Children's Residential Care Worker

Job Description:

Residential Children’s Worker
  
Are you a passionate Residential Children’s Worker looking for your next role? 4Recruitment Services are currently recruiting for a Residential Children’s Worker to work in a Children’s service based in Coventry.
  
Pay Rates:  £13.05 - £16.03 Umbrella
  

• Information the Role: Successful candidates will be offered Ad Hoc shifts when the shifts become available as part of a 24/7 working rota, including sleeping-in duties on a regular basis.

  
What you will be doing:

• To support a culture and ethos within the home where management and staff understand the importance of relationship-based practice in order to improve outcomes for children.
• To provide good quality care to young people, male and female aged 10-18years with a range of needs and / or emotional and behavioural difficulties within a residential care setting.
• To promote and practice to the highest of standards in direct work with children and young people, to include assessment, formulation and delivery of agreed plans, review of progress and case recording.
• To assist in the administration and efficient operation of the home in order to safeguard children, ensure health and safety procedures are followed and a clean and tidy environment is maintained.
• To work as part of a team in carrying out daily care tasks to support children and young people, to include laundry, cooking, promotion of education, health and hygiene and activity programmes.
• To act where required as “link worker” to individual children and young people and to take a specific interest in their welfare and progress within the home, representing their interests in meetings and professional arenas.

  
Specialist knowledge skills and experience:

• Ability to relate to young people.
• Ability to understand and work with young people who have a range of needs and / or behaviours.
• Ability to understand their own duty of care, to safeguard and promote the interests of young people and challenge inappropriate practices.
• An ability to analyse and reflect on their own practice, to be accountable for their own behaviour and the consequences of their own actions.
• The ability to demonstrate an understanding of own Self, their self-motivation, and the impact of their own personal experiences.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to engage and communicate effectively with families and other agencies.
• Ability to engage, communicate and work effectively with families and staff from other agencies and disciplines.
• Demonstrably child / young person centric, outward looking and outcome focused.Highly organised, with the ability to manage competing demands and operate across multiple sites.
• Resilient, adaptable, and calm under pressure.
• Empathetic yet firm, maintaining appropriate boundaries while supporting a values-based service.
• A visible, hands-on leader who is engaged in daily operations and responsive to the needs of both staff and residents.

  
Essential experience:

• Experience of direct work with young people aged 10+ who may present with a range of needs and / or behaviours.
• Experience of working in a children's residential or similar setting.

Qualifications

• Hold or undertake training to include:- the Residential Induction- the Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent and complete the qualification within 2 years from the point of employment
• First Aid.
• Basic Food Hygiene.

What we offer:

• 24 hour one on one specialist consultant based within your geographical area
• 4Recruitment Services Employee Benefits Programme
• Our own dedicated payroll support ensuring you get the full benefits of your payment

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.
To discuss this vacancy in further detail or any other vacancies, please contact out Team on (phone number removed) or email (url removed)