Senior Residential Social Care Worker

Job Introduction

Have you ever wanted to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable Children and Young People? Our children’s home in Pocket Nook Bolton provides residential Care for Children and Young People with who (Emotional Behavioural difficulties/Autism, Learning difficulties and complex needs).

As one of the UK's best employers  we are looking for a dedicated, proactive and highly experienced children's residential support worker.

Location: Lostock, Bolton

Hours: 37.5Hours - Full Time 

Salary: £30,912

The Together Trust is one of the North West’s leading charities, offering individual care, support, and education to hundreds of children, young people, and adults each year. We are a not-for-profit charitable trust, so every penny goes back into benefiting the people that we support.

We believe that everyone deserves a place to call home - whether that's a place to call your own or somewhere to get safety, stability and support. You’ll be helping children to grow their independence and shape their own story within a supportive, caring home.

You will be working in a caring home environment with the wider team under the leadership of the Registered Manager, nurturing, and supporting the young people providing them with all the care, love, and support that they would receive as if it was their family home.

Responsibilities include but are not exhaustive 

• Provide a caring, safe, secure and accepting environment that meets the basic physical, health, social needs and rights of the young people. This will include supporting less experienced staff via positive and effective team working, to achieve high quality standards of care that are set and agreed by the Registered Manager on behalf of the Trust. This work will aim to respect and promote the needs of each child arising from their racial, cultural and religious background.
• Participate to establish an enabling culture, which individually and in groups, actively promotes the young people’s life chances to achieve optimal outcomes in line with the Quality care standards.
• Contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and review of systems and policies which ensure compliance with legislative regulations and that high standards are achieved thus maximising quality of care, protection and appropriate control.
• Supervise and/or undertake key working responsibilities, including primary responsibility for the more complex cases, especially where safeguarding issues are involved.
• Develop, demonstrate, promote and maintain a good level of awareness of safeguarding issues, assessing and recording risk. This will include referring any safeguarding issues to the Registered Manager and incorporating consistent boundary setting into everyday practice in order to ensure effectiveness in the prevention and appropriate management of challenging behaviour.
• Make assessments of need and coordinate the formulation of plans to enable these needs to be met, taking into account the wishes and feelings of the young people, their parents and other persons with parental responsibility, and in line with legislation pertaining to children and young adults.
• Maximise educational opportunities and achievements for young people looked after within the home by assisting in identifying, establishing, supporting educational provision and contributing to educational reviews.
• Supervise and undertake direct work that is designed to meet the young person’s needs as identified within the care plan, enabling them to reach full potential. Particular attention should be paid to dealing sensitively with transitions and supporting the young person’s significant relationship.
• Establish and maintain positive and productive networks with communities and other agencies to achieve optimal outcomes and to implement practices which foster positive working relationships with parents, carers, families and significant others.
• Contribute to the assessment and appraisal of team members using discussion, direct observation and a range of other methods in line with organisational policies and procedures to enhance performance and take responsibility for the continuing professional development of self and others.
• Promote a positive image of the Trust through professional presentation at meetings in clear, factual report writing.
• Take responsibility for the promotion of safeguarding and the welfare of children and young persons for who they are responsible for.

About You;

• Level 4 in children, young people and families practitioner or equivalent
• Significant childcare experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Working with statutory and voluntary agencies
• Flexibility to respond to the needs of the unit and young people
• Good communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Good organisational and time management skills
• A current clean driving licence

Benefits

• Annual Leave27 day holiday plus 8 days bank holidays rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 days after 10 years
• Generous pension schemeand death in service benefit, up to 7% company pension contributions initially rising with length of service and up to 6 x basic salary death in service benefit.
• Occupational sick payand family friendly policies includingenhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Reward and Discount platformoffering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
• Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card
• Proud to be a real living wage employer
• Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications
• Long service awardsincluding cash gifts and extra holiday.
• Promotion of Wellbeingacross the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programmefor you and adults at your home

Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience. 

If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can do to support you

The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself).

This role will involve regulated activity.

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