Senior Residential Child Care Worker

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