Support Worker

  • Burton-on-Trent
  • Recruitnest

Duties and Responsibilities : Provide care for young people through :

  • Attending to practical matters in relation to childcare (cooking, cleaning etc)
  • Establishing positive relationships with young people and always offering them unconditional and positive regard
  • Meeting the physical, emotional, behavioural, cultural and educational needs of young people
  • Acting as a role model and demonstrating appropriate pro-social ways of dealing with problems
  • Helping young people gain self-control by challenging unacceptable behaviour and rewarding acceptable, pro-social conduct.
  • Ensuring that each young person’s care plan is followed and amended as appropriate to reflect their changing needs

To act as a key worker through :

  • Taking responsibility for a small number of young people and ensuring that their needs are fully met
  • Establishing relationships which young people perceive to be positive, warm and rewarding
  • Providing advice, assistance and support on a 1:1 basis to enable young people to address past and present difficulties
  • Providing emotional support at times of difficulty or stress
  • Being ambitious for young people, helping them achieve their goals and optimise their potential
  • Providing support for young people in their education and extra-curricular activities
  • Keeping accurate records and providing written reports on young people for planning meetings, reviews or any other meetings as directed by the line manager
  • Empowering young people and facilitating their active involvement in the decision making about their lives and future
  • Encouraging the young person to develop links with the community, attend off-site activities and expand their personal social network
  • To work as part of a team through :_
  • Being aware of the aims and objectives of the home and working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve them
  • Attending team/ staff meetings and making a positive contribution to them
  • Actively contributing to the development of the team
  • Receiving and storing information to improve communication
  • Being willing to give and receive feedback on performance with colleagues and managers
  • Being aware of childcare plans for all young people and providing support for colleagues by maintaining consistency in the execution of those plans
  • Providing informal practical and emotional support to colleagues experiencing difficulties
  • Attending and contributing to regular supervision sessions in line with children homes regulations
  • Monitoring the conduct of colleagues and raising any causes for concern appropriately (Whistleblowing)
  • Being familiar with all policies and procedures and adhering to them
  • General :_
  • Attending young people’s meetings and contributing to them
  • Attending training appropriate to role and maintaining an up to date training profile
  • Attending team meetings and group consultations
  • Responsibility for the accurate maintenance of financial records appropriate to the duties of the post
  • Responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and colleagues in accordance with the requirements of the organisational Health and Safety Policies
  • To carry out all other reasonable tasks as directed by the line manager

Job Types : Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £12.00-£12.50 per hour

Benefits :

  • Company pension
  • Free parking
  • Life insurance
  • On-site parking

Day range:

  • Monday to Friday

Shift:

  • 12 hour shift

Education :

  • Diploma of Higher Education (preferred)

Experience :

  • Residential Childcare: 1 year (required)
  • Support Environment: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

  • NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care (required)
  • Full UK Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person