residential support worker
Responsibility
- attending young people’s meetings and contributing to them
- driving company vehicles
- receiving training appropriate to the role and maintaining an up to date training profile
Show more +16 - working from the guidelines from the 1989 Children’s Act, National Minimum Standards, Every Child Matters and any other relevant legislation
- to provide a caring, supportive and nurturing environment in which children/young people can feel secure and free from harm
- responsibility for the accurate maintenance of financial records appropriate to the duties of the post
- 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
- 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 Inspirations
- to provide a positive role model to be able to offer advice, guidance and assistance where appropriate
- responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and colleagues in accordance with the requirements of the organisational Health and Safety Policies
- establishing relationships which young people perceive to be positive, warm and rewarding
- providing emotional support at times of difficulty or stress
- receiving and storing information to improve communication
- being ambitious for young people, helping them achieve their goals and optimise their potential
- 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
- providing support for young people in their education and extracurricular activities, this may include supporting them in the classroom if necessary
Requirements
- support Environment
- residential Childcare
Salary in other companies in the position residential support worker
| MY LIFE SEMI-INDEPENDENT PROJECT | 4500 £ | 2560 £ 4500 £ |
| FORWARD OPTION SERVICES | 4160 £ | 2560 £ 4500 £ |
| ACKERMAN PIERCE | 3200 £ | 2560 £ 4500 £ |
| HELM CARE SERVICES | 3000 £ | 2560 £ 4500 £ |
| PURPLE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM | 2916 £ | 2560 £ 4500 £ |
| WITHERSLACK GROUP | 2657 £ | 2560 £ 4500 £ |
| WITHERSLACK GROUP | 2646 £ | 2560 £ 4500 £ |
| LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | 2620 £ | 2560 £ 4500 £ |
| JMR HEALTHCARE | 2560 £ | 2560 £ 4500 £ |
| TIMEPLAN EDUCATION GROUP | 2560 £ | 2560 £ 4500 £ |