Senior Residential Children’s Support Worker Job type: Full time Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week (shift pattern) We are looking for a Senior Residential Childcare Worker for one of our clients Residential Children’s Home based. Our client is a provider of residential children services for children and young people with behaviours that challenge, offering a homely work environment and a supportive management team with ongoing training. As a senior residential childcare worker, you will play a full and effective role as a member of the staff team, providing high-quality assessment and residential care for young people with behaviours that challenge. Our client is looking for a dedicated organised senior childcare worker who can lead a shift and take the initiative to work well independently as well as working well with other members of the staff team. Senior Residential Childcare Worker Duties and Responsibilities include: § Plan, manage and lead shifts § Encourage, support and guide members of the staff team § Attend case reviews, planning meetings and any other meetings as required § Undertake specific administration tasks as directed by the Home Manager § Actively participate in supervision, appraisal, training, meetings & consultancies § Maintain records as required § To be alert to signs of distress or abuse and to ensure that the young people are monitored and protected, and their needs are met ensuring that all safeguarding needs are met § Contribute to care planning and the implementation of these plans § Taking responsibility for a small number of young people and ensuring that their needs are fully met § Establishing relationships which young people perceive to be positive, warm and rewarding Requirements for this Senior Residential Childcare Worker position are: § Diploma Level 3 in Residential Childcare § 2 years’ experience of working within a residential childcare environment § Experience of working with young people with behaviours that challenge § Able to work on a shift pattern which includes sleep-ins