Nurtured Talent International
36-48 hour week, 7-7. 28 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
£14.30 PH

Qualifications

• Experienced RCW with a track record of high performance or 1-2 years working in a transferable role
• Diploma Level 3 in Residential Child Care (England) qualification or working towards this.
• Ability to work within a 24/7 operation and to support in On Call
• DBS on update service or able to pass an enhanced DBS check
• Qualification complete or able to enrol onto a supervision skills and safer recruitment training
• Valid driving license and use of vehicle

Experience

• Previous recent experience working in a residential care provision for at least 1-2 years (with children and young people with EBD, LD and Complex needs/Mental Health)
• Care Supervision level experience of 1-2 year
• Experience in providing and supporting in debriefs for staff who work with challenging behaviours
• Experience in providing supervision for staff
• Following a training and development plan for the home and self
• Learn and adhere to Ofsted 9 Quality standards for children s home and/or 4 quality standards for Supported accommodation
• Experience with Reg 44 visits
• Previous successful experience listening to, advocating for, and engaging with decision making processes for young people with their appropriate choices
• Experience leading meetings, setting agendas etc

Skills

• Excellent ability to instil confidence in staff to develop competence
• Ability to share and teach good practise
• Excellent organisational skills
• Demonstrate people skills and have an ability to engage staff
• Excellent report writing
• IT skills including using emails, work processing and spreadsheets
• Evidenced ability to formulate care/placement plans and risk assessments 8. Excellent communication and multi-agency working skills (listening and being a team player)
• Organisation and problem-solving skills
• Ability to support staff or signpost them during challenging times
• Takes accountability for own training and continual professional development, showing initiative and sharing ideas

Personal qualities

• Good attention to detail and ability to follow up on actions to see through to completion
• Discreet and diplomatic. Able to treat relevant information with appropriate confidentiality
• Commitment to safeguard young people and staff and provide high quality care
• Promoting equality and diversity in working practise, encouraging and control a respectful and equal working culture within the home
• Work effectively in the Middle management team and promote the vision and culture to the wider site.
• Ability to bridge the gap between the Senior Management team and Support Workers
• Ability to be assertive and consistent whilst demonstrating a caring nature

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES

• To provide shift management and support to the team, in line with company policy and regulatory requirements. Supervising and providing guidance, support, direction and leadership to staff; ensuring tasks are effectively completed.
• To Model best practice approaches during challenging behaviours, ensuring there are coherent and consistently high levels of care.
• Work directly with others in the middle management team for the best interest of the young people, staff, and company.

KEY TASKS

• To ensure the care plans, risk assessments and key working sessions are up to date and effectively implemented daily representing best practices and reflective of the child s views wishes and feelings.
• Establish and use methods to evaluate the quality of care provided by staff within the home and to make improvements where necessary, encouraging continuous improvement; and providing accurate and timely feedback to team members of actions and behaviours
• Model the best practice approaches to working with and supporting children with challenging behaviours and build staff confidence.
• Ensure a regular use of effective handovers and debriefs for staff.
• Take responsibility for ensuring all daily tasks are complete, along with health and safety checks.
• Participate in the transition process for children in and out of the home.
• Regularly review the staffing structure and support HR with recruitment, induction, and training.
• Support the Manager to regularly review the budget needs within the home where appropriate and shadow management as and when necessary to develop skills.
• Ensure daily practice within the homes reflects the equality and diversity goals of the company and the needs of the staff and young people
• Work effectively with all professionals and multiple agencies that are required for the best care of the young people.
• Conduct supervision and welfare meetings as and when required as per company policy.
• Provide consistent leadership, ensuring staff feel respected, listened to, and supported.
• Take part in scheduling shifts and working on the rota to ensure that the home is staffed appropriately and adequately. Ensuring on-call and managerial presence at all appropriate times.
• Safeguarding
• Ensure staff, visitors and young people are safeguarded daily and health and safety protocols are followed according to the health and Safety at work act 1974
• Work with your staff team to ensure positive outcomes, reducing incidents and providing a safe environment for young people, visitors, and staff.
• Report and whistle blow any work situation that is deemed by the management of the health and Safety Act 1999, to cause imminent danger and shortcomings of the employer s protection arrangements.
• To monitor and maintain standards against agreed criteria and objectives and to implement quality assurance systems, which reflect agreed good practice.
• Understand and work within the individual health needs of each young person which may include but not exhausting:
• Eating and diet plans where appropriate
• Administering the correct medication
• Attending medical/hospital appointments/health checks/dental/CAMHS
• Wellbeing
• Support and develop the mental and physical health and wellbeing of young people in their care.
• Provide life skills and development activities, that build independence, appreciation and confidence in children and young people (working within the agreed independence plan).
• Assist the young people to set aims and goals and support them in the achievement of these.
• Develop and support young people in developing key life skills from basic hygiene, daily chores, shopping and financial management/savings/pocket money (whichever are the most appropriate)
• Encourage and coach young people to make the right choices, take responsibility for their actions and consider the possible consequences
• Ensure consistent consequences are applied to young people based on their actions and behaviours
• Ensure that the young people have a good appreciation of equality and diversity by showing respect for others and taking time to understand wishes, feeling and cultural differences
• Support and enable the young people to access the community (where applicable) in a positive and responsible manner.

