Senior Residential Support Worker

Supporting the Needs of Children and Young People

To actively safeguard and promote the welfare of the children/young people.

To report immediately any unsafe practices and conditions.

• Effective personal practice and effective management of a team.
• Unconditionally support the positive holistic development of the children/young people within the home.
• To actively safeguard and promote the welfare of the children/young people.
• To report immediately any unsafe practices and conditions.
• To ensure the ongoing assessment of children and young people's needs in day-to-day practice.
• Ensure all staff practice is in line with best practice and the children and young people's Care and Placement Plans.
• Continuously and unconditionally promote the structure, boundaries and routines within a safe and nurturing environment.
• Be responsibility for the effective and efficient running of shifts including the planning and appropriate activities.
• Provide a positive role model for the young people, presenting oneself in a highly professional manner at all times
• As required work with young people on intervention strategies to promote pro-social behaviour.
• Ensure the delivery of all key worker areas and responsibilities including delivery of direct work.

Personal Development and Team Membership

• To work as part of a team and support less experienced staff in the work and operation of the home in conjunction with the organisation's policies and procedures
• Represent the home at reviews and or meetings.
• Undertake relevant training programmes as required by governing regulation, guidance, and the Company.
• At all times promote and ensure anti-discriminatory practices.
• Oversee, supervise, appraise and develop the skills of staff in their working practice.
• Work in partnership and develop professional working relationships with colleagues, other agencies and professionals to meet the needs of young people and their families.
• Fulfil sleep-in duties in accordance with the agreed rota.
• To show a willingness to undertake appropriate training as part of overall professional development.
• To carry out any other reasonable and relevant duties as required including deputising in the absence of senior colleagues.

Regulatory and Administrative

To carry out duties in line with the company's policies and procedures.

Ensure effective service delivery in line with the policies and procedures of the Home and the Company.

To work in accordance with the Children's Homes Regulations, other statutory guidance, and co- operate with any inspection process.

Oversee, write and edit all reports when submitted for meetings and reviews.

Work in line with young peoples' care and placement plans.

Monitor and maintain administrative requirements ensuring compliance with policy and regulation.

Support and provide oversight in completion of reports for, statutory reviews and meetings concerning the young people where required.

Other Requirements

To provide out of hours support to the service.

The post holder will be expected to continuously develop in their role. It is in the nature of the work of residential care that tasks and responsibilities are in many circumstances unpredictable and varied.

The post holder may be reasonably expected to undertake other duties commensurate with the level of responsibility that may be allocated from time to time All staff are, therefore, expected to work in a flexible way when the occasion arises that tasks which are not specifically covered in their job description must be undertaken but which will be within their level of responsibility.

Additional duties will normally be to cover unforeseen circumstances or changes in work and will normally be compatible with the regular type of work.

This job description is not intended to be a complete list of duties and responsibilities but indicates some of the main areas attached to the post. It may be amended from time to time, to take account of changing trends in social care relevant legislation, together with Employment Law.

The post holder must hold at least a Level 3 in Children's Residential Care or equivalent.

The post holder must be able to drive.

DBS Staff Disqualification & DBS Obligations

All Candidates for social care positions - please note that these roles are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and therefore you must include details of all and any offences, even if 'spent'.

All staff are obligated to notify of changes in their personal circumstance whilst employed for the company

Health & Safety

All employees have a responsibility for their own Health and Safety and that of others while undertaking their duties. Employees have a general duty to assist in implementing its Health and Safety policies.

Equal Opportunities

The company supports Equal Opportunities in Employment and opposes all forms of unlawful discrimination on grounds such as colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief and age. You are expected to always comply to the company ethos and all relevant policies and procedures.

General Statement

The above job description forms part of your Main Terms and Conditions of Employment. The Company reserves the right to vary duties and responsibilities at any time.

The above duties and responsibilities do not include or define all tasks that may be required by the postholder. The duties and responsibilities may vary without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed.

Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.