Residential Support Worker

£29120

Ambitious Healthcare Group, City of Westminster

Posted 3 weeks ago, 28 Aug | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Work with all children and young people within the home whilst carrying out Placement Plans to ensure that the young people's physical, emotional, and social well-being is cared for, and feeding back information to relevant individuals as appropriate.

To recognise the needs of the service provided by adopting a flexible attitude to work routines and shift patterns.

To support children and young people in other environments outside of the home, as required i.e. at school & during hospital stays/admissions.

To promote the health, safety and welfare of all children and young people, including the promotion of their physical, intellectual, social, behavioural and moral development to enable them to mature and develop as responsible members of the community.

To liaise with family and other multi-agencies to gather information to assist in assessing the needs of children and young people.

To know, use and promote the home's child protection procedures at all times; developing a good awareness of child protection issues, assessing and recording risk. Reporting any child protection issues. Protecting each child and the group by providing supervision and control appropriate to their age and understanding.

To provide security within relationships based on respect and trust and provide appropriate boundaries.

To prepare individual risk assessments and placement plans for children and young people.

To ensure an atmosphere of safety for all concerned, where the individual child is fully aware that staff are there to comfort them through the use of good communication skills and relationships.

To be flexible, which may include travelling to other homes as and when required.

Take responsibility for the home in the absence of the Manager, Deputy Manager and Team Leader, dealing with the day-to-day operations of the home but referring unusual matters and emergencies to a more Senior Member of staff.

To ensure the home is physically safe and to provide a good quality environment for the children and young people

To ensure self and colleagues maintain a safe, clean and hygienic working environment. Ensure that there are no odours.

To ensure self and colleagues use equipment such as gloves and aprons based upon the homes policies. To ensure colleagues also maintain these standards and expectations to avoid placing self and others at risk from cross infection. To ensure that routines designed to reduce risks are adhered to all times. To challenge where immediately when these standards are not up to standard.

To ensure that food hygiene standards are maintained at all times, that appropriate utensils are used and the kitchen and dining room areas are cleaned after each meal/snack.

To ensure that all Health and Safety and daily routine checks are completed as required and signed by the individual.

To report any areas of heightened risk and to not cause harm to colleagues through neglect of this responsibility. To ensure that colleagues also do not cause harm to others through their neglect.

To ensure that all Health and Safety policies and Procedures are followed at all times by both self and colleagues.

You will be responsible for understanding and promoting the equal opportunities policy.

Candidates are expected to hold the Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or a qualification that the registered provider considers to be the equivalent to the Level 3 Diploma. There may be an option for the successful candidate to work towards this qualification alongside their role. In the past 5 years the candidate should have at least 2 years' experience in a position relevant to the residential care of children.