Care Worker
| Posting date: | 23 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.50 to £16.50 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 March 2026 |
| Location: | Chingford, East London |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Ridgeway Chilrden's Home |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Job Title Care Worker
Responsible to Senior Care Worker/Deputy Manager/Registered Manager
Responsible for Care of the Young People
Key Internal Contacts Other staff within the care team
Staff in other Homes
Key External Contacts Service User relatives, advocates and others
Placing Authorities and Service Providers Registration,
Regulatory and Inspection bodies
Local Services – Statutory, Voluntary and Community Neighbours
JOB PURPOSE
To provide advice, assistance and support to young people. To attend to their practical, physical and emotional needs. To act as an appropriate role model and to work closely with them to enable them to address their difficulties and achieve their optimum potential. To act as a corporate parent completing tasks such as cleaning, cooking , teaching Young People life skills, ensuring appointments are made and good communication throughout the team.
KEY TASK AREAS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Young People
To maintain a high quality of care and support which meets the physical, emotional, intellectual, social and cultural needs of children and young people within the care of the home. Working from the guidelines from current regulations and legislations.
To provide a caring, supportive and nurturing environment in which children/young people can feel secure and free from harm.
Establishing positive relationships with young people and always offering them unconditional and positive regard.
Helping young people gain self control by challenging unacceptable behaviour and rewarding acceptable, pro-social conduct.
Ensuring that each young person’s care plan is followed and amended as appropriate to reflect their changing needs
Attending to practical matters in relation to childcare (cooking, cleaning, general maintenance around the home etc)
To act as a key worker or co worker for a young person to ensure that the young person’s care plans are up to date and that all their care needs are being met. To provide a positive role model to be able to offer advice, guidance and assistance where appropriate.
Establishing relationships which young people perceive to be positive, warm and rewarding
Providing advice, assistance and support on a 1:1 basis to enable young people to address past and present difficulties
Providing emotional support at times of difficulty or stress
Being ambitious for young people, helping them achieve their goals and optimise their potential
Providing support for young people in their education and extracurricular activities, this may include supporting them in the classroom if necessary
Keeping accurate records and providing written reports on young people for planning meetings, reviews or any other meetings as directed by the line manager
Empowering young people and facilitating their active involvement in the decision making about their lives and future
Acting as an advocate at meetings where the young person is the subject of discussion
Encouraging the young person to develop links with the community, attend off-site activities and expand their personal social network
Attending young people’s meetings and contributing to them
Staff
Being aware of the aims and objectives of the home and working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve them
Attending team/ staff meetings and making a positive contribution to them
Receiving and storing information to improve communication
Being willing to give and receive feedback on performance with colleagues and managers
Being aware of childcare plans for all young people and providing support for colleagues by maintaining consistency in the execution of those plans
Providing informal practical and emotional support to colleagues experiencing difficulties
Attending and contributing to regular supervision sessions in line with The Homes company polices.
Monitoring the conduct of colleagues and referring on any causes for concern (Whistleblowing)
Being familiar with all policies and procedures and adhering to them
Quality
To ensure that appropriate standards are maintained, especially in relation to care, educational and clinical programmes (service dependent) for the Young People in their care, in accordance with company policies.
Specific areas include:
The Homes Statement of Purpose
Safeguarding Individuals
Health & Safety – environmental health, food, fire, risk assessments
Complaints and representation
General Social Care Council Codes of Practice
Common Core and Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC)
Care Quality Commission (registration) regulations/National Minimum Care Standards
Equality
General
Driving company vehicles (current driving licence holders subject to procedures)
Receiving training appropriate to the role and maintaining an up to date training profile
Responsibility for the accurate maintenance of financial records appropriate to the duties of the post
Responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and colleagues in accordance with the requirements of the organisational Health and Safety Policies
Flexibility of shift patterns to ensure the correct support is available for the home and Young People.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Experience
Within the last 5 years, worked for at least 2 years in a position relevant to the residential care of children. ( Desirable)
Experience with Challenging behaviours (Desirable)
Worked for at least one year in a role requiring the supervision and management of staff working in a care role(Desirable)
Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (England) (Desirable)
Please note that the company is seeking registration and looking to operate in the next 2 to 3 months. Hence getting staff in place
Responsible to Senior Care Worker/Deputy Manager/Registered Manager
Responsible for Care of the Young People
Key Internal Contacts Other staff within the care team
Staff in other Homes
Key External Contacts Service User relatives, advocates and others
Placing Authorities and Service Providers Registration,
Regulatory and Inspection bodies
Local Services – Statutory, Voluntary and Community Neighbours
JOB PURPOSE
To provide advice, assistance and support to young people. To attend to their practical, physical and emotional needs. To act as an appropriate role model and to work closely with them to enable them to address their difficulties and achieve their optimum potential. To act as a corporate parent completing tasks such as cleaning, cooking , teaching Young People life skills, ensuring appointments are made and good communication throughout the team.
