Children'S Residential Support Worker
- Employer
- 3D Recruit
- Location
- Bexhill-on-Sea
- Salary
- 12.50 Hourly + Additional GBP80 per night sleep in
- Closing date
- 29 Jan 2025
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- Sector
- Healthcare
- Function
- Operations
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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Job Description:
- Contribute to a positive, nurturing environment to ensure emotional security, happiness, and growth for young people.
- Adhere to the organization's philosophy, policies, and procedures while promoting appropriate behaviour and maintaining confidentiality.
- Engage in recreational, social activities and provide guidance, counseling, and supervision to support personal and social development.
- Maintain effective communication, create reports, and utilize systems to track young people's progress and address issues.
- Participate in professional development, staff meetings, training, and support new staff members.
- Ensure safety, cleanliness, and organization within the home while managing relationships between young people and staff.
- Take on leadership duties when necessary and maintain accurate casework records for young people under care.
- Provide transportation and be available for sleeping–in shifts as required to support the young people's well–being.
Experience:
- Experience of working with children and young people desirable
Education/qualifications/ training:
- Requirement to achieve Level 3 Diploma for the Children & Young People's Workforce essential
Special Knowledge
- Ability to participate in a range of activities with enthusiasm
- Ability to organise and lead recreational activities
Skills/disposition
- Ability to form positive working relationships with parents and outside agencies
- Ability to become an integral part of a team
- Good communication skills
- High level of resilience
- Ability to provide counselling to individual young people
Personal Qualities
- Ability to build positive relationships with children and young people
- Ability to maintain professional standards at all times
- Ability to support young peoples in their daily routines in a variety of settings
- Sense of humour
Work Arrangements and availability
- Clean UK driving licence and ability to drive with young passengers
- 40 / 48 hours per week on a flexible rota
- Ability to cope with a flexible working hours
- To be available for sleep–in duties if required
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