Senior Support Workers - Children's Residential Care

Job Title: Senior Support Workers - Children's Residential Care

Location: Strood, Kent

Salary: £14 - £16 per hour

Job type: Full Time - Permanent

The Role:

Haven Care Support Services is a registered children's home and is actively seeking to appoint senior support workers in our two children's homes in Strood, Kent. We are a developing organisation and planning to open more homes in the Kent area during the coming year.

The senior workers will support the registered manager to effectively manage the homes by providing supervision and guidance to junior staff and ensuring that our children receive high quality care.

If you have a background in residential care for children and young people or in a related field with children in care and want to develop your career, we would like to hear from you.

Responsibilities/Duties:

• To organise and participate in activities for children and young people
• 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 Haven. Working within the Children Act 1989, Children's Homes Regulations 2015 and all other relevant legislation.
• Provide advice, assistance, and support on a 1:1 basis to enable the child to address past and present difficulties
• To support with domestic chores such as cooking, cleaning, general maintenance and promoting good hygiene within the home
• Providing emotional support at the time of difficulty or stress
• Attending young people's meetings and contributing to them
• Responsibility for the accurate maintenance of financial records
• Be a key worker to a young person
• Provide support to young people with homework and extracurricular activities.
• Keep accurate records and providing written reports on young people for planning reviews, meetings any other meetings as directed by the line manager
• Support young people to all health appointments

Qualifications/Skills:

• Minimum 3 years' experience working with children and young people, preferably in a children's residential home, or equivalent settings
• Level 3 Children and Young People's Workforce Diploma with social care pathway or the NVQ level 3 caring for children and young people or NVQ level 3 health and social care - Desirable
• A passion for working with children - Essential
• An enhanced D.B.S check will be completed -Essential
• Full UK driving licence - Desirable
• Applicants will need to be flexible to work as per the need of the home - Essential
• Good Communication skills -Essential
• Resilience and Patience- Essential

Benefits:

• Free parking
• Pension scheme
• Wellbeing service
• Funding for Level 3 qualification
• Training and supervision
• Paid Annual leave

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Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Support Worker, Care Worker, Care Assistant, Domiciliary Support Assistant, Senior Care Assistant, Team Leader, Care Work Assistant, Resident Care Assistant, Resident Care Worker, Child Care Worker, Elderly Care Assistant, Child Support Worker, Child Care, Support Assistant, Enabler, Healthcare Assistant will also be considered for this role.