Senior Residential Support Worker | Blossom Children’s Homes | Wembley | £27,700-£28,200

Senior residential support worker job at Blossom Children ’s Homes in Wembley, UK, paying £27,700-£28,200 per year. Sponsorship transfer/switch may be available for eligible candidates already in the UK.

Exact location: Wembley, UK

Salary: £27,700.00-£28,200.00 per year

Working hours: Full-time

Job duties: Care for children and young people, support safeguarding, assist with running the home, shift leading duties, staff support, medication, records, appointments, food, premises and other duties as assigned appropriate to the position.

Requirements: Minimum of 1 year experience in the last 5 years working in residential care of children; experience of carrying out Shift Leading Responsibilities.

Experience: Child Care: 2 years (Required)

Qualifications: NVQ Level 3 in children and young people’s workforce (Essential); Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (QCF) (within 2 years of working in a children’s home).

Visa sponsorship details: If you are already in the UK and match our eligibility criteria, we may be able to help a Skilled Worker visa sponsorship swap. We do not issue new Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS). All requests for a transfer/switch of sponsorship will be subject to a full evaluation of the candidate’s existing visa status, right to work, qualifications, experience, compliance history and our internal sponsorship standards.

Closing/expiry date: Not provided in the original job post.

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• Care for Children- Improve the lives of young people in our care, support them to build a positive future and ensure their safety.
• To champion the young people inside the home, ensuring their voice is heard and their rights are respected. -Consult children and young people about their care and provide them the opportunity to share their thoughts on how the home is run.
• Assist the Registered Manager to run the home in accordance with the principles of Blossom Children’s Homes to provide a setting that enables each child and young person to achieve their full potential and fosters positive conduct.
• Make sure the Responsible Individual is aware of and kept up to date with any major issues relating to safeguarding and/or child protection.
• Ensure the household is a safe place that supports the wellbeing of the children and young people. Ensure that the supply of the service is directed by the welfare of the person.
• Manage relationships with all people involved in the young person’s life and other stakeholders and partner agencies involved in delivering packages of support.
• To represent Blossom Children’s Homes and to cooperate in a multi‑agency framework with outside agencies to promote positive outcomes and safeguarding.
• All significant events must be reported to the proper people within 24 hours.

• ensuring all young people are cared for in keeping with the written placement plans that are in place and ensuring all individual plans are continually assessed, developed and reviewed in line with the time period set out in Policy.

• To work with the Management team to ensure that all records in the home are effectively monitored and reviewed including risk assessments in accordance with Organization Policy.
• Ensure that Medication is stored and administered in accordance with organization and legal rules.
• Ensure a healthy , nutritious and balanced food for all young people in the home.
• Organise, successfully timetable, diarise and attend events, appointments or meetings by the young person and or relevant staff or yourself.
• Keep confidentiality of the children and young people and their families.

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• Promote the education, physical health and mental wellness of the young people.
• Make provision to cater for the social, leisure, cultural and religious requirements of the children and young people.
• Support the processes of referral, assessment and admission. Ensure effective pre placement assessment of need and placement planning including placement matching and ensure all appropriate documentation are received.
• Managed time and resources in the home including controlling financial expenditure against budgets and ensuring accurate completion of records.
• Assist in the planning and development of the service in conjunction with the Management team to ensure the smooth operation of the home.

Other duties as assigned appropriate to the position.

Responsibilities within the Organization and standards needed by the regulatory body/ies

• Be legally fit and perform all the checks required by Regulation 32 of the Children’s Home Regulations (2015).
• Keep up to date with the Children’s Homes rules and Quality Standards, the Children’s Acts and other relevant legislation and guidance.
• Work as directed to ensure that needed standards are met and when audit and inspections find improvements that these are actioned as appropriate within the advised timescales.
• Work within the Equality and Diversity legislation.
• Ensure full implementation and compliance with all policies and procedures to meet legal requirements.
• Comply with relevant legislation, rules and procedures in an effort to protect the health and safety of children, staff and visitors.
• Support the team to ensure the home meets OFSTED Outstanding residential care standards.

Tell a ‘line manager’ if you have any safeguarding concerns and follow all local and national recommendations for the management of these concerns.

Accountable to: Deputy Manager, Registered Manager, Responsible Individual, Registered Provider and Ofsted

Responsibilities of shift management and work allocation

• Look to safeguard the welfare of staff providing support in times of stress, recognising work done and evaluating performance including illness absence.
• Attend staff training as required and assist in the development of in-house training.
• Support the adults in their team to ensure an effective key worker structure is in place.
• Assist the Registered Manager in the management of the staff team within the children’s home and in the induction of new workers.
• There will be times when a senior will have to remain on duty for the protection of the children.
• The function may also involve aiding the Registered Manager with recruiting new workers.

Responsibilities for all matters relating to the premises

• Assist the Registered Manager in ensuring a favourable physical environment in terms of design, comfort and homeliness, as well as hygiene and cleanliness.
• Report any repairs or damage to property or possessions of the organization and take required action to ensure the safety of the young people and other members of staff.

Key Experience

• Minimum of 1 year experience in the last 5 years working in residential care of children
• Experience of carrying out Shift Leading Responsibilities such as petty cash, medication and the organization and deployment of people on shift.

Preferred Experience

• Functioned in a multidisciplinary environment
• Supported young persons with a diagnosis of ASD/Learning disability.
• Knowledge of working with children and young people with ASD, learning difficulties and behaviours that challenge.
• An understanding of local authority responsibilities around care planning and the need for children’s homes to assist these
• Knowledge and grasp of Ofsted inspection framework
• Knowledge and awareness of Child Protection and Safeguarding legislation duties and obligations as they relate to the function within the organization.
• Knowledge of the rights and entitlements of looked after children and young people
• Understand the roles and responsibilities of the many experts and agencies engaged in supporting children and young people
• Awareness of and positive response to the needs of young people from diverse ethnic, cultural and/or religious origins

Qualifications

Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (QCF) (within 2 years of working in a children’s home).

General info

• Good communication skills: verbal, interpersonal and written at all levels and as required
• Always be honest
• Value, respect and promote equality and diversity
• Physically and psychologically able to work in a children’s home
• Good administrative abilities including word processing, computer literacy, mathematical and organisational skills
• Understanding and capacity to keep boundaries of the professional
• Proactive in self learning and development to keep the skills needed for the good of the home
• Ability to support the culture and ethos of the home and display reflective practice, shared accountability, continual progress and trust
• Reflective, willing to explore own ideals, principles and learn from experiences
• I will personally promote equality and diversity and ensure that the service is responsive to the culture, age, religion, colour, sexual orientation and disability of children
• Control the impact of personal emotions and conduct considering the impact on others

Children and youth

• Ability to analyse and identify the needs of children, and to develop and implement plans to satisfy these needs for positive outcomes
• Direct care skills working with children and young people

Job Types: Permanent, Full-time

Salary: £27,700.00-£28,200.00 per year

Advantages

• Dress casually
• Sick days

Experience

Child Care: 2 years (Required)

License/Certification: *

NVQ Level 3 in children and young people’s workforce (Essential)

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