KEY TASK AREAS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Young People
To maintain a high quality of care and support which meets the physical, emotional, intellectual, social and cultural needs of children and young people within the care of the home. Working from the guidelines from current regulations and legislations.
To provide a caring, supportive and nurturing environment in which children/young people can feel secure and free from harm.
Establishing positive relationships with young people and always offering them unconditional and positive regard.
Helping young people gain self control by challenging unacceptable behaviour and rewarding acceptable, pro-social conduct.
Ensuring that each young person’s care plan is followed and amended as appropriate to reflect their changing needs
Attending to practical matters in relation to childcare (cooking, cleaning, general maintenance around the home etc)
To act as a key worker or co worker for a young person to ensure that the young person’s care plans are up to date and that all their care needs are being met. To provide a positive role model to be able to offer advice, guidance and assistance where appropriate.
Establishing relationships which young people perceive to be positive, warm and rewarding
Providing advice, assistance and support on a 1:1 basis to enable young people to address past and present difficulties
Providing emotional support at times of difficulty or stress
Being ambitious for young people, helping them achieve their goals and optimise their potential
Providing support for young people in their education and extracurricular activities, this may include supporting them in the classroom if necessary
Keeping accurate records and providing written reports on young people for planning meetings, reviews or any other meetings as directed by the line manager
Empowering young people and facilitating their active involvement in the decision making about their lives and future
Acting as an advocate at meetings where the young person is the subject of discussion
Encouraging the young person to develop links with the community, attend off-site activities and expand their personal social network
Attending young people’s meetings and contributing to them
Staff
Being aware of the aims and objectives of the home and working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve them
Attending team/ staff meetings and making a positive contribution to them
Receiving and storing information to improve communication
Being willing to give and receive feedback on performance with colleagues and managers
Being aware of childcare plans for all young people and providing support for colleagues by maintaining consistency in the execution of those plans
Providing informal practical and emotional support to colleagues experiencing difficulties
Attending and contributing to regular supervision sessions in line with The Homes company polices.
Monitoring the conduct of colleagues and referring on any causes for concern (Whistleblowing)
Being familiar with all policies and procedures and adhering to them
Quality
To ensure that appropriate standards are maintained, especially in relation to care, educational and clinical programmes (service dependent) for the Young People in their care, in accordance with company policies.
Specific areas include:
The Homes Statement of Purpose
Safeguarding Individuals
Health & Safety – environmental health, food, fire, risk assessments
Complaints and representation
General Social Care Council Codes of Practice
Common Core and Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC)
Care Quality Commission (registration) regulations/National Minimum Care Standards
Equality
General
Driving company vehicles (current driving licence holders subject to procedures)
Receiving training appropriate to the role and maintaining an up to date training profile
Responsibility for the accurate maintenance of financial records appropriate to the duties of the post
Responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and colleagues in accordance with the requirements of the organisational Health and Safety Policies
Flexibility of shift patterns to ensure the correct support is available for the home and Young People.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Experience
Within the last 5 years, worked for at least 2 years in a position relevant to the residential care of children. ( Desirable)
Experience with Challenging behaviours (Desirable)
Worked for at least one year in a role requiring the supervision and management of staff working in a care role(Desirable)
Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (England) (Desirable)
Please note that the company is seeking registration and looking to operate in the next 2 to 3 months. Hence getting staff in place