SENIOR SUPPORT WORKER - CHILDREN
Your new company
Our client is a Children\'s residential home based in Southwest London – Raynes Park. This home provides a supportive and caring environment, provides safety, and protects the welfare and well-being of children and young people between the ages of 11-18.
Your new role
Salary: £29,795 - £31,795
Days: You will have to be fully flexible to cover sleeping in/shift work, including evenings, bank holidays and weekends on a rota system.
Following your first year in post, you will be eligible for a salary increase. In addition to this, following the second year in post, you will be eligible to be enroled on the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare. To be eligible for enrolment for this course, you will have demonstrated the capacity for management responsibility, such as supervision, and the willingness and ability to take on additional responsibilities. All salary increases are subject to a successful annual appraisal. Staff who have successfully completed the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare will receive an increase in salary and will be eligible for Deputy and Registered Manager roles.
Duties:
The role involves supporting the registered manager and managing the day-to-day operations of a home and caring for young people.
Your duties will include the below:
1. Supervising sessional staff, ensuring medication administration and recording, managing petty cash and allowances.
2. Reporting and managing safeguarding issues, conducting effective handovers, and ensuring colleagues are aware of their responsibilities.
3. Planning and organising the home, maintaining a record system, implementing care plans, and providing reports when needed.
4. Directing tasks to residential staff, coordinating daily routines, and maintaining high standards of cleanliness.
5. Establishing and developing outside contacts, assisting with household duties, attending supervision sessions, and participating in team meetings and training sessions.
6. Fostering and encouraging contact between children and their families, maintaining good liaison with external agencies
7. You will be working in a pressured environment with diverse young people, staff, and professionals and expected to carry out duties maturely and responsibly, and physically intervening if a young person\'s behaviour is dangerous.
What you\'ll need to succeed
8. Good understanding of CSE and keeping young people (particularly females) safe from contemporary approaches to managing exploitation.
9. Excellent communication skills for engaging with young people on a wide range of topics.
10. Understanding trauma is an informed approach and can attribute challenging behaviour to its root causes.
11. Can remain calm in situations where a young person is struggling to manage their feelings.
12. To be able to stay resilient by being aware of your own triggers.
What you need to do now
If you\'re interested in this role, click \'apply now\' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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