The role & you
The primary role of a Senior Residential Child Care Worker is to support the students from the point of leaving school, during the evening and until the following morning when they go back off to school. This post involves formal supervision of designated staff.
Once students arrive from school staff support them by making healthy snacks, agreeing activities, talking about their day and encouraging the students to have a shower and get changed.
Staff encourage students to choose at least one physical activity which staff will support and get involved with. We then eat together at dinner time before going off for our second activity such as playing in the park, visiting the beach, playing on skateboards, playing board games, having a quiz or going to bowling/cinema/golf etc. Later in the evening we help with school work, watch TV or a film before the students are supported to go to bed after a story or chat before staff complete evening reports. In the morning staff wake the students to get ready and go off to breakfast ready for their school day.
Staff are expected to attend residential holidays when needed and undertake driving duties as required.
In addition, residential staff write and agree placement plans, risk assessments, activity rotas and review reports when required. During the school day staff support in the school for on call duties, activity events and training.
Throughout, staff participate in the general supervision of students, ensure that students adhere to acceptable standards of behaviour, give sensitive and effective care in a safe and supportive environment so that students enjoy a calm and relaxed group living experience.
Salary: Pay Scale 7-8, Spine Points 19-28. Actual Salary Range: £28,115-£34,757 PA. Annual Salary Range: £29,777-£36,648 PA. Plus NJC payment Sleeping-in Duty Payments. Pay Award Pending.
Hours: 40.75 hours per week, term time & inset days. Working 39 weeks per academic year.
Candidates must have:
- A minimum of 2 years successful experience of working with adolescents is essential and with SEMH preferable.
- NVQ Level 3 in Child/Young Persons Care is essential.
- Willingness and ability to administer medication.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation e.g. Children Act and NMS for residential special schools.
- Good knowledge of First Aid.
- Good working knowledge of ICT to support learning.
- With a current car driving license along with flexibility and willingness to use own car to transport students, if required
- Ability to use clear language to communicate information unambiguously.
- Ability to listen effectively and respond in an appropriate and professional way.
- Uses initiative to overcome communication barriers with children and adults.
- Consult with children and their families and carers and other adults.
- Ability to apply a range of behaviour management policies and strategies which contribute to a purposeful learning environment.
- Understand and support the importance of physical and emotional wellbeing and the wellbeing and safety of children.
- Enthusiastic, reliable and committed. Possess energy, vigor, perseverance, and empathy. Adaptable and flexible to changing circumstances. Good organisation skills and ability to remain calm under pressure.
- Good understanding and knowledge of the school curriculum.
- Good understanding of child development and learning processes. Ability to assess and record progress and recommend appropriate strategies to support development.
- Understand the importance of physical and emotional wellbeing.
- Works effectively as part of a team.
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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