General Duties

Ensure that Safeguarding is of the highest Priority.

Strive to provide the best experience possible for the Children - enabling, engaging, and empowering them to achieve their aspirations.

Ensure that all Legislation, Company Policy + Procedures are always followed.

Support and Respect all Colleagues to the best of your ability.

Always have a professional attitude.

Be confident in the use of the Whistle Blowing Policy

Ensure that your own professional Development id of high priority.

Complete all mandatory training.

Celebrate the smallest of achievements for Children and Colleagues.

Celebrate birthdays, Festive Holidays and always create fun!

Specific Duties

Work with children in the home, supporting them with their individual needs as outlined in their placement plan.

Ensure that Safeguarding and the protection of Children is always prioritised.

Ensure that you are working to the Company Ethos, Polices and Procedures.

Ensure children are treated with dignity and respect.

Support children to participate in the routines of the home and encourage them to take part in new activities.

Promote education and support children in attending school, accompanying the child if required.

Where children are out of education, support them with educational activities and work toward education outcomes.

Promote well-being in the home by ensuring the environment is free from bullying, prejudice providing a safe loving place to live.

Help children deal with conflict and trauma by supporting any therapeutic plans that are in place for them.

Work co-operatively and pro-actively as part of a team supporting colleagues and the manager.

Ensure that all records are kept to a high standard.

Ensure that the home is always a clean and ambient environment.

You are required to partake in cleaning the home and cooking meals.

Ensure that the medical needs, including medications are managed and recorded immediately.

Ensure that the Children's records are always kept up to date, including Placement Plans, Personal Plans and Risk Assessment.

Ensure that Key worker sessions are completed weekly and recorded.

You will be required to attend meetings; these may fall on your rostered off days.

You will be required to work with external agencies, social workers, health professionals, advocates, and families.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Education

Educated to GCSE Level or above. Including Maths and English.

Diploma Level 3 in Looking after Children and Young People or be willing to work towards it.

Experience

Working with children who have experienced a negative childhood for various reasons.

Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.

Effective record-keeping skills and maintaining the confidentiality.

IT skills

Awareness of using Physical Intervention to ensure that the child, staff and others are safe.

Knowledge and understanding

The Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015,

Quality Standards for Children's Homes,

Children Act 1989,

Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018,

Equality and Diversity 2010,

Data Protection Act 2018, and

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.

Skill and Abilities

Full clean drivers licence - manual and automatic

Home Cooking

Manage challenging behaviour.

Support children with complex needs.

Actively listen to others.

be confident with children.

Mentor and advocate for Children.

Effective oral and written communication skills.

Awareness of confidentiality and data protection.

Awareness of child protection and safeguarding.

Awareness of substance misuse and child exploitation.

Sharing approved leisure activities with Children - including annual holidays and weekends away.

Have fun with the Children

Equality and Diversity

Promote equality and diversity by interpreting equality, diversity, and rights according to legislation and policies.

Develop a culture of non-discrimination that supports individuals' rights and eliminates patterns of discrimination