues, assessing and recording risk. Reporting any child protection issues.
* To provide security within relationships based on respect and trust and provide appropriate boundaries.
* To be able to monitor one’s own behaviour and being aware of the effects it can have on others.
* To undertake keyworker/co-worker roles and to be responsible for the welfare of specific children.
* To maintain daily records e.g. personal files, completing the daily logs and all other logs etc contemporaneously and accurately.
* To oversee staff on shift in ensuring all paperwork such as daily logs, sharp book & the food safety book is completed with the relevant and detailed information.
* To work in partnership with colleagues and other professionals to establish a programme to change children’s behaviour patterns and attitudes when such behaviours are unacceptable or anti-social.
* To prepare individual risk assessments and placement plans for children.
* To ensure an atmosphere of safety for all concerned, where the individual child is fully aware that staff are there to comfort them through the use of good communication skills and relationships.
* To practice mutual respect for peers and staff.
* To be flexible, which includes working and travelling to other homes as and when required.
Qualifications
Candidates are expected to hold the Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or a qualification that the registered provider considers to be the equivalent to the Level 3 Diploma. In the past 5 years the candidate should have at least 2 years’ experience in a position relevant to the residential care of children and worked for at least one year in a role requiring the supervision of staff working in a care role.
Required Skills
* A good standard of physical and mental health is essential.
* A clean and smart appearance is required at all times.
* A real commitment to promoting and upholding the integrity and goodwill of the company, its employees, and the young people in our care.
* Flexibility as there will be occasions for contact outside of normal hours including an on-call rota system.
Pay range and compensation package
Starting salary: £16.80 per hour (£32,760 per annum)
Equal Opportunity Statement
You will be responsible for understanding and promoting the equal opportunities policy. We encourage everyone to apply who wishes to, and we believe that everyone should have an equal opportunity.