Residential Support Worker

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Leicester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd in Leicester is seeking a dedicated care worker to provide a safe and secure home for children and young people aged 8 to 18. You will help create a caring environment that respects privacy, independence and rights.

Key duties include maintaining a consistent, well‑ordered environment; supervising daily activities, promoting cooking skills, supporting care planning, risk assessments and behaviour management; accompanying activities and managing small budgets; recording

Responsibilities

• Maintaining a firm, caring, consistent, well-ordered environment at all times
• Supervising children and young people before and after school/college including mealtimes and encouraging cooking skills
• Contributing to care planning, risk assessments, behaviour management and team meetings
• Accompanying children and young people on recreational activities and role modelling positive behaviour
• Managing small budgets and delivering a programme of evening and weekend activities
• Promoting social and emotional wellbeing and development of children and young people
• Liaising with staff, parents and carers while maintaining high professional standards
• Keeping records and reports for safeguarding, health, education and regulatory bodies
• Logging accidents/incidents and challenging inappropriate practice per policies
• Participating in case reviews and providing support during difficulties
• Assisting with medical/physical needs and encouraging participation in activities
• Reporting health or behavioural changes to management promptly
• Supporting education staff with daily educational needs and providing a 24-hour learning environment
• Securing buildings at the end of shifts and providing cover where required
• Participating in annual appraisals and staff development

Job description

To work within a team to provide a safe and secure home for young people aged between 8 and 18. Promoting a caring environment which provides children and young people with a high standard of specialised personal care, meeting individual needs and ensuring everyone is treated with respect and dignity and rights to privacy, independence and choice are met.

Key responsibilities include:

Ensuring a firm, caring, consistent, well-ordered environment is always maintained

Supervising children and young people before and after the school/college day including mealtimes, and proactively supporting/encouraging the development of their cooking skills

Actively promoting and participating in care planning, developing risk assessments, behaviour management, and attending regular team meetings

Accompanying children and young people on recreational activities and demonstrating positive role modelling

Working as part of a team to provide a programme of evening & weekend activities for children and young people and effectively managing small budgets

Promoting the social and emotional well-being & development of children and young people

Liaising with other staff, professionals, parents and carers as necessary and maintaining high levels of professionalism at all times

Undertaking administrative tasks linked to the care of children and young people, including keeping appropriate records and making reports as required by the Home and any regulatory bodies

Maintaining a log of all accidents, incidents or physical intervention and challenging suspected inappropriate practice according to policies and procedures

Participating in case reviews where necessary and providing support and assistance when difficulties arise

Assisting with the medical and physical needs of children and young people and ensuring all young people are encouraged to take part at some level, no matter what the ability

Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, staying updated with changes in safeguarding legislation and policy

Ensuring healthcare needs of the children and young people are met, including making appointments, accompanying them, and completing written reports following their attendance

Reporting immediately to management any noticeable changes in health, behaviour or circumstances of children and young people

Supporting education staff with the children and young people's daily educational needs and providing a 24-hour learning environment with vocational activities and helping with the development of numeracy and literacy skills

Securing all buildings on leaving the site

Providing cover in other areas as required

Participating in annual performance appraisals and undertaking relevant staff development