Residential Support Worker

ob purpose:

To provide, both individually and as part of the team, the highest quality care and therapeutic support to the young people at the Home.

Principal duties and responsibilities:

Care of Young People

• Participates fully in the rota as part of the care team. To include: care and domestic duties,

accompanying young people to school and supporting them during the day as part of the team, night time sleeping-in duties.

• Care duties

o Supervises and supports young people in accordance with their personal plans

o Acts as key worker for one young person, including responsibility for: co-ordinating the

achievement of his/her personal plan, providing any necessary support, keeping

appointments such as visits to the doctor, liaison with other services, preparing for reviews

and acting as internal advocate.

o Provides support within Education, including: promoting the integration of care and

education, acting as support worker within the education setting as required, acting as the

daily link between education staff and care setting.

o Works with and manages difficult behaviour, enabling young people to develop from needing external control, to exercising self-control.

o Organises and participates in appropriate activities, play and recreation for the young people.

o Works with families of young people as appropriate.

o Carries out regular, timetabled sleep-in duties.

General

• While on duty makes entries in young people’s records, diaries and reports as necessary, strictly in accordance with company policies. Maintains effective administration records including Reports,

• Exercises vigilance in respect of Health and Safety matters, promptly reporting all hazards and/or remedying them where appropriate. Works in such a manner as to minimise unnecessary risks to self or to others.

• Operates at all times in accordance with contents of the policy folder, as amended locally, with particular reference to Young Person Protection, Equal Opportunities, Complaints and

Behaviour Policies.

• Conducts self at all times in the interests of the young people served.

• Participates in training, taking responsibility for own personal development.

• Participates in regular teams and other professional meetings.

• Participates in regular supervision and annual appraisal process.

• Pursues appropriate staff development and training programmes which enables the post holder to undertake their duties in a professional manner in accordance with policies.

• Participates and attends regular staff meetings.

• Takes responsibility for the home in the absence of the Home Manager, Deputy Manager and Senior Child Care Practitioner, dealing with the day-to-day operations of the home but referring unusual matters and emergencies to a more senior member of staff.

The postholder may be required to undertake any other duties which may reasonably be required as within the nature of the duties and responsibilities of the post as defined, subject to the proviso that normally any changes of a permanent nature shall be incorporated into the Job Description in specific terms.

Special requirements:

Whilst the role is attached to a particular Home, the incumbent may be allocated to work with different teams to meet business needs