Location: Lancaster
Contract: Full time, permanent
Hours: 40 hours per week
Salary: Basic salary of £25,563.20 with potential to earn up to £32,283.20 with sleep‑in shifts.
We are looking for a dynamic and inspirational Residential Childcare Support Worker to join our established Residential Team at Bayview. You will work in one of our family‑feel children’s homes in Heysham or rural North Lancaster, caring for up to four young people per home.
Our service requires individuals who will help guide young people aged 8–18 with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties to success, and who are dedicated to supporting our ethos. You will help provide a safe, secure, homely and positive environment for the children and young adults, continually improving the quality, image and reputation of the Home. All our homes are rated ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ by Ofsted, so we need staff committed to excellence.
It is a requirement that you undertake and complete a Diploma Level 3 in Working with Children & Young People or a Level 4 Children, Young People and Families practitioner apprenticeship within 2 years if you do not already possess one.
You must also hold a full UK driving licence.
Benefits
* Competitive salary plus up to £6,720 in sleep‑in payments (average 6–8 sleep‑ins per month at £70 per sleep‑in)
* Regular supervisions
* Company pension
* Access to our Exchange Employee Discount Scheme
* Access to wellbeing programmes via our Exchange Provision
* Comprehensive training programme, followed by an ongoing CPD programme
* Promotion opportunities
Principal Accountabilities
* Carrying out duties as a Childcare Worker and Key Worker so that the National Standards set by Ofsted are consistently exceeded.
* Ensuring the highest possible standard of childcare is provided to the children resident in the Home.
* Purposefully and systematically improving the lives of all young people resident at the Home.
* Building and maintaining positive and effective working relationships with families, friends and any other external bodies, as requested by the Registered Manager.
* Contributing to building and maintaining a culture of trust and mutual respect among all involved in the Home, both children and staff.
The Provision of Childcare
* The Childcare Worker contributes to the development of appropriate and high‑quality care plans for each young person.
* All legal requirements, Ofsted standards and the policies and procedures of Bay View Childcare are adhered to at all times.
* Any feedback received from residents, families, friends, placing authorities and other relevant parties is carefully noted and communicated to the Registered Manager and Deputy Manager by the pre‑agreed method.
* The Home is kept clean, tidy, safe and secure at all times.
* The Childcare Worker builds constructive and trusting relationships with the children in the Home, ensuring a full understanding of their personal background and individual needs.
* The Childcare Worker is approachable, friendly and professional, proactively engaging with the children and creating an open, positive and inclusive environment so that the children feel they belong in the Home.
* The Childcare Worker works proactively and constructively with the children, building relationships, adding to their quality of life and laying foundations for future personal success.
* The children are actively supervised and kept safe; the Childcare Worker looks out for signs of unease, frustration and unhappiness and engages with the children as necessary.
* The Childcare Worker is quick to sense, manage and de‑escalate any conflict situation that may arise, acting in line with the policies and procedures of Bay View Childcare.
* All issues and concerns relating to the children are proactively communicated to the Registered Manager, Deputy Manager and Shift Leader.
* Risk assessments are carried out for all new activities, as requested.
* Pre‑activity assessments are carried out for existing activities to ensure they can operate safely and effectively.
* The Childcare Worker is actively involved in activities with the children, doing things with them—much like a good parent would.
* The Childcare Worker discharges all responsibilities as a ‘Key Worker’ and ensures all children are treated as individuals.
* The Childcare Worker maintains regular and constructive communication with the families and friends of the children for whom he or she is the ‘Key Worker’.
* The Childcare Worker remains unerringly positive in participation in activities with the children and in relaying personal life experiences.
* An active and constructive contribution is made to reviews of any child for whom the Childcare Worker is the ‘Key Worker’.
* All company policies and procedures are religiously followed, and all necessary paperwork is diligently and fully completed. The Childcare Worker has a full understanding of the reasons for all records that must be kept and asks whenever this is unclear.
* The quality of food provided to the children meets the pre‑agreed food standards.
* The Childcare Worker actively assists with cooking and the purchasing of foodstuffs, as required.
Bay View is an equal‑opportunity employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. You must be willing to undertake a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position.
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