Residential Support Worker – Waking Nights

About the role:

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We are recruiting experienced Residential Support Workers for our Residential children’s home in Harlow, Essex. Our home caters for 3 children of any gender with a diagnosed learning disability and/or emotional behavioural difficulties between the ages of 7 and 17 years.

As Waking Night Residential Support Worker you will be a key factor in helping us to deliver high quality care to our children. We need enthusiastic Waking Night staff to join our team of professional staff to support the smooth running of the home.

Purpose of post

The post holder will report to the Registered Homes Manager, Deputy Manager and the Senior staff team. He/she will be a member of a team of professional staff caring for children. He/she will be required to implement and contribute to the development of care plans for children in the home, involving liaising with external agencies to assist and enhance the process. He/she will provide a positive living experience for the children who are accommodated. He/she will undertake the responsibilities in the home under the Care Standards Act 2000, the Children’s Homes Quality Standards and the Children’s Home Regulations 2015.

Duties & Responsibilities

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To work with all children within the home to support their physical, emotional, and mental well-being.

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To support children who have experienced trauma.

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To support children with challenging behaviours.

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To offer a high level of support & supervision to children ensure they are kept safe overnight.

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To support the home overnight with household chores i.e., deep cleaning, washing/ironing and other tasks which are difficult to complete during the day when the children and young people are awake.

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To support with weekly household Health & Safety checks i.e. First aid box checks and checks of the kitchen including food expiry dates and fridge checks.

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To complete any other tasks which are handed over by day staff.

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To complete the homes Logbook, recording any significant events, and ensuring there is a detailed account of the waking night shift.

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To complete thorough and comprehensive incident reports if any incidents occur overnight.

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To complete comprehensive overnight daily records for all children in the home.

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To assist in the smooth running of the home, being part of a multidisciplinary team promoting a warm, caring, safe and enjoyable environment.

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To know and follow the complaints procedures, reporting complaints or untoward occurrences to management whether it be from public, staff, or children.

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To recognise the needs of the service provided, by adopting a flexible attitude to work routines and shift patterns.

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To support children in other environments outside of the home, as required i.e., during hospital stays/admissions.

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To liaise with management and colleagues regarding issues within the home, updating on progress, or difficulties in relation to staff, or children and to advise if management intervention is needed.

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Have the ability to communicate clearly, orally, written and IT.

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To know, understand, follow, and promote the home’s anti-discriminatory practice procedures.

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To attend 4 weekly staff supervision and weekly staff meetings.

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To make use of all available training and staff development opportunities and to attend scheduled training and refresher courses, ensuring training is kept up to date.

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To ensure domestic standards such as cooking, and cleaning are set and monitored in such a fashion as to set a good example to the children.

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To know, use and promote the home’s child protection procedures at all times, developing a good awareness of child protection issues, assessing and recording risk. Reporting any child protection issues. Protecting each child and the group by providing supervision and control appropriate to their age and understanding.

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To provide security within relationships based on respect and trust and provide appropriate boundaries.

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Monitoring one’s own behaviour and being aware of the effects it can have on others.

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To maintain all overnight records.

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To ensure an atmosphere of safety for all concerned, where the individual child is fully aware that staff are there to comfort them through the use of good communication skills and relationships.

Other Responsibilities or Duties

To seek advice and support, where and whenever necessary, from your peers or managers. To provide support and advice to colleagues.

To make decisions appropriate to the needs of the children through consultation with colleagues on duty and where this requires additional advice seek it from the on-call manager.

To read, research and develop own knowledge along with that provided at the workplace.

This Job Description reflects the main tasks to be carried out by the post holder and identifies a level of responsibility at which the post holder will be required to work. In the interests of effective working, the main tasks may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changing needs and circumstances. Such reviews, and any consequential changes, will be carried out in consultation with the post holder.

Qualifications and experience required:

It is not essential to hold the Level 3 Residential childcare qualification however this is preferable. For those without this qualification, the expectation will be for this to be completed alongside the role following successful completion of the probation period.

Previous care experience is also preferred however not essential as full training will be given.

Rota

Our Rota operates over a twenty-four-hour period, and you will be included in the rolling Rota system. This may include working on bank holidays, weekends, and Christmas.

Special Conditions

Flexibility:

You are required to be flexible, as shifts may change at short notice due to the needs of the service.

Equal Opportunities:

You will be responsible for understanding and promoting the equal opportunities policy.

Safeguarding:

Young Care Hub is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of the children, and we expect all staff to share the same commitment. Successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS check and pre-employment checks.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:

We are also committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments. We encourage everyone to apply who wishes to, and we believe that everyone should have an equal opportunity.

Starting salary:

Residential Support Workers with Level 3

£14 per hour (£27,300 per annum)

Residential Support Workers without Level 3

£13 per hour (£25,350 per annum)