ENJOY AND ACHIEVE

• Enable and support young people to engage with the education system positively by supporting, facilitating and encouraging attendance
• Undertake the necessary transport arrangements to ensure the young people commute safely to school
• Help and support young people in the completion of home work
• Attend school meetings, events and trips
• Identify activities that support education development that will benefit the young people
• Research, plan and support educational activities and resources
• Promote positive behaviours and actions and support this through appropriate reward systems and sanction
• Support and coach young people in creating CVs and preparing for interviews
• Work within the agreed semi-independence packages
• Understand what section of care the children are under and work within this at all times
• Participate in multi-agency meetings to gather and share information to get the right outcome and best support for the young people
• Identify and escalate when Social Workers need involvement with the young person
• Facilitate and support family contact and relationships where applicable
• Organise transport and supervise visits
• Ensure confidentiality is not breached at any time, understanding what information can and can t be share.
• Key Working
• Act as the main co-ordinator of services for a particular young person(s) in the home
• Where possible have involvement in visits prior to admission and during transition to help settle the young person in as quickly as possible
• Establish and maintain an appropriate and professional relationship with the young person
• Help and support other colleagues to follow the agreed approaches and care strategies set out in the Placement Plan
• Ensure all necessary paperwork i.e. risk assessments, records and placement plans are up to date, prepared and collated in readiness for Key Worker meetings, LAC meetings and Placement Plan reviews
• Help to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the placement plan and care strategies, feeding back to the relevant parties accordingly . click apply for full job details

Nurtured Talent International
36-48 hour week, 7-7. 28 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
£14.30 PH

Qualifications

• Experienced RCW with a track record of high performance or 1-2 years working in a transferable role
• Diploma Level 3 in Residential Child Care (England) qualification or working towards this.
• Ability to work within a 24/7 operation and to support in On Call
• DBS on update service or able to pass an enhanced DBS check
• Qualification complete or able to enrol onto a supervision skills and safer recruitment training
• Valid driving license and use of vehicle

Experience

• Previous recent experience working in a residential care provision for at least 1-2 years (with children and young people with EBD, LD and Complex needs/Mental Health)
• Care Supervision level experience of 1-2 year
• Experience in providing and supporting in debriefs for staff who work with challenging behaviours
• Experience in providing supervision for staff
• Following a training and development plan for the home and self
• Learn and adhere to Ofsted 9 Quality standards for children s home and/or 4 quality standards for Supported accommodation
• Experience with Reg 44 visits
• Previous successful experience listening to, advocating for, and engaging with decision making processes for young people with their appropriate choices
• Experience leading meetings, setting agendas etc

Skills

• Excellent ability to instil confidence in staff to develop competence
• Ability to share and teach good practise
• Excellent organisational skills
• Demonstrate people skills and have an ability to engage staff
• Excellent report writing
• IT skills including using emails, work processing and spreadsheets
• Evidenced ability to formulate care/placement plans and risk assessments 8. Excellent communication and multi-agency working skills (listening and being a team player)
• Organisation and problem-solving skills
• Ability to support staff or signpost them during challenging times
• Takes accountability for own training and continual professional development, showing initiative and sharing ideas

Personal qualities

• Good attention to detail and ability to follow up on actions to see through to completion
• Discreet and diplomatic. Able to treat relevant information with appropriate confidentiality
• Commitment to safeguard young people and staff and provide high quality care
• Promoting equality and diversity in working practise, encouraging and control a respectful and equal working culture within the home
• Work effectively in the Middle management team and promote the vision and culture to the wider site.
• Ability to bridge the gap between the Senior Management team and Support Workers
• Ability to be assertive and consistent whilst demonstrating a caring nature

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES

• To provide shift management and support to the team, in line with company policy and regulatory requirements. Supervising and providing guidance, support, direction and leadership to staff; ensuring tasks are effectively completed.
• To Model best practice approaches during challenging behaviours, ensuring there are coherent and consistently high levels of care.
• Work directly with others in the middle management team for the best interest of the young people, staff, and company.

