Residential Support Worker

Salary: £22,308 annual, £11.44 per hour

Responsible to: Home manager

Main purpose of role:

To be a part of a team offering a comprehensive residential service to children and young people, the aim being to ensure the physical, social, and emotional care and development of the young residents and the establishment.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• To act as a key worker and positive role model to specific children and young people, promoting structure, boundaries, and domestic routines.
• To work in accordance with the National Minimum Care Standards for Children’s homes and understand the young people’s care and placement plans.
• Promote positive outcomes for children and young people in areas of staying safe, being healthy, enjoying and achieving, making a positive contribution, and achieving economic wellbeing participating in leisure activities in line with the care and placement plans of the young people.
• Assess and promote children’s development utilising the resources of the community.
• Complete reports on ClearCare for statutory reviews and meetings concerning the young people and maintain administrative records as required by the home.
• Become competent on the necessary areas of the ClearCare systems
• Be responsible when handling designated amounts of petty cash, receipting monies as appropriate and conducting such transactions in accordance with financial regulations.
• Attend and participate in supervisions, staff meetings and training as required in the National Minimum Care Standards.
• Familiarise with the TriX system and company care policies and procedures.
• Ensure training achievements are in date in line with the Training Matrix.
• Work in partnership and develop relationships with colleagues and other professionals to meet the social, emotional, educational, health and mental health needs of young people.
• Maintain awareness and responsibility for the health and safety of the home, young people, colleagues, and yourself.
• Sleeping in / shift work, including evenings and weekends on a rota system.
• To co-operate and assist with any inspection process.

Company requirements:

• Report and log hours by using the SLING system.
• Access, read and acknowledge all work emails and calendar invites.
• Access, read and acknowledge GBA Care policies and procedures.
• Ensure timesheets are completed and signed off ready for payroll.
• Ensure you keep up to date with on-call protocol.
• Familiarise with the company policies and procedures.
• Maintain confidentiality as per your employment contract.
• Promote equal opportunity, anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive policies, and practices.
• Familiarise with the Whistleblowing Policy and maintain approachability.
• Adhere and promote the company values and maintain personal and professional development.
• Present a professional image of yourself and the Organisation.
• Support the organisation’s future forecasting.
• On occasion care team members may be asked to use their own personal vehicle, this is optional but is rewarded and supported by GBA (you must have business insurance).

Contacts:

• Develop and maintain positive relationships with service users, providers, and other care professionals from external agencies, for example: – Health Visitors, School Nurses, General Practitioners, Paediatricians, Teachers, Probation Officers, CCATS & Career Advisors.

Notes:

• The Organisation reserves the right to alter the content of this job description to reflect changes to the job or services provided, without altering the general character or level of responsibility.
• The duties described in this job description must be carried out in a manner which promotes equality of opportunity, dignity and due respect for all employees and service users and is consistent with the Equal Opportunities Policy.

Person Specifications:

To apply for this position, please click here to download the application form.

Completed application forms can be e-mailed to recruitment@gbacare.com.