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Requirments

Children experience as support worker

Enhanced DBS

Flexibility ( nights and days)

Key Task

To ensure that the young people’s needs are recognised and met. This includes ensuring that they are free from discrimination within the home and to challenge discrimination from outside the home

To protect the young people from harm in and outside the home.

To assist the management in the home in compliance with Ofsted, legislation, and the ethos and policies of the company.

To exercise responsible control over the children to ensure their safety and well being and assist them in developing acceptable standards of personal hygiene and behaviour. This also applies to

encouraging children to abide by house rules and principles.

To participate in the development, implementation and monitoring of the individual young people’s care plans.

In accordance with plans for the day, to organise and supervise recreational and leisure activities both in and out of the home to provide the children with an interesting and stimulating life. This

includes being prepared to spend time away from home on holidays and at camps etc.

To ensure positive participation in the children’s home and attend training

To be familiar with and follow the Local Authority Child Protection Procedures and Egerton Gardens Children’s Homes, ‘Safer Caring and Child Protection Procedures‘. All information coming to the knowledge of staff must in the first instance be reported immediately to the Registered Manageror Senior Residential Worker.

To develop and maintain good working relationships with parents, social workers, schools and other

professionals concerned with the welfare of the young people.

To use the home as a model to support and develop the social skills of the young people.

To ensure that the home provides an environment that is safe and sensitive to the needs of youngpeople being looked after.

To ensure that the home meets the needs of the individual young people.

To maintain a good understanding of child protection and safeguarding procedures

To care for children when they are ill and, where necessary, administer medicines, drugs and

treatment under the guidance of the child’s medical practitioner.

To perform household duties as required. This includes cooking and general cleaning, sorting laundry, checking children’s bedrooms and encouraging them to keep their rooms tidy.

Adhere to the therapeutic philosophy of the home / organisation.

General

To attend meetings and training as required.

To share the responsibility for creating a pleasant working environment.

To be flexible in hours of work in order to meet tasks required.

To be aware of Health and Safety regulations particularly as related to the upkeep of the office building and its surroundings.

To undertake any other duties that may be reasonably requested by your line manager or any of the other Children’s Homes.

Maintain personal and professional development