Children’s Residential Care Worker
Stoke-on-Trent
Umbrella Pay- £18+ per hour during the waking shift and £40+ if you do a sleep in
Ongoing
Rota basis including waking nights and sleep ins
Provide high-quality care to looked after young people in a small group home to deliver the best possible outcomes
Contribute to the development and review of the young person’s plans, risk assessments, daily records and logs, ensuring that plans are up to date and have been read and signed
Provide day to day care and support, consistent with the young person’s placement plan, care plan, therapeutic support plan, and any other plans
Where appropriate, support young people with personal care
Promote independence skills to better able young people to move on to independence
Provide intervention outside of the home including in the community or the child’s own home as part of an outreach intervention
Contribute to the evaluation of risk and the protection of young people from abuse in or away from the home
Ensuring the home adapts a supportive educational structure where children do not attend full time education, employment or training, and where this is the case, to advocate strongly for full time education or training
Work with parents to support in the development of strategies aimed at reducing behaviour that challenges
Develop and maintain trusting working relationships
Attending scheduled appointments and meetings, LAC reviews, PEPs as well as any other relevant meetings in a professional context
Assist in full domestic duties around the house ensuring that it is safe
Ensure that any repairs are completed on time and where there are issues in the home including repairs and decoration, raise these as soon as is practical Requirements
Level 4 Health and Social Care (Children and Young People) within 2 years of appointment
Experience of working with children
Ability to work one on one and in groups with children and their parents where required as part of an outreach function
An understanding of the Children’s Home Regulations Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services in an equal opportunities employer.
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