Children's Residential Support Worker

Full Job Description

iPeople SC Solutions is currently recruiting for Children's Residential Suppoty Worker for our client based in Hendon and surrounding areas.

The successful post holder will work in a small team in order to support and implement the development of the children’s home.

To enhance and effect change to the good of all children with whom they work by acquiring the necessary skills through their own training and development.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• To ensure that the young people’s needs are recognised and met. This includes ensuring that they are free from discrimination within the home and to challenge discrimination from outside the home.

• To protect the young people from harm in and outside the home.

• To assist the management in the home in compliance with Ofsted, legislation, and the ethos and policies of the company.

• To exercise responsible control over the children to ensure their safety and well being and assist them in developing acceptable standards of personal hygiene and behaviour. This also applies to encouraging children to abide by house rules and principles.

• To participate in the development, implementation and monitoring of the individual young people’s care plans.

• In accordance with plans for the day, to organise and supervise recreational and leisure activities both in and out of the home to provide the children with an interesting and stimulating life. This includes being prepared to spend time away from home on holidays and at camps etc.

• To ensure positive participation in the children’s home and attend training
• To be familiar with and follow the Local Authority Child Protection Procedures.
• To develop and maintain good working relationships with parents, social workers, schools and other professionals concerned with the welfare of the young people.
• To use the home as a model to support and develop the social skills of the young people.
• To ensure that the home provides an environment that is safe and sensitive to the needs of young people being looked after.
• To ensure that the home meets the needs of the individual young people.
• To maintain a good understanding of child protection and safeguarding procedures.
• To care for children when they are ill and, where necessary, administer medicines, drugs and treatment under the guidance of the child’s medical practitioner.
• To perform household duties as required. This includes cooking and general cleaning, sorting laundry, checking children’s bedrooms and encouraging them to keep their rooms tidy.
• Some sleep ins shifts required

Working hours: 36 hrs per week,  Shift work and weekend work required.

Requirement:

• Experience of working in a Children home (at least a year).
• Enhanced DBS on the update service
• Competently use electronic systems effectively

• To be flexible in hours of work in order to meet tasks required.

Only candidates with previous exprience of working with children in a residential setting will be considered. Do not apply if you don't have the relevant experience.