KEY TASKS

• To ensure the care plans, risk assessments and key working sessions are up to date and effectively implemented daily representing best practices and reflective of the child s views wishes and feelings.
• Establish and use methods to evaluate the quality of care provided by staff within the home and to make improvements where necessary, encouraging continuous improvement; and providing accurate and timely feedback to team members of actions and behaviours
• Model the best practice approaches to working with and supporting children with challenging behaviours and build staff confidence.
• Ensure a regular use of effective handovers and debriefs for staff.
• Take responsibility for ensuring all daily tasks are complete, along with health and safety checks.
• Participate in the transition process for children in and out of the home.
• Regularly review the staffing structure and support HR with recruitment, induction, and training.
• Support the Manager to regularly review the budget needs within the home where appropriate and shadow management as and when necessary to develop skills.
• Ensure daily practice within the homes reflects the equality and diversity goals of the company and the needs of the staff and young people
• Work effectively with all professionals and multiple agencies that are required for the best care of the young people.
• Conduct supervision and welfare meetings as and when required as per company policy.
• Provide consistent leadership, ensuring staff feel respected, listened to, and supported.
• Take part in scheduling shifts and working on the rota to ensure that the home is staffed appropriately and adequately. Ensuring on-call and managerial presence at all appropriate times.
• Safeguarding
• Ensure staff, visitors and young people are safeguarded daily and health and safety protocols are followed according to the health and Safety at work act 1974
• Work with your staff team to ensure positive outcomes, reducing incidents and providing a safe environment for young people, visitors, and staff.
• Report and whistle blow any work situation that is deemed by the management of the health and Safety Act 1999, to cause imminent danger and shortcomings of the employer s protection arrangements.
• To monitor and maintain standards against agreed criteria and objectives and to implement quality assurance systems, which reflect agreed good practice.
• Understand and work within the individual health needs of each young person which may include but not exhausting:
• Eating and diet plans where appropriate
• Administering the correct medication
• Attending medical/hospital appointments/health checks/dental/CAMHS
• Wellbeing
• Support and develop the mental and physical health and wellbeing of young people in their care.
• Provide life skills and development activities, that build independence, appreciation and confidence in children and young people (working within the agreed independence plan).
• Assist the young people to set aims and goals and support them in the achievement of these.
• Develop and support young people in developing key life skills from basic hygiene, daily chores, shopping and financial management/savings/pocket money (whichever are the most appropriate)
• Encourage and coach young people to make the right choices, take responsibility for their actions and consider the possible consequences
• Ensure consistent consequences are applied to young people based on their actions and behaviours
• Ensure that the young people have a good appreciation of equality and diversity by showing respect for others and taking time to understand wishes, feeling and cultural differences
• Support and enable the young people to access the community (where applicable) in a positive and responsible manner.

ENJOY AND ACHIEVE

• Enable and support young people to engage with the education system positively by supporting, facilitating and encouraging attendance
• Undertake the necessary transport arrangements to ensure the young people commute safely to school
• Help and support young people in the completion of home work
• Attend school meetings, events and trips
• Identify activities that support education development that will benefit the young people
• Research, plan and support educational activities and resources
• Promote positive behaviours and actions and support this through appropriate reward systems and sanction
• Support and coach young people in creating CVs and preparing for interviews
• Work within the agreed semi-independence packages
• Understand what section of care the children are under and work within this at all times
• Participate in multi-agency meetings to gather and share information to get the right outcome and best support for the young people
• Identify and escalate when Social Workers need involvement with the young person
• Facilitate and support family contact and relationships where applicable
• Organise transport and supervise visits
• Ensure confidentiality is not breached at any time, understanding what information can and can t be share.
• Key Working
• Act as the main co-ordinator of services for a particular young person(s) in the home
• Where possible have involvement in visits prior to admission and during transition to help settle the young person in as quickly as possible
• Establish and maintain an appropriate and professional relationship with the young person
• Help and support other colleagues to follow the agreed approaches and care strategies set out in the Placement Plan
• Ensure all necessary paperwork i.e. risk assessments, records and placement plans are up to date, prepared and collated in readiness for Key Worker meetings, LAC meetings and Placement Plan reviews
• Help to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the placement plan and care strategies, feeding back to the relevant parties accordingly . click apply for full job details