Job Description

Team Leader

Do you have a Level 3 in Children's Residential Childcare or Level 3 in Children and Young People's Workforce - If so, contact us now!*

We are looking for experienced and qualified individuals who want to be part of company that are dedicated in helping children reach their maximum potential. At Associated Wellbeing we are hugely passionate in ensuring that children have a safe and nurturing environment and invest heavily in the individuals that help create it.

Please read the below description and get in touch !

Associated Wellbeing

Tiered Pay Structure up to 14.78 per hour

70 per sleep in

Location:

Preston - Longridge

Bacup - Rossendale

Burnley

Benefits

- Company Pension

- Free Food

- Casual Dress

- On-site Parking

- Career progression opportunities

- Opportunity to be enrolled onto Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England)

- Employee of the month scheme

Hours: 2 on 4 off shift pattern with sleep in duties attached when required

Associated Wellbeing

is a private organisation that offers high quality residential care to children and young people with emotional and behaviour difficulties. We are looking to recruit enthusiastic senior support workers who hold strong communication skills with both children, staff and professionals. You must be dedicated in supporting children and young people in our care.

Job Title - Children's Senior Residential Support Worker

Minimum of one year experience working in an OFSTED regulated Children's Home

Job Purpose

To work as part of the team in the provision of care and support services with behaviours that may challenge; which aims to maximise the potential of individuals in line with ordinary life principles. As a Senior Residential Support Worker you will also need to be proactive in completing regular supervisions with staff and set a leading example of good practice.

Skills/ Abilities

Required

- Assist the Managers in the implementation of the philosophies and policies of the organisation.

- Assist the Managers in ensuring that each young person has their needs met through effective assessment and care planning.

- Review and monitor care plans. /contribute to review reports as directed

- Ability to demonstrate commitment to the staff teams, children, and the service in order to be part of a team that delivers high quality outcomes

- A proven ability to work on own initiative and to work as part of a team.

- Ability to lead and manage teams and complete supervisions

- Have some knowledge and understanding of issues relating to people with emotional and challenging behaviours.

- Good communication skills (written and verbal)

- Commitment to own training and development

- Commitment to the organisation

- Honest, trustworthy and reliable

- Ability to adapt to difficult and challenging situations

- Good role model

- Ability to follow safeguarding procedures and be proactive/vigilant in ensuring the children in our care are safe from harm

Essential

- Knowledge of Children's Homes Regulations

- Have at least one years' worth of experience as a Residential Support Worker (working in an OFSTED regulated setting)

- Significant progress made on Level 3 /4 Diploma in the Children and Young People's Workforce

Desired

- Full UK Manual Driving License

- Experience as Children's Key Worker

- Level 3 /4 Diploma in the Children and Young People's Workforce

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

To provide a caring, supportive, and nurturing environment in which children can thrive, achieve, feel safe, secure, and live free from harm

To ensure and promote the safe care and safeguarding of all children

To work in line with Associated Wellbeing's ethos and values, best practices, and National Care Standards

To work with young people to assist them to understand previous life experiences, responding appropriately to ensure mental health needs are met

To provide advice, assistance, and support on a 1:1 basis to enable children to have the opportunity to address past and present difficulties

To be ambitious for children, help them achieve their goals and reach their true potential

To be a positive role model, able to advocate on behalf of children, families, carers, the organisation, and the profession

To provide appropriate personal care and a safe, clean environment to children and ensure their physical comfort, health, and wellbeing, and support them through positive living experiences

To assist in the assessment, planning and delivery of services to support the care and support needs of children using the service

Contribute to the development and review of individual support plans and work to these plans on a day-to-day basis

Using yourself through developed relationships, to support and work with children living within the home to ensure their needs are responded to within a therapeutic environment

To actively contribute to the social and academic education of the children

To understand, work to, and constructively contribute to the ongoing review and development of the home's policies, procedures, practices, and processes

To contribute to recording systems designed to meet the care needs of children

To provide outreach work or throughcare guidance or aftercare support to children in line with agreed plans

