Residential Worker ~ Children ~ Ad Hoc ~ Up To £12 Per Hour

Resilience Personnel Ltd ,
Colchester, Essex

Overview

Job Description

Looking for a Residential Worker to join a team in Colchester As and when basis. Contract position. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS IS A CASUAL AS AND WHEN POSITION. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF SET HOURS EACH WEEK. SHIFTS MAY BE OFFERED AT SHORT NOTICE. PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU ARE NOT OKAY WITH THIS. Service/Functional Accountabilities - Responsible for directly supporting children and young people within a residential home, to ensure all regulatory requirements and codes of practice are met. - Supporting the planning process for children and young people, contributing to the assessment of individual needs and developing placement plans, to ensure clarity on how these needs will be met, implemented and monitored on a regular basis. - Facilitate constructive contact with children and young people's families to ensure that the young people receive care to support them in preparing for adulthood. - Supporting young people to ensure they are encouraged and supported to make decisions about their lives. - Work collaboratively with the management team to ensure that the young people live in a healthy environment in order to be more independent. - Contribute to ensuring young people are able to access education and pursue their particular interests to further develop their ability to be independent and preparation for adulthood. - Contribute to the operational effectiveness of Residential Home ensuring the care of young people is regularly monitored and on occasion and includes leading shifts, on occasion. - Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework. - Educated to NVQ level 3 Caring for Children and Young people or equivalent by experience. - Evidence of continuing professional development and knowledge in relevant professional area. - Evidence of experience of working with young people in a paid or voluntary capacity; or paid work in residential care with other service users. - Understands and demonstrates the ability to promote people's equality, diversity and rights alongside experience of being able to protect children from abuse. - Experience of using relevant technology in which to store, access and retrieve key client information. - Experience of contributing to the development, provision and review of Placement, and other care management plans, with evidence of the ability to encourage young people to develop and maintain a positive sense of identity. Must be able to start within the next few weeks. Why Choose us?????? * Daily Payroll * Have access to jobs with over 100 clients nationwide * 1st Tier Agency * Your own consultant * Find your own job BONUS up to £1000 * Refer a friend BONUS * Free DBS Service