Support Worker
| Posting date: | 15 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2024 |
| Location: | Derby |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Apsley care Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | JOBREF 4 |
Summary
Preferrable: (2 years experience, level 3 Diploma/NVQ, Driving license)
Job Description
MAIN RESPONSABILITIES
• To Model best practice approaches during challenging behaviours, ensuring there is coherent and consistent high levels of care.
• Work directly with others in for the best interest of the young people, staff, and company.
KEY TASKS
• To ensure the care plans, risk assessments and key working sessions are up to date and affectively implemented daily representing best practise and reflective of the child’s views wishes and feelings.
• Model the best practise approaches to working with and supporting children with challenging behaviours.
• Effectively use handovers and debriefs.
• Ensure all daily tasks are complete, along with health and safety checks.
• Participate in the transition process for children in and out of the home.
• Ensure daily practise within the homes reflects the equality and diversity goals of the company and young people
• Work effectively with all professionals and multi agencies that are required for the best care of the young people.
• Safeguarding
• Ensure visitors and young people are safeguarded daily and health and safety protocols are followed according to the health and safety at work act 1974
• Work with your colleagues to ensure positive outcomes, reducing incidents and providing a safe environment for young people, visitors, and staff.
• Understand what section of care the children are under and work within this at all times
• Participate in multi-agency meetings to gather and share information to get the right outcome and best support for the young people
• Identify and escalate when Social Workers need involvement with the young person
• Report and whistle blow any work situation that is deemed by the management of health and safety act 1999, to cause imminent danger and shortcomings of the employer’s protection arrangements.
• To monitor and maintain standards against agreed criteria and objectives and to implement quality assurance systems, which reflect agreed good practice.
• Understand and work within the individual health needs of each young person which may include but not exhausting
o Eating and diet plans where appropriate
o Administering the correct medication
o Attending medical/hospital appointments/health checks/dental/CAMHS
• Wellbeing
• Support and develop the mental and physical health and wellbeing of young people in care
• Provide life skills and development activities, that build independence, appreciation and confidence in children and young people (working within the agreed independence plan).
• Assist the young people to set aims and goals and support them in the achievement of these
• Develop and support young people in developing key life skills from basic hygiene, daily chores, shopping and financial management/savings/pocket money (whichever are the most appropriate)
• Encourage and coach the young people to make the right choices, take responsibility for their actions and consider the possible consequences.
• Ensure consistent consequences are applied to young people based on their actions and behaviours
• Ensure that the young people have a good appreciation of equality and diversity by showing respect for others and taking time to understanding wishes, feeling and cultural differences
• Support and enable the young people to access the community (where applicable) in a positive and responsible manner.
• Enjoy and Achieve
• Enable and support young people to engage with the education system positively by supporting, facilitating and encouraging attendance
• Undertake the necessary transport arrangement to ensure the young people commute safely to school
• Help and support young people in the completion of home work
• Attend school meetings, events and trips
• Identify activities that support education development that will benefit the young people
• Research, plan and support educational activities and resources
• Promote positive behaviours and actions and support this through appropriate reward systems and sanction
• Support and coach young people in creating CVs and preparing for interviews
• Facilitate and support family contact and relationships where applicable
• Organise transport and supervise visits
• Ensure confidentiality is not breached at any time, understanding what information can and can’t be share.
• Key working
• Act as the main co-ordinator of services for a particular young person(s) in the home
• Where possible have involvement in visits prior to admission and during transition to help settle the young person in as quickly as possible
• Establish and maintain an appropriate and professional relationship with the young person
• Help and support other colleagues to follow the agreed approaches and care strategies set out in the Placement Plan
• Ensure all necessary paperwork i.e. risk assessments, records and placement plans are up to date, prepared and collated in readiness for Key Worker meetings, LAC meetings and Placement Plan reviews
• Help to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the placement plan and care strategies, feeding back to the relevant parties accordingly
• Attend and contribute to any relevant professional meeting in relation to the young person
• Work in partnership with colleagues to assist the young person in developing and maintaining social, recreational, cultural and religious links through daily living activities inside and outside the home.
• Ensure the environment in which the young people live is clean and safe, that food is always available and they have a warm home, bed and their own space (as a minimum).
