Ob purpose:
To provide, both individually and as part of the team, the highest quality care and therapeutic support to the young people at the Home.
Principal duties and responsibilities:
Care of Young People
* Participates fully in the rota as part of the care team. To include: care and domestic duties,
accompanying young people to school and supporting them during the day as part of the team, night time sleeping-in duties.
* Care duties
o Supervises and supports young people in accordance with their personal plans
o Acts as key worker for one young person, including responsibility for: co-ordinating the
achievement of his/her personal plan, providing any necessary support, keeping
appointments such as visits to the doctor, liaison with other services, preparing for reviews
and acting as internal advocate.
o Provides support within Education, including: promoting the integration of care and
education, acting as support worker within the education setting as required, acting as the
daily link between education staff and care setting.
o Works with and manages difficult behaviour, enabling young people to develop from needing external control, to exercising self-control.
o Organises and participates in appropriate activities, play and recreation for the young people.
o Works with families of young people as appropriate.
o Carries o...