Overview
Senior Children's Residential Support Worker at Alcedo Care. We are expanding into Children's residential homes and are seeking passionate and dedicated individuals to join our team to create safe, nurturing environments where children and young people can thrive.
Responsibilities
* Providing emotional and social support: building meaningful relationships with the children and encouraging their interaction with peers and adults within the community.
* Enhancing self-esteem and respect: helping each young person develop a positive self-image and ensuring they feel respected and valued.
* Promoting positive life choices and independence: supporting the children in making positive decisions and achieving levels of independence appropriate to their age and abilities.
* Accurate and detailed recording: maintaining meticulous records of events, observations, progress, safeguarding matters, and health and safety checks.
* Care planning and assessment: collaborating with the manager and other professionals to create, implement, and review individual care plans based on the children's needs.
* Interdisciplinary collaboration: working closely with social workers, therapists, teachers, and other professionals to ensure comprehensive care for each child.
* Involvement with families: facilitating supervised contacts with the young people's families as necessary.
* Daily living support: assisting the children with their daily living needs in accordance with their care plans and risk assessments.
* Domestic duties: conducting household tasks and involving the children when appropriate, including planning, shopping, and preparing meals to ensure a varied and balanced diet.
* Taking lead on each shift to ensure the standard and quality of care is high.
* On-call responsibilities: approximately 3 on-calls per month, one of which being a weekend day; the rota will be prepared in advance and on-call duties are separate from shifts.
Requirements
* Minimum of NVQ Level 3 or 4 in Residential Child Care.
* Previous experience in a similar residential care role working with children.
* Ability to work 24-hour shifts as per the shift pattern, one in two off.
* Ability to commit to 3 on calls per month that are separate from contracted shifts.
* Understanding of expectations around working over holiday periods such as Christmas and Easter.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Compassionate, patient, and understanding approach.
* Strong record-keeping and organisational abilities.
* Dedication to promoting the welfare and development of children and young people.
If you are passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of children and young people, we welcome your application to join our dedicated team at Alcedo Care.
Benefits
* Ongoing support from Manager and senior management
* Free DBS check
* Time and a half bank holiday pay
* Blue Light Card offering hundreds of discounts after 6 months of service
* Employee of the month scheme
* End of year carer awards
* Holiday pay
* Use of a homes pool car for travel during work hours
* Pension Scheme
* Free mental wellbeing support available 24/7
* Fantastic training program including online/practical training
* Rate of Pay: £14.50 per hour
* Weekly Pay
Employment details
* Seniority level: Not Applicable
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industries: Nursing Homes and Residential Care Facilities
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