Support Worker

Support Worker
Welcoming home in Cannock
On-going training and benefits
Immediate interviews

To provide a caring environment with clear and consistent approaches in line with CareTech Children’s Services philosophy of care. The Support Worker will be responsible to the Care Manager.

Principal Tasks:
 To recognise the potential capabilities of all young people
 To provide the opportunities, encouragement and support whereby individual potential may be realised.
 To provide a holistic approach to all areas of care and education in the young peoples’ lives.
 To provide young people with a Social Work role.

Job Activities:
 To provide at all times a clean and healthy living environment in which one works, and to encourage and support young people as to how to provide such an environment for themselves.
 To ensure the living environment in which staff work and young people live is safe and free of dangers of a health and safety nature (in the first instance) and report all matters of concern to the appropriate person as soon as possible.
 To ensure that all immediate personal care needs are met, i.e. washing, ironing etc. and encourage young people to be responsible for their own personal effects
 To ensure that a balanced and culturally appropriate (if applicable) diet is facilitated for all young people in CareTech Children’s Services care.
 To display positive role modelling at all times in relation to personal hygiene, dress and demeanour.
 To provide the opportunity for all young people in CareTech Children’s Services care to form and maintain positive working relationships in a professional nature with the adults closest to them so enabling them to learn the necessary skills required for future development in their own lives and relationships.
 To provide the opportunity for young people to discuss their fears and concerns and offer supportive counsel (bar child protection responsibilities).
 To support appropriate contact with significant others in the young person’s life. Where necessary offering safety and support with difficult relationships.
 To provide in both group and one to one care settings the appropriate level of care and control required to effectively manage the day to day running and care provision.
 To encourage the importance of education and provide support, where requested, to education staff.
 To assist and support in the completion of homework, where required.
 To support young people attending interviews for school/further education/employment at the direction of the education staff.
 To provide positive and acceptable health promotion to young people, including sexual health.
 To provide and be actively involved in a package of safe and varied activities, taking note of young person’s preferences where able to.
 To involve young people in the day to day planning of such activities.
 Ensure that activities are age appropriate and suitable for the physical capabilities of the young people involved.
 That adequate risk assessments have been completed in respect of activities and permission for those deemed as dangerous to be authorised by the Care Manager.
 To provide objective and professionally sound verbal and written information on a daily basis where required.
 To be available for relevant statutory reviews, planning meetings, Child Protection Case Conferences and any other relevant meetings when requested.
 To adhere and work in line with individual care plans implemented for young people.
 To be actively involved in the assessment, planning, preparation and implementation of care plans.
 To fulfil all organisational requirements involving administration and finances to the standards as designated by the Care Manager.
 To adhere to at all times the organisational policy, procedure and guidelines.
 To work in line at all times with standards designated by the Children’s Act (1989), and The National Minimum Standards for Children’s Homes.
 To attend and be involved in all relevant training and courses provided by the organisation, in line with personal development plan.
 To be available for all internal meetings and staff meetings.
 To be responsible for homes budget when in staff possession.

Confidentiality:
To observe confidentiality at all times with respect to all organisational information, information relating to the young people (past and present), as a whole, both inside and outside the workplace. This applies both during and after employment.

Further Duties:
To be involved in all duties that may be expected to fulfil the caring task and those requested by the organisation.

All successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check.