Senior Residential Support Worker

Salary: £33,593 per year

Senior Residential Support Worker

Children’s Home

Kettering

Up to £33,592.8 including on-call and sleep-in payments

160 hours (10 x 16 hour shifts) and 10 sleep-ins per month

I am currently looking for an experienced worker to join the team at a fabulous children’s home in Kettering.

In this role you be ensuring young people care receive the best level of care available. Duties will include:

• Supporting and assisting the Home’s Registered Manager as part of a team, ensuring the smooth running of the Home
• Providing a safe, warm and supportive environment for young people
• 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 people and their Home
• Maintaining the development of positive childcare practice in keeping with the aims and objectives of our organisation
• Forging positive links and relationships within the community, participating in connection with schools and colleges, health professionals, and leisure activities
• Implementing the agreed placement plans of each young person and ensuring that individual goals are met

For this post you must have:

• Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Children) or equivalent (or willing to undertake this)

• 12 month’s experience of working in a children’s home

• Experience of managing staff on a day to day basis

• The ability to communicate with people at all levels

• An understanding of the NMS for children’s Homes

• Experience of dealing with challenging behaviour

• The ability to work shifts and sleep-ins on a rota basis