Job Description
Casual RSW
£11 Per Hour Plus £65 per sleep in allowance
Purpose of Role & Supporting Information
To work within a Team, to nurture, guide, support and provide direct care to meet the complex needs of Looked After Children in one of our Children’s Homes. To support, encourage and enable the children to make progress, to promote positive outcomes and provide life changing opportunities.
Riverside Lodge is our flagship Home, it can accommodate up to and including 4 Looked After Children. The Home is substantial in size and is placed in a tranquil setting to offer children the opportunity to grow and develop in a Home that we are very proud of. We value all the adults who are on this journey with us to provide support the shape the future and lives of others. The Home is registered with Ofsted as we believe in providing and evidencing a high standard of Care.
Responsibilities
Responsible for working alongside individual Care Plans, to provide; age-appropriate advice, help, support and guidance for children who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. Supports, advises and assists the children on day-to-day health, social and emotional wellbeing issues and implements routines and boundaries relevant to their individual plans.
You will be expected to attend/participate and contribute in relevant meetings with regards to the child and their individual Care Planning.
To work alongside the policies and procedures, which ensure that the service provision is compliant. You will be expected to populate and complete records electronically by upholding confidentiality and GDPR.
Responsible for planning and co-ordinating with other professionals/agencies as required by a Child’s individual Care Plan, to ensure that the assessed needs of Looked After young people are met. Working effectively together is paramount whilst striving to meet the needs of Children in Care.
Is responsible for implementing all individual and relevant Care Plans ensuring a child’s primary care needs, including the administering of medication, facilitating health and social care appointments are adhered to. This ensures that Shore Care Services in delivering its statutory corporate parenting responsibility for those “looked after children” in our care.
All employees will be expected to comply with all internal policies and Procedures and for providing for the safe running of the Children’s Home. Other tasks such as the preparation of food and meals, whilst ensuring the children’s dietary and health requirements are being met, whilst and supporting their wishes and feelings in accordance to daily life and independence skills.
Our Casual Residential Support workers will be expected to manage challenging behaviour in a restorative way whilst implementing the Trauma Recovery Model.
All Casual Residential Workers within the Home will have to complete the relevant Training and Development courses to enable them to meet the needs of the children within the Home.
All Casual RSW are to hold a driving license so that they are able to transport the children and young people, which is required on a daily basis.
Supervision
All Casual Residential Support Workers working within the Home will be provided with a 4-6 weekly supervision and an annual appraisal. An experienced and established Residential Support Worker who is also competent at Shift We strive to nurture and support one another as we work as a team to support and progress the children within our care.
Initiative and Creativity
All employees including Casual team members working within the Home are encouraged and empowered to find innovative solutions when supporting our children to meet their individual needs. We want the adults within the Home to demonstrate creativity in creating and developing individual programs and routines to promote consistency and continuity within. Effective communication is paramount between children, families and other connected persons to achieve optimum and effective working relationships. Can implement and formulate innovative methods, when required, to motivate and engage children to enable them to reach their maximum potential and create a positive future.
Relationships
The Casual Residential Support Worker will maintain contact with appropriate and relevant professionals, both internal and external to the Service. This communicative contact will entail liaising with via telephone, email, Teams, Zoom and in person with multi-agency professionals from; Health, Education, Social Care and other agencies that the child may have been referred to for support. You will support, promote and encourage positive relationships to uphold this Standard within the Home and become a role model to the children in our Care.
Decision Making
Discretion
To undertake direct work with looked after children and their families, with the implementation of a Placement Plan. Respond imaginatively to the unpredictable situations that can occur whilst carrying out a Corporate Parenting Role with “looked after children”. The Residential Support Worker will use their discretion and creativity to implement the plan whilst being able to meet the individual needs. All adults working within the Home need to be adaptable to change whilst implementing a restorative and reflective approach.
Consequences
Whilst undertaking direct practical work to support the children to progress and develop within the Home. Consequential decision making could affect health, safety and general well-being of a child/young person and could put the Home in breach of the Quality Care Standards and Children’s Homes Regulations. We encourage all of the adults within the Home to seek guidance and support where they become unsure of something. As the Home is Regulated by Ofsted this means that an annual inspection of the Home will be completed alongside a monthly Inspection under Regulation 44.
Resources within the Home
Whilst working within the Home, all of our adults will be responsible for and trusted to use, manage and monitor the following the resources:
· Homes Phone
· Mobile Phone
· Stationary
· Laptop/Computer/Tablet and/or Printer
· Files
· Petty Cash administration and reconciliation whilst on duty.
· Fleet car
· Medication
· Keys
· Surveillance System
· Security Alarm
· Sue Solutions System
· The Training Hub
Environment
The demands within the role
All of the adults working within the Home need to be adaptable to the sudden changing demands of children. All our Casual Residential Support Workers must be able to prioritize the work load within the Home. This demands and unpredictability can conflict with the requirement to undertake routine tasks, which are a statutory requirement. We strive to remain positive for the children that we care for regardless of the challenges that we may face.
Physical demand
All the casual employees within the Home must be fit to work a shift pattern. Be able to undertake physical activities with the children, e.g. cooking, gardening and sports. Be able to physically intervene with challenging behaviours where necessary and be physically able to use a computer. All the adults working within the Home may be exposed to some challenging behaviours in the form of violence and aggression, the Trauma Recovery Model will help provide the understanding and ethos around the delivery of Care at that given time. Children in Care have generally been subject to some form of Trauma within their childhood, which can affect all aspects of a child’s development.
All Casual Residential Support workers are required to work in an environment where we directly supervise and support the children in our Care. Our workers are required to sleep-in the Home but are encouraged to take their rest days. All the adults within the Home will need to undertake some tasks in an office environment.
Assaults on Residential Support Workers may occur due to the complex needs of the children and young people we care for. We will provide training and support to enable you to minimize the risks to yourself and/or others. Your safety and well-being matter to us at Shore Care Services. We will work as a team to support each other whilst on a journey to promote positive outcomes for the children and/or young people in our care.
Work Remotely
Job Type: Zero hours contract
Contract length: 12 months
Salary: £11.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking
Flexible Language Requirement:
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Experience:
- Residential Childcare: 1 year (required)
- Support Environment: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)
Work Location: In person
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