Residential Care Worker - Children

Faversham

Support Worker - Permanent

Job Description

Key Responsibilities of the role:

1. To ensure that the children and young people’s physical, emotional, social needs are met in a loving, safe, secure, nurturing, and supportive environment.
2. To ensure that Evolve maintain accurate records for the children and young people through use of our recording procedures and platforms.
3.  To contribute to the all-round daily care of the children and young people. This requires you to work as a part of a team, including multi agency working
4. To work with our delivery partners to ascertain the young peoples individualised needs, support in the preparation and writing of supporting documentation.
5. To be an effective, aspirational, hands on member of the homes staff group.
6.  Be a key part of the children and young people’s lives, sharing hobbies, interests and supporting all aspects of their life including, activities, education, contact and be confident to provide guidance and advice. You are a role model.
7.  Share immediately with the homes management any concerns regarding any practise, care or suspicions you have. We promote an open culture.
8. Be flexible and available to support the young people and your colleagues.
9. To keep up to date with training, coursework developments in the profession, by reading professional journals and other relevant publications.
10. To communicate professionally and effectively with children and families, other team members, courts, and professionals from statutory and voluntary sector agencies and private sector organisations as and when needed.
11. To maintain a knowledge of legislation, policy and practice procedures relating to children and young people within Evolve, including Data Protection Act, Health and Safety at Work Act and other relevant legislation, ensuring appropriate security and confidentiality of information in relation to records maintained and tasks undertaken.
12. Be available to attend weekly Staff Team Meetings and development, reflective practice meetings, get together meetings, support the young people to attend and contribute to their meetings. This includes CIC reviews, PEPs, EHCP and Therapy reviews.

Hours:

In order to provide appropriate care to our children and young people, a shift pattern is worked out providing 24 hour support. Staff are required to work some unsociable hours, including evenings, bank holidays, weekends and other times of the year including Christmas and New Year. The average hours are 40 per week, plus sleeping in duties once or twice a week. More than 8 sleep ins per month are paid at £60 per sleep in. Staff are required to work additional hours when required to meet the needs of the community and will be offered time of in lieu if their hours are higher than an average of 40 hours.

Hours and sleep ins completed will be reviewed and either renumerated or toil given on a three month basis.

Annual Leave:

The post attracts 30 holiday days per year (April to March) plus an additional day for your birthday. In order to provide stability and predictability for the children, holidays are booked in advance and require approval from your line manager. Holidays are not approved during key times for the community such over Christmas or during the community holiday. Exceptional cases will be considered by the Director and HR.

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