Senior Residential Childcare Worker

Positive Footsteps Ltd • Permanent • Reading, Reading, England, United Kingdom • £30.78k - £33.67k / year • 2h ago

Full time 37 hours

Typical shift patterns: 10am - 10pm,sleep-in followed by a 7am - 11am

**CLOSING DATE 19th July**

**INTERVIEWS COMMENCING 20th July**

We are looking for a Senior Residential Childcare Practitioner to join Positive Footsteps Group. A children’s home can be a complex and challenging environment, so we need determined, resilient people to offer unconditional care and commitment to our children. We would welcome applications from qualified, experienced Childcare workers.

The role includes evenings, weekends, bank holidays, and regular sleep-in duties (1–2 per week), with an additional allowance of £50 per sleep-in.

There will be shouting, stressful moments and maybe a tear but there will also be laughter, happiness and a chance to not only make good memories but also have a positive impact on the children's life. Help us to make our house ‘their home’!.

Roles and responsibilities:

Ensure the effective safeguarding of children and young people at all times, taking responsibility for responding to and reporting any concerns in line with policies and procedures.
Provide day-to-day care and support including personal care, medication administration, cooking, cleaning, and maintaining a safe, clean, and well-organised home environment.
Lead and manage the shift, overseeing the day-to-day running of the children’s home and taking accountability for staff practice and decision-making.
Support children and young people with education, key work sessions, emotional and developmental needs, and promoting independence and life skills.
Liaise with external professionals, attend meetings, contribute to care plans, risk assessments, behaviour plans, and maintain accurate daily records and reports in line with regulations.
Work with the organisations policies and procedures, and to the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015
Taking feedback from staff to compile placement plans, behaviour management plans and risk assessments
Conduct formal and informal key work sessions with young people and produce reports for each session

Responsibilities included above are not limited to.

Applicants requirements:

At least 2 years of working in a similar environment (Essential).
NVQ Level 3 in Children and Young People Workforce (Essential).
Full, clean UK Driving Licence (Essential).
Able to demonstrate the ability to lead and use their initiative to solve problems.
Experience of working with young people that have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties (Essential).
The ability to maintain administrative records as required by the organisation.
Initiative and ability to work autonomously whilst considering risk.
The ability to be a good role model.
Ability to react calmly in stressful situations.
A genuine commitment to engaging with children who have challenging behaviour and complex history.
The ability to lead and take responsibility for shifts.

Benefits include:

Entitlement to 28 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays).
Progressive pay scale.
Enhanced employee Assistance Programme.
Paid Training, including additional training to support progression.
Enrolment into the NEST Pension scheme.
Staff incentives, achievement awards.
Access to hundreds of discounts and benefits through the high street and online.

All candidates will be subject to Safer Recruitment and DBS checks.

**CLOSING DATE 19th July**

**INTERVIEWS COMMENCING 20th July**

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