Residential Support Worker - Children's Home

· To provide high quality care to children and young people as part of Acorn's to Oaks service.

· To contribute actively to the creation and maintenance of a homely environment, considering the child/young person's wishes and preferences.

· To understand, contribute to and deliver the young person's Care Plan on a daily basis and ensure that all the basic physical needs of the young person are met.

· To make decisions that are in the best interests of the children, young people and the organisation at all times.

· To be alert to signs of distress, neglect or abuse, ensuring that the young people are monitored and protected.

· To know, understand and role model Acorn's to Oaks cultural and behavioural expectations.

Key Activities

· To act in a manner that is always befitting of Acorns to Oaks as a provider of children's services and in line with the organisation's values and ethos.

· To apply a comprehensive understanding of Acorns to Oak's policies and procedures as an employee and all aspects of working practices.

· To understand and apply safeguarding practices and processes, maintaining vigilance when supervising young people in line with risk assessments to ensure that significant behaviours are noted, recorded and responded to.

· To utilise the organisations whistle blowing policy to ensure that poor practice, negligence and dishonesty is dealt with appropriately.

· Keep up to date accurate records for the children and young people in line with systems of the home.

· Carry out tasks and maintain all relevant records pertaining to fire safety, health & safety and other records as directed by the line manager.

· To undertake all training directed in line with the company's policies and procedures.

· To set high standards of homemaking and care for the fabric, equipment and grounds of the home and wider organisation. Ensuring all domestic duties in the home are carried out to the highest possible standard.

· Be mindful of race, culture, language, and religion, to ensure that every young person is treated fairly and as an individual entitled to respect and dignity.

· Be sensitive to the needs of individual young people and provide support and comfort to young people under stress.

· Develop and implement daily shift planners and weekly planners for young people to ensure the smooth running of shifts.

· To work with internal and external services and professionals to ensure continuity of care for children and young people, maintaining professional relationships with young people, individuals with parent responsibility, social workers, teaching staff and other professionals involved in the care of young people.

· Be accountable to the homes petty cash and ensure financial systems and processes are followed correctly.

· With support from your line manager use the home rota to manage your own training commitments and annual leave responsibilities effectively, ensuring that you are proactive and use initiative to ensure that all working hours are used effectively.

· To demonstrate flexibility where practicably possible to support our home in covering rota's

· To communicate positively and constructively about the children, young people, colleagues, and organisation at all times.

· Make use of regular supervisions and consistently demonstrate the skills to engage in personal reflection about the impact of the working on one's own feelings, one's colleagues and about one's own strengths and weaknesses.

· Utilise written communication effectively to share significant information with colleagues, line managers and other relevant professionals in a timely fashion.

· To act with initiative, accountability and responsibility at all times to assist with functioning of the team, providing leadership, direction and guidance on shift.

· To contribute to other projects, initiatives and recruitment processes in the wider organisation as required.

· To be aware of policies and procedures and act according to them.

· Undertake any other reasonable duties as may be required appropriate with the level of the position.

The key activities relevant to this role do not form an inclusive list of expected duties. Post holders are expected to complete all activities related to the achievement of these objectives along with any other activities deems appropriate for the seniority of this position as directed by senior managers.

The Company reserves the right to amend or modify this job description in accordance with the operational needs of the business.

GBP 13.00 per hour for 165 hours per month = GBP 2,145.00 per month, 25,740

Sleep in allowance addition to basic above at GBP 60 per sleep.

Shift pattern in line with organisational requirements

Hours: on a rota basis with circa 165 hours per month including sleep ins per rota basis (paid separate @ GBP 60 per sleep). Overtime shifts are available.