Residential Support Worker - Children's Residential Home

Liquid Personnel have an exclusive opportunity for Residential Support Workers to join an incredible authority, Ofsted rated good. You will be joining a brand-new home for children and young people, registered for up to 4 young people from 13-17 years old with a background of emotional behaviour difficulties and child sexual exploitation.

Your key responsibilities as the Residential Support Worker:

• To demonstrate good childcare practices in own direct work with children to be a role model for other staff members
• Key Working to be responsible for and accountable to senior staff in ensuring effective assessment monitoring, planning and evaluating for each child takes place.
• To actively seek the views and opinions of children and provide a platform from which they can be heard.
• To carry out specific tasks as delegated by the Registered Manager/ Deputy/ Seniors
• To be supportive of teamwork. Following agreed team meetings/plans and supporting a high challenge high support culture.
• To act as driver and/or escort transporting young people to and from school, on shopping trips and activities.
• Flexible working, To perform sleeping-in duties as required.
• Meet the needs of children and young people, using a restorative approach, developing strong relationships to support children make their own decisions and actively engage.
• Delivery of direct work with children through their plans of support.
• Developing and maintaining strong partnerships with other services, the community, and agencies to deliver a holistic service to children with complex needs.
• Delivery of specialist interventions and programmes (training is provided)

Essential Requirement:

• Hold a Level 3 or 4 in Residential Childcare or be working towards this
• Good knowledge around Children's Homes regulations (2015), Children's Homes Regulations including the quality standards
• Hold at least 1 years' experience within a children's residential homes
• Hold a Full UK driving licence

Benefits:

• Salary: £32,850- £35,444 per annum (inclusive of 2 sleeps)
• Enhancements for Sunday and unsociable hours
• Comprehensive training
• A funded QCF qualification
• Employment assistance programme, i.e. access to counselling and support
• A career pathway for progression
• Additional pay for unsociable hours and sleep-in's