Children's Night Waking Support Worker

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Night Waking Support Worker to work full time based in High Wycombe

The salary for this permanent Night Waking Support Worker job is up to £22,425 per annum.

Main duties:

• Contributing to the young person’s care plans and risk assessments, their review and implementation
• Forming effective relationships with young people, their families (if appropriate) and external agencies
• Ensuring the home is kept clean and in a tidy condition, adhering to the cleaning rota system, encouraging the young people to participate as appropriate
• Ensuring that good quality records are maintained as required with supervision and advice from shift and Managers.
• Maintaining and promoting residential care work to high levels of professionalism expected by Esland and Ofsted
• Contributing to the educational and social development of each young person and assisting in the implementation of Individual Education Programs
• Meeting the emotional and physical needs of our young people and maximising opportunities for their development
• Providing support to the deputy/manager of the home whilst on shift and performing senior duties as directed
• Provide support to children during the night ensuring they are supported in a sensitive and person-centred approach in accordance with the individual’s care and support plan
• Ensuring people are kept healthy and self
• To provide a swift response to any incidents or concerns during the night shift and where appropriate follow the on-call escalation policy
• Maintain records contemporaneously throughout the night and be able to update plans and risk assessments as needed
• To ensure that the health needs of young people are assessed and provided for, developing, and maintaining effective working partnerships with health professionals
• Ensure that participation in a range of therapeutic, social, and recreational activities/opportunities for individual or groups of young people is encouraged
• To ensure that all children have a full and appropriate education timetable
• To be able to form positive relationships within education institutions, leading promoting and advocating for the educational needs and rights of the child
• Complete cleaning tasks throughout the night to ensure that the home is up to standard and maintains cleanliness

Requirements of this job:

• Level 3 Children, Young Person and Family Practitioner (or equivalent) qualification
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• An understanding of the needs of looked after young people
• Knowledge of relevant regulations, legislation and statutory guidance
• An understanding of intervention strategies

Contact:

This job is advertised by Harry Smy; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.