(This job description may be reviewed and amended regularly as per the needs of the business)
Job Description
MAIN RESPONSABILITIES
• To Model best practice approaches during challenging behaviours, ensuring there is coherent and consistent high levels of care.
• Work directly with others in for the best interest of the young people, staff, and company.
KEY TASKS
• To ensure the care plans, risk assessments and key working sessions are up to date and affectively implemented daily representing best practise and reflective of the child’s views wishes and feelings.
• Model the best practise approaches to working with and supporting children with challenging behaviours.
• Effectively use handovers and debriefs.
• Ensure all daily tasks are complete, along with health and safety checks.
• Participate in the transition process for children in and out of the home.
• Ensure daily practise within the homes reflects the equality and diversity goals of the company and young people
• Work effectively with all professionals and multi agencies that are required for the best care of the young people.
• Safeguarding
• Ensure visitors and young people are safeguarded daily and health and safety protocols are followed according to the health and safety at work act 1974
• Work with your colleagues to ensure positive outcomes, reducing incidents and providing a safe environment for young people, visitors, and staff.
• Understand what section of care the children are under and work within this at all times
• Participate in multi-agency meetings to gather and share information to get the right outcome and best support for the young people
• Identify and escalate when Social Workers need involvement with the young person
• Report and whistle blow any work situation that is deemed by the management of health and safety act 1999, to cause imminent danger and shortcomings of the employer’s protection arrangements.
• To monitor and maintain standards against agreed criteria and objectives and to implement quality assurance systems, which reflect agreed good practice.
• Understand and work within the individual health needs of each young person which may include but not exhausting
o Eating and diet plans where appropriate
o Administering the correct medication
o Attending medical/hospital appointments/health checks/dental/CAMHS
• Wellbeing
• Support and develop the mental and physical health and wellbeing of young people in care
• Provide life skills and development activities, that build independence, appreciation and confidence in children and young people (working within the agreed independence plan).
• Assist the young people to set aims and goals and support them in the achievement of these
• Develop and support young people in developing key life skills from basic hygiene, daily chores, shopping and financial management/savings/pocket money (whichever are the most appropriate)
• Encourage and coach the young people to make the right choices, take responsibility for their actions and consider the possible consequences.
• Ensure consistent consequences are applied to young people based on their actions and behaviours
• Ensure that the young people have a good appreciation of equality and diversity by showing respect for others and taking time to understanding wishes, feeling and cultural differences
• Support and enable the young people to access the community (where applicable) in a positive and responsible manner.
• Enjoy and Achieve
• Enable and support young people to engage with the education system positively by supporting, facilitating and encouraging attendance
• Undertake the necessary transport arrangement to ensure the young people commute safely to school
• Help and support young people in the completion of home work
• Attend school meetings, events and trips
• Identify activities that support education development that will benefit the young people
• Research, plan and support educational activities and resources
• Promote positive behaviours and actions and support this through appropriate reward systems and sanction
• Support and coach young people in creating CVs and preparing for interviews
• Facilitate and support family contact and relationships where applicable
• Organise transport and supervise visits
• Ensure confidentiality is not breached at any time, understanding what information can and can’t be share.
• Key working
• Act as the main co-ordinator of services for a particular young person(s) in the home
• Where possible have involvement in visits prior to admission and during transition to help settle the young person in as quickly as possible
• Establish and maintain an appropriate and professional relationship with the young person
• Help and support other colleagues to follow the agreed approaches and care strategies set out in the Placement Plan
• Ensure all necessary paperwork i.e. risk assessments, records and placement plans are up to date, prepared and collated in readiness for Key Worker meetings, LAC meetings and Placement Plan reviews
• Help to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the placement plan and care strategies, feeding back to the relevant parties accordingly
• Attend and contribute to any relevant professional meeting in relation to the young person
• Work in partnership with colleagues to assist the young person in developing and maintaining social, recreational, cultural and religious links through daily living activities inside and outside the home.
• Ensure the environment in which the young people live is clean and safe, that food is always available and they have a warm home, bed and their own space (as a minimum).
(This job description may be reviewed and amended regularly as per the needs of the business)