Job Description

Children's Residential Senior Support Worker(Full time)

Year One - On Target Earnings of 32,000

- 38,000

depending upon qualifications, experience and inclusive of sleep-in allowance and on call payment.

Are you who we are looking for?

We are currently looking to recruit an experienced children's home residential worker to take on a Senior role for our warm, friendly and welcoming children's care home where our dedicated and stable staff team always strive to create a relaxed and friendly atmosphere in which our young people can thrive.

As one of our Seniors it will be your responsibility to operate and model the highest standards of practice within our children's home, leading shifts and providing excellent guidance to our staff team. Your practice will be trauma informed and therapeutic and you will be experienced at building excellent relationships with young people that help them to grow and develop and achieve good outcomes in their lives. You will be someone who can bring energy, passion and a commitment to delivering care that is of a high standard in line with our "Good" Ofsted judgement.

You will have a good understanding of the Children's Home Regulations and Quality Standards and be able to put these into practice and support the development of the practice of others in line with those requirements.

Our organisation is focussed on ensuring children's rights are promoted and positively responded to and we are looking for a passionate individual whose kind, caring and calm approach, combined with child-centred practice and excellent communication skills. will establish and maintain highly effective relationships with our young people, their families our staff team and other key professionals.

Benefits:

In return you will be rewarded with:-

High quality and regular supportive supervision

A service that is ambitious and expanding with opportunities for progression

Excellent training opportunities

Access to a clinical psychologist to support our therapeutic approach

A competitive remuneration and annual leave package

Key responsibilities include:-

1. To undertake a lead role in ensuring the care and welfare of each child in placement.

2. To provide strong and effective guidance and support to all Residential Support Workers.

3. To be responsible for the supervision of designated staff members, and to record this within staff supervision files.

4. To raise any concerns with the Registered Manager and take an active role as part of the management and leadership of the home in developing all areas of practice.

Working hours:

A flexible approach to meet the needs of the service is required, we operate a shift system to cover Monday to Sunday, plus being part of an on-call rota for which an allowance will be paid

Essential Experience and Qualifications:

A minimum of 2 years' experience in a children's home setting within the last five years, preferably within a leadership role.

NVQ Level 3 in Children's Residential Services;

A commitment to continuing professional development

Recent safeguarding training

Excellent leadership skills.

Experience of carrying out administrative duties such as filing, recording, rota preparation and report writing for Children's Homes

Experience of working with young people aged between 8 - 18 with Social Emotional and Mental Health difficulties

Experience of making decisions under pressure

Experience of working with children and young people and developing effective relationships with them.

Ability to support children and young people in the face of adversity and challenge.

Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills

Good IT skills and working knowledge of Microsoft packages and electronic management systems

Good verbal and written communication skills

For an informal discussion about the role, and the opportunity to have a pre-interview visit to our Home, contact our Manager, Damian Ashman via email damian.ashman@investinginchildren.net

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 28,000.00-33,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Discounted or free food Flexitime On-site parking Profit sharing
Education:

GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Experience:

Residential Childcare: 2 years (required) Senior or Lead Support worker: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:

NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care (required) Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person