Senior Residential Support Worker

Clacton-on-Sea, ENG, GB, United Kingdom

Job Description

We are recruiting experienced Senior Residential Support Workers for our Residential young people's home in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. Our home caters for 4 young people of any gender with a diagnosed learning disability and/or emotional behavioural difficulties between the ages of 8 and 17 years.

Duties & Responsibilities



To be responsible for leading shifts, allocation and supervision of staff and young people, delegating tasks, and managing the day to day needs of the home. To be confident in offering guidance and support to all residential and support staff. To oversee keyworking responsibilities. To deliver frequent supervision to Residential staff and support staff. To deliver annual appraisals for Residential staff and support staff. To be responsible for managing the homes finances on a daily basis. To be responsible for ensuring that weekly and monthly audits and checks are completed including, Health and Safety audits, Medications audits and Fire checks/drills To be responsible for administering young people's medication in line with the homes medication policy To support the development of person-centred planning, ensuring each young person's has meaningful and achievable goals To prepare reports and to attend review meeting and other multi-disciplinary meetings. To be able to develop positive relationships with family members. To assist in the smooth running of the home, being part of a multidisciplinary team promoting a warm, caring, safe and enjoyable environment. To know and follow the complaints procedures, reporting complaints or untoward occurrences to management whether it be from public, staff or children. To recognise the needs of the service provided by adopting a flexible attitude to work routines and shift patterns. To support young people in other environments outside of the home, as required i.e., at school & during hospital stays/admissions. To liaise with management and colleagues regarding issues within the home. Updating on progress, or difficulties in relation to staff, or young people and to advise if management intervention is needed. To have the ability to communicate effectively through oral and written communication. To know, understand, follow, and promote the home's anti-discriminatory practice procedures. To attend 4-6 weekly supervision and weekly staff meetings. To make use of all available training and staff development opportunities and to attend scheduled training and refresher courses, ensuring training is kept up to date. To ensure domestic standards such as cooking, and cleaning are set and monitored in such a fashion as to set a good example to young people. To promote the health, safety, and welfare of all young people, including the promotion of their physical, intellectual, social, behavioural and moral development to enable them to mature and develop as responsible members of the community. To carry out personal care for young people when needed. To ensure medical and dental treatments are arranged as necessary and complete the relevant forms for the files. To liaise with family and other multi-agencies to gather information to assist in assessing the needs of young people. To provide a stimulating environment for young people and participate in their activities. To know, use, and promote the home's child protection procedures at all times, developing a good awareness of child protection issues, assessing and recording risk. Reporting any child protection issues. Protecting each young person and the group by providing supervision and control appropriate to their age and understanding. To provide security within relationships based on respect and trust and provide appropriate boundaries. To be able to monitor one's own behaviour and being aware of the effects it can have on others. To undertake keyworker/co-worker roles and to be responsible for the welfare of specific young people. To maintain daily records e.g. personal files, completing the daily logs and all other logs etc contemporaneously and accurately. To work in partnership with colleagues and other professionals to establish a programme to change young people's behaviour patterns and attitudes when such behaviours are unacceptable or anti-social. To prepare individual risk assessments and placement plans for young people. To ensure an atmosphere of safety for all concerned, where the individual young person is fully aware that staff are there to comfort them through the use of good communication skills and relationships. To practice mutual respect for peers and staff. To be flexible, which includes working and travelling to other homes as and when required.

General Health and Safety



To ensure the home is physically safe and to provide a good quality environment for the young people. To ensure self and colleagues maintain a safe, clean, and hygienic working environment. To ensure self and colleagues use equipment such as gloves and aprons based upon the homes policies. To ensure colleagues also maintain these standards and expectations to avoid placing self and others at risk from cross infection. To ensure that routines designed to reduce risks are adhered to all times. To challenge where immediately when these standards are not up to standard. To ensure that food hygiene standards are maintained at all times, that appropriate utensils are used, and the kitchen and dining room areas are cleaned after each meal/snack. To ensure that all Health and Safety and daily routine checks are completed as required and signed by the individual. To ensure that Health and Safety standards are maintained whilst on duty. Assist the Manager/Deputy Manager with the efficient upkeep of the building and maintenance of equipment, furnishings and fittings. To report any areas of heightened risk and to not cause harm to colleagues through neglect of this responsibility. To ensure that colleagues also do not cause harm to others through their neglect. To ensure that all Health and Safety policies and Procedures are followed at all times by both self and colleagues.

Other Responsibilities or Duties



To seek advice and support, where and whenever necessary, from your peers or managers. To provide support and advice to colleagues. To make decisions appropriate to the needs of young people through consultation with colleagues on duty and where this requires additional advice seek it from the on-call manager. To take a lead role in challenging bad practice or actions that go against agreed action plans. This challenge should be direct, out of the hearing of young people and discussed with a manager at the earliest opportunity. Where this challenge does not affect the colleague's approach or behaviour the matter must be taken to a manager. To deal with any issues that arise from colleagues and senior staff including personal/primary care and behaviour management. Not to leave to someone else that which you are not prepared to do yourself. To develop knowledge of benefits and ensure each young person has access to and receives those they are entitled too. To attend training as arranged. To ensure that supervision takes place within the given timescales and to attend with appropriate agenda items. To raise issues with Managers/Deputy Managers regarding the content of any supervision that requires further resolution, or where conflict or specific challenges arise. To read, research and develop own knowledge along with that provided at the workplace.

Applicants



We are currently looking to recruit passionate and enthusiastic people to join our team. We are looking for staff who have the ability and skills to provide outstanding care to our children & young people.

Applicants are required to have some previous experience of working with children & young people with a learning disability and/or emotional & behavioural difficulties.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 13.00-14.00 per hour

Benefits:

Company pension
Schedule:

Day shift Monday to Friday Night shift Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:

Clacton-on-Sea CO16: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:

GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Experience:

Residential Childcare: 1 year (preferred) Support Environment: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:

NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person

Beware of fraud agents! do not pay money to get a job

MNCJobs.co.uk will not be responsible for any payment made to a third-party. All Terms of Use are applicable.


Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD3311749
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Clacton-on-Sea, ENG, GB, United Kingdom
  • Education
    Not mentioned