Senior Support Worker
| Posting date: | 15 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £14.30 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2024 |
| Location: | Derby |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Apsley care Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | JOB REF 5 |
Summary
Preferred (2 years team leader experience driving license, Level 3 diploma/nvq)
MAIN RESPONSABILITIES
• To provide shift management and support to the team, in line with company policy and regulatory requirements. Supervising and providing guidance, support, direction and leadership to staff; ensuring tasks are effectively completed.
• To Model best practice approaches during challenging behaviours, ensuring there are coherent and consistently high levels of care.
• Work directly with others in the middle management team 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 effectively implemented daily representing best practices and reflective of the child’s views wishes and feelings.
• Establish and use methods to evaluate the quality of care provided by staff within the home and to make improvements where necessary, encouraging continuous improvement; and providing accurate and timely feedback to team members of actions and behaviours
• Model the best practice approaches to working with and supporting children with challenging behaviours and build staff confidence.
• Ensure a regular use of effective handovers and debriefs for staff.
• Take responsibility for ensuring all daily tasks are complete, along with health and safety checks.
• Participate in the transition process for children in and out of the home.
• Regularly review the staffing structure and support HR with recruitment, induction, and training.
• Support the Manager to regularly review the budget needs within the home where appropriate and shadow management as and when necessary to develop skills.
• Ensure daily practice within the homes reflects the equality and diversity goals of the company and the needs of the staff and young people
• Work effectively with all professionals and multiple agencies that are required for the best care of the young people.
• Conduct supervision and welfare meetings as and when required as per company policy.
• Provide consistent leadership, ensuring staff feel respected, listened to, and supported.
• Ensure staff, 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 staff team to ensure positive outcomes, reducing incidents and providing a safe environment for young people, visitors, and staff.
• Understand and work within the individual health needs of each young person which may include but not exhausting
o Diet plans
o Administering the correct medication
o Attending medical/hospital appointments/health checks/dental/CAMHS
• 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 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 understand wishes, feeling and cultural differences
• Support and enable the young people to access the community (where applicable) in a positive and responsible manner.
• Enable and support young people to engage with the education system positively by supporting, facilitating and encouraging attendance
• Undertake the necessary transport arrangements 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
• Work within the agreed semi-independence packages
• 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
• 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
MAIN RESPONSABILITIES
• To provide shift management and support to the team, in line with company policy and regulatory requirements. Supervising and providing guidance, support, direction and leadership to staff; ensuring tasks are effectively completed.
• To Model best practice approaches during challenging behaviours, ensuring there are coherent and consistently high levels of care.
• Work directly with others in the middle management team 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 effectively implemented daily representing best practices and reflective of the child’s views wishes and feelings.
• Establish and use methods to evaluate the quality of care provided by staff within the home and to make improvements where necessary, encouraging continuous improvement; and providing accurate and timely feedback to team members of actions and behaviours
• Model the best practice approaches to working with and supporting children with challenging behaviours and build staff confidence.
• Ensure a regular use of effective handovers and debriefs for staff.
• Take responsibility for ensuring all daily tasks are complete, along with health and safety checks.
• Participate in the transition process for children in and out of the home.
• Regularly review the staffing structure and support HR with recruitment, induction, and training.
• Support the Manager to regularly review the budget needs within the home where appropriate and shadow management as and when necessary to develop skills.
• Ensure daily practice within the homes reflects the equality and diversity goals of the company and the needs of the staff and young people
• Work effectively with all professionals and multiple agencies that are required for the best care of the young people.
• Conduct supervision and welfare meetings as and when required as per company policy.
• Provide consistent leadership, ensuring staff feel respected, listened to, and supported.
• Ensure staff, 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 staff team to ensure positive outcomes, reducing incidents and providing a safe environment for young people, visitors, and staff.
• Understand and work within the individual health needs of each young person which may include but not exhausting
o Diet plans
o Administering the correct medication
o Attending medical/hospital appointments/health checks/dental/CAMHS
• 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 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 understand wishes, feeling and cultural differences
• Support and enable the young people to access the community (where applicable) in a positive and responsible manner.
• Enable and support young people to engage with the education system positively by supporting, facilitating and encouraging attendance
• Undertake the necessary transport arrangements 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
• Work within the agreed semi-independence packages
• 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
• 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