To work in collaboration with other aspects of the organisation and external professionals in the best interests of children

Where appropriate, to work directly with families / carers

To engage positively with children when managing behaviour using management behaviour techniques and implementing appropriate strategies

To manage recording systems for finance and administration in line with policy and procedure

To contribute to the daily routines of the home and participation in household tasks (cooking, cleaning, general maintenance around the home)

To encourage children to accept shared responsibility for the upkeep of their home, and in doing so make a valuable contribution to its running so they can develop independent living skills and experience family living

To empower children and facilitate their active involvement in any decision-making about their lives and future

To encourage and support children to make links within the community, and to expand their social network

To attend and contribute to weekly house meetings with children

To be able to work with groups of children in a 'domestic' setting to ensure that their needs are met collectively and individually

To hold regular supervisions with staff and be proactive in ensuring that staff are following good practice with the young people/ children within our care

To be competent in completing and evidencing daily records, key work sessions, incident reports and other relevant documentation

Personal Competencies

Physically and mentally fit

Highly motivated with demonstrated commitment and enthusiasm to working with children

A caring attitude and a genuine interest in the rights and welfare of children

Mature, trustworthy, and reliable

Able to work under pressure and adapt to change

Good interpersonal and team working skills

Good communication skills, verbal and written

Good conflict / crisis resolution skills and able to deal with behaviours that challenge

Professional Competencies

Develop and maintain appropriate relationships, with children, colleagues, and other agencies

Put learning and development into practice and work in a solution focussed, person centred way

Recognise and respond to the effects of abuse, deprivation, trauma, and the environment on children's functioning

Demonstrate good verbal and written skills and the ability to communicate clearly and sensitively with colleagues / parents / children and other agencies as appropriate

Demonstrate the ability to work within established systems of work including the ability to use approved approaches to help children to manage their behaviour positively

Initiate, engage in, and promote meaningful activities for children

Engage in reflective practice

Deliver services in a way which enables and empowers children

To act as allocated keyworker for a child, to ensure that their support plans are always kept up to date and their individual needs are being met

Assess need

Be self-motivated, able to work autonomously and as part of a team

Use your own initiative and make judgements drawing from your skills, knowledge, experience, learning and development

To be able to work with groups of children in a 'domestic' setting to ensure that their needs are met collectively and individually

To ensure that positive behaviour is promoted and managed and that established behaviour management systems that are in place are used

To remain constructive and positive in an emotionally challenging environment

To raise any causes for concern regarding an individual staff member's conduct or attitude with the Home Manager or another senior member of staff (Whistleblowing)

To ensure all policies and procedures, as well as risk assessments, are adhered to at all times

To ensure that any incident / accident forms or restraint forms are completed accurately by and that such information is passed to the Registered Manager within the agreed timescale

To attend team/staff meetings and to make a positive contribution to them

To understand and follow Local Authority Child Protection Procedures

To attend and contribute to supervision, be willing to give and receive feedback on performance with colleagues and managers and to complete any training in accordance with their induction training schedule and Personal Development Plan

To provide informal and practical emotional support to colleagues experiencing difficulties

To report immediately to the Registered Manager any issues regarding Child Protection matters

To maintain confidentiality at all times

General

Driving company vehicles

To attend meetings and training as required

To share the responsibility for creating a pleasant working environment

To be flexible in hours of work in order to meet tasks required

To be aware of Health and Safety regulations particularly as related to the safety and protection of children, welfare of colleagues and the upkeep of the building and its surroundings

To undertake any other duties that may be reasonably requested

To safeguard and promote the welfare of children and be aware of relevant policies and procedures

Please note:

Associated Wellbeing is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone in our care and therefore this post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From 14.77 per hour

Benefits:

Casual dress Company pension On-site parking
Schedule:

Overtime
Experience:

providing care: 1 year (required) supervisory: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:

Driving Licence (preferred) NVQ Level 3/4 in Residential Childcare (required)
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Senior Support Worker