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Jobpaths4U Limited
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Oadby, Leicestershire
Senior Children's Support Worker
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This is an exciting opportunity for a positive and enthusiastic Senior Children's Support Worker who is flexible and has a desire to make a difference to help and support young people, promote their value and enable them to make life enhancing choices. You will work with Children and Young people aged 6-18 years in a Residential Home you will assist in leading, motivating and supporting a team of residential childcare practitioners. Senior Children's Support Worker Duties and Responsibilities: * Provide a caring, supportive and nurturing environment in which children/young people can feel secure and free from harm. * Implement personal care plans set out for Children and young people * Work alongside the homes psychologist to bring into practice a Therapeutic approach in dealing with any child regardless of age * Ensure that each member of staff is aware of each child's care plan and their responsibilities for its implementation. * Chair children's meetings and facilitating consultation with young people throughout all their care need * Participate in reviews and other meetings as required and ensure LAC documentation is up to date and changed when appropriate i.e. after a statutory review * Take shared responsibility and accountability for the administration of all medication prescribed for the young people * Work in partnership with all individuals involved in a young person life to help improve their life chances and outcomes * Lead shifts, ensuring appropriate handovers take place, and be responsible for the deployment of staff on duty to ensure that the work required in the home is undertaken Requirements * Aged 23 or over * Full driving licence * Able to work on a shift pattern which includes sleep-ins * Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare or equivalent * Minimum of 1 year of experience working at a senior level with children in care * Experience of case managing young people, delegating and problem solving * Knowledge of the Quality Standards for children's homes Benefits Salary: 20,280 to 21,320 + sleep-in allowance = 45 per sleep-in (2 sleep-in's a week) Closing date : Friday 15th November 2019 Interview: ASAP Contact : Amandeep at Job Paths 4 U Job Paths 4 U is an Employment Agency and an Employment Business. We will collect and store personal information that you submit to us via this advertisement. For further information on how we use and protect the information that you provide, please visit our website.