About This Role
Caring for young people in a residential setting is the core of this role, focusing on their physical, emotional, behavioral, cultural, and educational needs. The Residential Childcare Worker creates a positive and homely environment, acts as a role model, and supports young people in achieving their goals and potential.
Responsibilities
- Create and maintain a homely, warm, welcoming, and positive environment through cleaning, tidying, organizing, and cooking
- Establish positive relationships and always offer unconditional and positive regard
- Constantly meet the physical, emotional, behavioral, cultural, and educational needs of young people
- Act as a role model and demonstrate appropriate pro-social ways to deal with problems
- Help young people to gain self-control by challenging unacceptable behavior and rewarding acceptable pro-social conduct
- Ensure that each young person’s care plan is followed and innovated as appropriate to reflect their changing needs
- Provide advice, assistance, and support on a 1:1 basis to enable young people to address past and present difficulties to achieve their best outcomes
- Be friendly and positively ambitious for young people, helping them achieve their goals and optimize their potential
- Support young people in their education and pursuit of extra-curricular activities
- Keep accurate records and provide written reports on young people for planning meetings, reviews, or any other meetings as directed by the line manager
- Empower young people and facilitate their active involvement in decisions where appropriate around their lives and future
- Act as an advocate at meetings where the young person is the subject of discussion
- Encourage young people to develop links with the community, attend off-site activities, and expand their personal social networks
- Be aware of the aims and objectives of the service and work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve them
- Attend team/staff meetings and make a positive and innovative contribution to them at all times
- Actively contribute to the development of the team
- Receive and store information to improve communication channels
- Be willing to give and receive feedback on performance with colleagues and managers
- Have awareness of childcare plans for all young people and provide support for colleagues by maintaining consistency in their execution
- Provide informal practical and emotional support to colleagues
- Attend and contribute to regular supervision sessions in line with National Minimum Standards
- Monitor the conduct of colleagues and refer on any causes for concern (Whistleblowing)
- Maintain familiarity with all policies and procedures and adhere to them
- Drive company vehicles safely at all times (current driving license holders subject to procedures)
- Receive and engage with all training appropriate to role and maintain an up-to-date training profile
- Hold responsibility for the health, safety, and welfare of self and colleagues in accordance with the requirements of the organizational Health and Safety Policies
- Perform all other reasonable tasks as directed by the line manager
Requirements
- 1 year of Residential Childcare experience (preferred)
- Driving Licence (required)
Nice to have:
- NVQ Level 3 Childcare (preferred)
Benefits
- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
