Explore residential support worker jobs UK with Champion Children in Heathfield, England. Full-time role paying £26,666–£31,334 per annum, with Skilled Worker visa transfer or switching sponsorship subject to qualifying criteria.
Residential Support Worker jobs UK – Champion Children – Heathfield – £26,666–£31,334 per annum
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Residential Support Worker – Sponsorship Available
Employer: Champion Children
Exact location: Heathfield, England
Salary: £26,666.00–£31,334.00 per annum
Working hours: Full-time
Job duties: Care for children and young people, safeguard their welfare, support education and emotional wellness, maintain care plans and records, coordinate with partner agencies, and help maintain the home.
Requirements: Working knowledge of children and young people with emotional and behavioural challenges, safeguarding, child protection, care planning, and relevant legislation. Ability to work in a children’s home and maintain professional boundaries.
Experience: Childcare: 1 year (Preferred). Previous paid or voluntary work with children and experience supporting young people are preferred.
Qualifications: QCF Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services, or a willingness to pursue and attain within 2 years of working in a children’s home.
Visa sponsorship details: Sponsorship is available for individuals already in the UK who meet the qualifying criteria and are switching or transferring to a Skilled Worker visa. Fresh Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are not provided to international applicants.
Application process: Not specified in the original job post.
Residential Support Worker – Sponsorship Available
Sponsorship
We are able to sponsor a move to a Skilled Worker visa for individuals in the UK who match our qualifying criteria. Please be aware that we do not provide fresh Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) to international applicants. All sponsorship transfer/switch requests will be considered carefully in relation to the candidate’s existing visa status, right to work, qualifications, experience, compliance history and our internal sponsorship standards.
Role Requirements:
The daily work of the home
● Care for Children – Enrich the lives of the young people in our care, help them to build a great future and keep them secure.
● Stand up for the young people in the household, to make sure their voice is heard and their rights are protected. Listen to children and young people about their care and provide them with opportunity to share their ideas about the running of the home.
● Assist the Registered Manager in the management of the home in accordance with the ideal of Champion Children Therapeutic Care Services and create an atmosphere where each child and young person can attain his/her full potential and encourage positive behaviour.
● Make sure the Responsible Individual is informed and kept up to speed about any serious safeguarding and/or child protection concerns.
● Ensure that the home safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children and young people. Ensuring that their welfare is the top priority when providing the service.
● Develop ties with all of the young person’s life and other stakeholders
& partner agencies involved in delivering packages of support.
● Work with external agencies in a multi-agency framework to guarantee positive outcomes and safeguarding, and represent Champion Children Therapeutic Care Services.
● Ensure that any major incidents are reported to the relevant people within 24 hours.
Make ensuring that all young people are looked after in accordance with the written placement plans in place and ensure continuing evaluation, development and review of all individual plans in keeping with the time schedule provided in the Policy.
● Ensure all Key operating records within the house including risk assessments are effectively monitored and reviewed with the Management team as per Organization Policy.
● Make sure that Medication is stored and administered in accordance with organization and legal rules.
● Provide all young people in the household with a healthy nutritious and balanced food.
● Ensuring events, appointments or meetings are planned, diarised and attended by the young person and or appropriate staff in an effective timeline.
● Respect the privacy of the children and young people and their families.
● Ensure the promotion of education, physical health and emotional wellness of young people.
● Meet the social, leisure and cultural needs of children and young people
To be involved in the referral, assessment and admission process.
● Manage time and resources within the home including controlling financial expenditure against budgets and ensuring proper completion of recording.
Organisational and regulatory body/ies requirements and standards Responsibilities under the
● meet the legal fitness standards and carry out all tests required by Regulation 32 of the
regulations for children’s home (2015) 10.
● To keep up to current understanding of the Children’s Homes rules and Quality Standards, the Children’s Acts and other relevant laws and guidelines.
● Work to instructions to ensure all needed standards are met and if improvements are identified by audits and inspections these are actioned accordingly within indicated timescales.
Be answerable to the Senior Residential Support Workers, Deputy Manager, Registered Manager, Responsible Individual, Registered Provider and Ofsted.
● Work within the Equality and Diversity legislation.
• Ensure full implementation and adherence to all policies and procedures to meet legal requirements.
● Ensure the health and safety of children, staff and visitors in compliance with appropriate legislation, policies and procedures.
To assure notice to a “line manager”?if there are any safeguarding issues and
follow all local and national requirements for management of these concerns.
● Provide support to other team members to ensure the home provides an OFSTED Outstanding standard of residential care.
All parts of the premises responsibilities
● Support the Registered Manager in guaranteeing that the home provides a favourable physical environment, concerning design, comfort and homeliness as well as hygiene and cleanliness.
● Report any repairs or damage to the organisation’s property or belongings and take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of the young people and other staff members.
Any other duties as may be appropriate to the position.
● Working knowledge of children and young people with emotional and behavioural challenges, Problematic Sexual Behaviour, Child Sexual Exploitation and learning disabilities and challenging behaviour.
● Knowledge of the roles of local authorities in respect of care planning and how children’s homes are supposed to
support these.
● Knowledge and grasp of the Ofsted inspection framework
● Knowledge of and commitment to the obligations and responsibilities resulting from Child Protection and Safeguarding Act as it applies to the function within the organization.
● Understanding of the rights and entitlements of children and young people in care
● Working knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of the spectrum of professionals and agencies working to support children and young people
● An understanding of and positive response to the needs of young people from diverse ethnic, cultural and/or religious origins
Requirements:
● QCF Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Careand Children and Young People’s Services (ora willingness to pursue and attain within 2 years of working in a children’s home
Core Competencies/Skills General
● Strong communication skills: verbal, interpersonal and written at all levels and when needed
● Always behave with integrity
● Value, respect and champion equality and diversity
● Physically and psychologically able to work in a children’s home
● Good administrative abilities, including word processing and computer literacy, numerical and organisational skills
● Knowledge of and capacity to maintain professional boundaries
● Takes initiative in ongoing learning and development to keep the skills needed for the good of the home
Ability to uphold the culture and ethos of the home and display reflective practice, collaborative responsibility, continual progress and trust
● Reflective and open to exploring own values and beliefs and learning from experience
● encourage equality and diversity in person and ensuring the service is responsive to children’s
culture, age, religion, race, sexual orientation and handicap.
● Manage the impact of personal emotions and conduct regarding the impact on others
Children and young persons
● Ability to assess and identify the needs of children and plan and deliver to satisfy these
do produce positive results
● Experience of direct work with children and young people
