Job Title: Senior Residential Support Worker - Weekend
Location: Sutton
Hours: Saturday and Sunday 8am to 8.30pm
Salary: £18,295 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Main Activities/Responsibilities
* Ensuring a firm, caring, consistent, well-ordered environment is maintained at all times.
* Supervising young people including mealtimes and proactively supporting/encouraging the development of their cooking and household skills.
* Actively promoting and participating in care planning, developing risk assessments, and behaviour management, and attending regular team meetings.
* Accompanying children and young people on recreational activities and demonstrating positive role modelling.
* Working as part of a team to provide a programme of evening, weekend, and school holiday activities for children and young people and effectively managing small budgets related to this.
* Promoting the social and emotional well-being and development of children and young people and consistently striving to further develop these skills.
* Liaising with other staff, professionals, parents, and carers as necessary and maintaining high levels of professionalism at all times.
* Attending home visits and providing a specialist outreach service to young people, families, and carers as required.
* Undertaking administrative tasks linked to the care of children and young people, e.g., keeping appropriate records and making reports as required by the home and any regulatory bodies.
* Maintaining a log of all accidents, incidents, or physical interventions and challenging suspected inappropriate practices according to policies and procedures.
* Participating in case reviews where necessary and providing support and assistance when difficulties arise.
* Keeping up to date with the home's policies, young people's risk assessments, and care plans; and following them at all times.
* Assisting in developing strategies in behaviour management and taking a lead role in managing the young person's challenging behaviour, implementing agreed strategies.
* Assisting with the medical and physical needs of children and young people and ensuring that all young people are encouraged to participate at some level, regardless of ability.
* Promoting young people reaching their own targets and developmental plans.
* Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people that the jobholder is responsible for or comes into contact with, and regularly staying updated on changes within safeguarding legislation and policy.
* Ensuring healthcare needs of the children and young people are met, including making appointments, accompanying them, and completing written reports following their attendance. Ensuring all medical and clinical procedures are carried out safely (undergoing any relevant training to enhance skills).
* Reporting immediately to management any noticeable significant changes in health, behaviour, or circumstances of children and young people while maintaining their right to privacy and confidentiality.
* Being a key member of the care team and having the ability to work within a team.
* Being innovative, creative, flexible, and having an open mind and a willingness to learn.
* Demonstrating empathy, sensitivity, self-awareness, and acceptance of others.
* Taking full responsibility for one child, including behaviour support plans, creating risk assessments, placement plans, attending CLA, PEP, and other relevant meetings, plus overseeing the wellbeing of all others.
* Working with children in groups and individually to contribute to their personal development, allowing them to thrive and achieve.
* Promoting wellbeing, education, learning, life skills, and health.
* Working towards a plan for independent living, involving budgeting, cooking, cleaning, and personal care.
* Providing an individualised 24-hour programme for the child, ensuring a safe and comfortable environment.
* Promoting their interests, engaging with them, and broadening their achievements.
* Protecting them from harm and managing risk assessments related to that child.
* Developing an understanding of the needs of both your assigned child and others.
* Coming up with ideas to improve their quality of life, the home, and the service.
* Shift leading and supervising residential care workers, with supervision training provided.
* Being responsible for all decision-making on that shift, liaising with third parties, organising the shift plan, young people, and other staff.
* Ensuring everything runs smoothly and communication lines are properly managed during the shift and the shifts either side, utilising the on-call manager when required.
* Managing shift check-ins, handovers, and ensuring all documents, reports, and logs are completed in a timely manner to a high standard.
Personal Qualities, Skills & Characteristics
* Empathy to understand staff concerns.
* Initiative in highlighting areas in need of improvement and creating solutions.
* Strong organisational, administrative, and interpersonal skills.
* Confidence to research compliance areas, both legal and regulatory.
* Strong ICT skills - Computer skills to create forms and update spreadsheets.
* Extremely organised and structured in work practice.
* Strong communication skills.
* Teamwork.
* Drive and enthusiasm.
* Commitment to high educational, professional, and personal standards.
* Strong awareness of professionalism and respect for confidentiality.
* A relentless drive for excellence and innovation.
* Ability to keep calm under pressure.
* Flexible and adaptable approach to work.
* Reflective, emotionally resilient, cheerful, and positive attitude.
* Committed, loyal, and hardworking.
* Willingness to occasionally work outside of normal hours to cover sickness and annual leave.
* A high level of commitment to safeguarding, inclusion, and equality.
* Understanding and respect for social, cultural, linguistic, religious, and ethnic backgrounds.
* Must hold a full driving licence.
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