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|αβχδε |RESIDENTIAL WORKER |
| |CHILDRENS HOMES |
| |JOB DESCRIPTION |
|Service Area: |Children and Families |
|Grade: |Career Grade 2-4 |
|Responsible To: |Head of Home |
|Primary Purpose: |To assist in providing a positive living experience for the resident young people by caring |
| |for their physical, emotional and social needs. |
|Main Duties and Responsibilities: |
|To encourage and stimulate emotional and social growth by devising and organising out-of-school activities, encouraging the |
|children/young people to socialise and to join organisations outside the Home. |
|To make specific contributions to the, formation and the implementation of care/placement for young people. |
|To work in partnership with families and carers of children, Social Workers and other outside agencies, as required. |
|To participate in admission process, case conferences and reviews, producing reports on individual children/young people’s |
|development/progress. |
|To facilitate children/young people to develop life and social skills and age-appropriate independence and to learn to manage their |
|own behaviour through the establishment of purposeful and constructive relationships. |
|To facilitate the provision of a warm, accepting environment within which the physical, emotional, social, educational, cultural, |
|and spirited needs of individuals can be met. |
|To manage the behaviour of individual and groups of children/young people appropriately and within the guidelines laid down by the |
|Service and the Children’s Homes Regulations. |
|To undertake link worker tasks and responsibilities. |
|To assist in maintaining proper records in accordance with the recording guidelines. |
|To ensure that behaviour and actions at work are in accordance with the Service’s Equal Opportunities policy, and to challenge |
|attitudes and practices within the Home that are discriminatory. |
|(Range 4 only) To take occasional responsibility for the daily running of the Home on a planned basis in the absence of senior staff|
|and the Head of Home. |
|To work in accordance with Service policies, the Children’s Homes Regulations 1991, and current Health & Safety legislation. |
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|To attend relevant courses and study days to develop and broaden awareness and skills in accordance with the Home’s staff |
|development/training plan. |
|To constructively contribute to staff meetings. |
|To work on a shift basis to ensure 24 hour care. This may include providing cover at other establishments if the need arises. |
|Undertake sleeping in duties as required. |
|To undertake moving and handling duties as required. |
|To be aware of the Council’s aims, organisational values and behaviours and their impact on this post. |
|To participate in the Council’s performance management processes. |
|To carry out the duties of the post in accordance with the Council’s diversity policy. |
|To carry out all duties and responsibilities with reasonable care for the health and safety of you and any other persons who may be |
|affected by your acts or omissions at work and to co-operate fully with the County Council in health and safety matters. |
|This job description will be supplemented by annual target based outcomes, which will be developed in conjunction with the post |
|holder. It will be subject to regular review and the Council reserves the right to amend or add to the duties listed. |
|αβχδε |RESIDENTIAL WORKER |
| |CHILDRENS HOMES - RANGE 2/4 |
| |PERSON SPECIFICATION |
|SERVICE AREA: Children and Families |
|Qualifications: |Essential |Desirable |
|Relevant social work qualification (e.g. NNEB, NVQ 3 in Care). |X | |
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|Knowledge and Skills: | | |
|Planning and organising own work. |( | |
|Basic oral communication. |( | |
|Report writing skills. |( | |
|Able to carry out plans/instructions and question appropriately. |( | |
|Listening skills. |( | |
|Able to solve basic problems. |( | |
|Practical life skills (e.g. housekeeping) |( | |
|Observation and assessment skills. |( | |
|Relevant legislation (awareness). |( | |
|Basic core theory related to residential childcare. |( | |
|Able to make decisions and understanding when to refer to the Senior. |( | |
|Awareness of standards/expectations of care. |( | |
|Basic core theory related to residential child care (Essential for Range 3) | |( |
| | | |
|Experience: | | |
|Experience of relevant client group. | |( |
|Experience of Social Services related settings (including voluntary work). | |( |
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|Competencies: |
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|Self Development: The ability to develop one’s self to one’s full potential applying technical and / professional; knowledge and expertise |
|LEVEL 2 |
|Listening and Communicating: To be able to receive, understand and convey information and ideas effectively to others |
|LEVEL 2 |
|Respecting Others and Valuing Diversity: The ability to demonstrate and promote the Councils Community Cohesion and Equality Strategy and Policy in ways that |
|can be recognised by employees, customers, partners and colleagues. |
|LEVEL 1 |
|Flexibility and Adaptability The ability to approach things freshly with an open mind and to adapt to change |
|LEVEL 2 |
|Team Working and Building Relationships The ability to build mutually beneficial and productive relationships between individuals working in the team or with |
|other teams or individuals |
|LEVEL 2 |
|Customer Focus: An awareness of customer needs, both internal and external, and a commitment to continually improve the services provided. |
|LEVEL 1 |
|Other requirements: |
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|Resilient (able to work in an environment that is emotionally and/or physically demanding). |
|Sensitivity, tact etc. |
|Approachable. |
|Team player. |
|Reliability. |
|Sleeping in duties. |
|Flexible working hours. |
|Hobby/pursuit to teach/train others in. |
|Healthy enough to cope with the physical aspects of the job. |
|Commitment to training, supervision, appraisal, and attendance at staff meetings. |
|Equal opportunities - must be able to demonstrate an awareness of the importance of equal opportunities for staff and clients, taking into account gender, race |
|disability, sexual orientation and age. |
|Access to / use of a vehicle is desirable. |
|This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Due to the sensitive nature of the duties the post holder will be expected to undertake a |
|criminal record check as part of the recruitment process. |
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