Job Details
Children's Residential Senior Support Worker
Break
Expires in 3 days
Overview
Break is a forward-thinking non-profit organisation that’s delivered unique support for young people across East Anglia for over fifty years.
£27,478 to £28,410
per year, depending on qualifications
Full time, Permanent
(38 hours per week)
Sheringham, Norfolk
Key information
At Break we invest in the future of our staff just as we do for the young people in our services. We strive to provide the highest quality of care, so whether you’re just starting your career in children’s social care or are already qualified, you’ll be supported, recognised and rewarded for your essential part in our vital work.
About the role
- To act as the senior shift worker in the staff team
- To support staff in accessing identified developmental opportunities for service user
- To protect the service-users from threat to their health, well-being and development, both from inside and outside the home
- To ensure that the home environment is appropriate and sensitive to the needs of the service users
- Where possible, to ensure service-users are included in any decision-making related to the day-to-day running of the home / shifts
- To support staff in a manner that provides an empowering, positive experience for service-users through appropriate use of Break processes including on-shift direction and support and supervision
- To implement management decisions in a manner that provides an empowering, positive experience for service-users
People are our biggest asset in our organisation. We recognise that the key to providing the highest quality of care is to ensure we have a diverse workforce using their life experiences to give the children and young people a well-rounded right start in life. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
Requirements
- You will need to successfully complete an NVQ Level 3 in Residential Childcare before you complete 24 months of Support Work. This will be fully funded by Break and you will be supported by our training team.
- Please note that you must have a full, valid, manual driving licence. Good standard of Education including literacy and numeracy
- Working with children for at least one year
- Ability to work under pressure / deadlines
- Competency in recording and devising risk assessments / care plans and all legislative paperwork.
- Ability to adapt Communication style to suit a wide range of stakeholders
- Relate well to young people
- Be advocate for young people
We reserve the right to interview suitable candidates as they apply. This means the role may close at short notice and without prior warning.