Senior Resource Centre Worker (Nidderdale)
| Posting date: | 01 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £14.63 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 September 2025 |
| Location: | Harrogate, North Yorkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | VEESUPPORTSERVICES LTD |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
24 hour care - 8am - 10pm
9.30pm - 8.30am (waking Night)
Monday - Sunday
Job Description
Job purpose In line with Directorate’s statutory obligations, support disabled children with the most complex needs in a variety of different settings. This involves working with children and young people with a wide range of disabilities as part of a team responsible for direct care in residential settings, in children’s own homes and in other settings.
To contribute to all aspects of the physical and emotional care of the children and young people so as to promote their welfare whilst working in partnership with their family and other professionals. To take responsibility for the day to day leadership and support of care staff whilst on shift.
Operational management • Lead a shift as per the duty rota, with the on call support of either a Registered or Deputy Manager.
• Assist the Deputy Manager in the implementation of all designated areas of the children’s care plan in accordance with LAC or other reviews.
• Contribute to the effective and efficient use of the physical and financial resources.
• Supervise students and relief/sessional staff plus assisting with the induction and post-appointment assessment of new staff members as required, in accordance with agreed procedures.
• Contribute towards the maintenance of the fabric of the Home and ensuring that its grounds and equipment are in a safe and satisfactory condition.
• Take key-worker responsibility for the more demanding and complex cases and to assist less experienced members of staff in developing key-worker skills, including the implementation of care plans and the administration of medication.
• To undertake sleeping in duties as per the rota.
• Contribute to care planning, participating in reviews and other meetings as required, and to assist in the formation and implementation of care plans
• Support transitions across environments and activities.
• Take responsibility as a senior member of the staff team for demonstrating a high level of primary, social and emotional care to the children and young people accessing the service.
• Contribute to the assessment of the individual’s needs and circumstances and in the development, provision and review of care programmes which meets these.
• Contribute to the implementation and evaluation of specific programmes which provides a framework for the prevention and management of individual’s behaviour.
• Enable and support children to participate in recreation and leisure activities.
Communications • Ensure that all records are properly monitored and maintained in conjunction with organisational requirements, data protection and human rights legislation and regulation.
• Ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times in respect of organisational policies in respect of young people and staff.
• Ensure effective shift planning and the communication of plans to colleagues on duty.
• Ensure there is timely and effective communication with parents, families and professionals as necessary throughout a shift.
• Ensure key issues are effectively communicated across shifts through handovers.
• Talk and listen to children, to observe their behaviour and record significant features
• Ensure familiarity with the use of a variety of communication tools e.g. Makaton.
• Establish, sustain and disengage appropriately from relationships with service users and their families.
• Promote people’s equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities
• Ensure the education of each young person is positively promoted
Partnership / corporate working • As a Senior Worker participate in the development and analysis of information from across settings to inform service risk assessments and children’s plans, this may be done through visits or gathering of information from files and talking with key involvements
• Develop and sustain effective working relationships between workers and the local community, colleagues and other agencies so as to promote collaborative working and partnerships.
• Work in a team context, forging and sustaining relationships across agencies and respecting the contribution of others working with children, young people and families.
• Work jointly with Social Workers, Education, Inclusion and Health colleagues within assessment and care planning
• Maintain effective working relationships with colleagues in the team, in the Directorate and with other agencies
• Work across various settings, school, family home, community and resource centre.
9.30pm - 8.30am (waking Night)
Monday - Sunday
Job Description
Job purpose In line with Directorate’s statutory obligations, support disabled children with the most complex needs in a variety of different settings. This involves working with children and young people with a wide range of disabilities as part of a team responsible for direct care in residential settings, in children’s own homes and in other settings.
To contribute to all aspects of the physical and emotional care of the children and young people so as to promote their welfare whilst working in partnership with their family and other professionals. To take responsibility for the day to day leadership and support of care staff whilst on shift.
Operational management • Lead a shift as per the duty rota, with the on call support of either a Registered or Deputy Manager.
• Assist the Deputy Manager in the implementation of all designated areas of the children’s care plan in accordance with LAC or other reviews.
• Contribute to the effective and efficient use of the physical and financial resources.
• Supervise students and relief/sessional staff plus assisting with the induction and post-appointment assessment of new staff members as required, in accordance with agreed procedures.
• Contribute towards the maintenance of the fabric of the Home and ensuring that its grounds and equipment are in a safe and satisfactory condition.
• Take key-worker responsibility for the more demanding and complex cases and to assist less experienced members of staff in developing key-worker skills, including the implementation of care plans and the administration of medication.
• To undertake sleeping in duties as per the rota.
• Contribute to care planning, participating in reviews and other meetings as required, and to assist in the formation and implementation of care plans
• Support transitions across environments and activities.
• Take responsibility as a senior member of the staff team for demonstrating a high level of primary, social and emotional care to the children and young people accessing the service.
• Contribute to the assessment of the individual’s needs and circumstances and in the development, provision and review of care programmes which meets these.
• Contribute to the implementation and evaluation of specific programmes which provides a framework for the prevention and management of individual’s behaviour.
• Enable and support children to participate in recreation and leisure activities.
Communications • Ensure that all records are properly monitored and maintained in conjunction with organisational requirements, data protection and human rights legislation and regulation.
• Ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times in respect of organisational policies in respect of young people and staff.
• Ensure effective shift planning and the communication of plans to colleagues on duty.
• Ensure there is timely and effective communication with parents, families and professionals as necessary throughout a shift.
• Ensure key issues are effectively communicated across shifts through handovers.
• Talk and listen to children, to observe their behaviour and record significant features
• Ensure familiarity with the use of a variety of communication tools e.g. Makaton.
• Establish, sustain and disengage appropriately from relationships with service users and their families.
• Promote people’s equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities
• Ensure the education of each young person is positively promoted
Partnership / corporate working • As a Senior Worker participate in the development and analysis of information from across settings to inform service risk assessments and children’s plans, this may be done through visits or gathering of information from files and talking with key involvements
• Develop and sustain effective working relationships between workers and the local community, colleagues and other agencies so as to promote collaborative working and partnerships.
• Work in a team context, forging and sustaining relationships across agencies and respecting the contribution of others working with children, young people and families.
• Work jointly with Social Workers, Education, Inclusion and Health colleagues within assessment and care planning
• Maintain effective working relationships with colleagues in the team, in the Directorate and with other agencies
• Work across various settings, school, family home, community and resource centre.