Job description Providing care for young people whilst continually demonstrating our values by: Creating and maintaining an environment that is homely, warm, welcoming and positive through cleaning, tidying, organising and cooking etc. Establishing positive relationships and always offering unconditional and positive regards Constantly meeting the physical, emotional, behavioral, cultural and educational needs of our young people Acting as a role model and demonstrating appropriate pro-social ways to deal with problems Helping our young people to gain self-control by challenging unacceptable behavior and rewarding acceptable pro-social conduct Ensuring that each young person’s care plan is followed and innovated as appropriate to reflect their changing needs Providing advice, assistance and support on a 1:1 basis to enable young people to address past and present difficulties to achieve their best outcomes Being friendly and positively ambitious for our young people, helping them achieve their goals and optimise their potential Supporting our young people in their education and pursuit of extra-curricular activities Keeping accurate records and providing written reports on young people for planning meetings, reviews or any other meetings as directed by the line manager Empowering our young people and facilitating their active involvement decisions where appropriate around their lives and future Acting as an advocate at meetings where the young person is the subject of discussion Encouraging our young people to develop links with the community, attend off-site activities and expand their personal social networks Contribute to your team whilst demonstrating our values by: Being aware of the aims and objectives of the service and working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve them Attending team/staff meetings and making a positive and innovative contribution to them at all times Actively contributing to the development of the team Receiving and storing information to improve communication channels Be willing to give and receive feedback on performance with colleagues and managers Having awareness of childcare plans for all young people and providing support for colleagues by maintaining consistency in their execution Providing informal practical and emotional support to colleagues Attending and contributing to regular supervision sessions in line with National Minimum Standards Monitoring the conduct of colleagues and referring on any causes for concern (Whistleblowing) Maintaining familiarity with all policies and procedures and adhering to them Driving company vehicles safely at all times (current driving license holders subject to procedures) Receiving and engaging will all training appropriate to role and maintaining an up to date training profile Holding responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and colleagues in accordance with the requirements of the organisational Health and Safety Policies Performing all other reasonable tasks as directed by the line manager