Social Care Worker in London

Principal responsibilities include:

• Working directly with young people in a home-like setting, developing a therapeutic, professional, and caring relationship to ensure that their physical, psychological, social, and emotional needs are met.
• Accompanying young people to appointments, meetings, holidays, and outings where appropriate.
• Working in partnership with young people and their families/significant others to build, maintain, and support relationships where appropriate.
• Assisting in the development of educational plans and supporting participation in recreational activities.
• Participating in daily handovers, team meetings, care planning meetings, looked after review meetings, and other meetings as required.
• Ensuring any relevant information pertaining to young people is appropriately handed over to colleagues/management during handovers and before the end of your shift.
• Undertaking key worker responsibilities ensuring that young person's files are kept up to date, appropriate information is in place, and being a key contact for that young person's network such as their social workers, teachers, guardian ad litems, and family where appropriate.
• Managing and overseeing daily petty cash ensuring proper recording of receipts, safe keeping of monies, and any other valuables within the home.
• Complying with relevant health and safety including fire safety policy and procedures.
• Participating in training and continued professional development through probation and appraisals.
• Fostering good working relationships with professionals from other disciplines and agencies.
• Keeping accurate and up to date records and reports in respect of individual young people and the daily activities of the home.
• Informing line management of any concerns in relation to the welfare of the young people and any safeguarding concerns.
• Reporting any concerns in relation to the behaviours or conduct of other staff to line management.
• Participating in formal supervision with line management in accordance with Ann's Children's Care policy and procedures and in line with the national standards.
• Carrying out general housework and preparation of meals, involving the children as appropriate.
• Participating in shift patterns which will include evenings, weekends, and sleepovers. There may be occasions where there may have to be waking nights depending on the needs and risks presented by the young people.

Qualifications Required:

• Level 7 qualification (degree) or above in one of the following: Social Care, Social Work, Health and Social, Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy, Youth & Community, Teaching, Nursing, Social Science, Addiction Counselling, Counselling/Psychotherapy, Family Support, Disability Studies, Applied Behavioural Analysis.
• Level 8 qualification (Honours degree) or above in Psychology.
• Other qualifications: Higher Certificate in Custodial Care (Irish Prison Service).

Experience Required:

• Full clean driving licence.
• Experience of working with children and young people in care and/or experience of working with children and young people in a residential setting desirable but not essential.
• Ability to work in regulated activity, care for and supervise young persons.
• Flexible – willing and able to adapt to changing circumstances, shift patterns, and expectations.

We reserve the right to enhance the criteria at shortlisting stage. We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.