Job Title:
Senior Residential Worker
Location:
Knowsley Village, L34
Salary:
£25,000 – £28,000 Dependant on Experience plus sleep in @£50 (average of 10 per month)
Extra Employee benefits:
Diploma Level 5 free of charge
Death in service/ Life insurance 3 x Salary
Employee assistance program.
Cycle to work and technology schemes
Health Cash Plan financial help towards dental, opticians, private health consultations, online GP, physiotherapy, children can be added for free.
Bonus schemes for attendance and employee of the month
Employer:
AYA Childcare Services
Responsible To:
Aims:
To deliver high quality care to the children and young people resident within the home.
To enrich the lives of young people in our care, helping them to create a positive future.
To work within the framework of AYA’s policies and procedures.
Childcare Responsibilities:
To demonstrate practical leadership in childcare, as well as assist in the organising and supporting of staff to provide the best possible care for each child and young person.
Ensure the effective implementation of the Children Act 1989 and the accompanying guidance and regulations (Vol. 4 Residential Care), the Care Standards Act 2000 and the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015. This will be achieved in consultation with the relevant statutory body.
Ensure that any matters relating to Safeguarding are managed in line with current legislation, national standards and best safeguarding practice.
Maintain the highest possible standards of childcare and ensure that each child and young person’s agreed placement plan is fully implemented.
Co-ordinate and access the appropriate services (health, education, therapy) to ensure the needs of each child and young person is met.
Leadership Responsibilities:
Provide assistance in the leadership and coaching in childcare practice within the home to ensure best outcomes for children and young people.
Assist the Registered Manager and Deputy Manager in mentoring and supporting the Residential Childcare Workers in provision of best possible childcare practices.
Stewardship of AYA Childcare underpinning philosophy and practice framework, ensuring that care standards are never compromised.
Ensure that all of AYA Childcare policies and procedures are implemented appropriately.
Home Management Responsibilities:
To achieve the best outcomes for all children and young people, ensure that the home is managed effectively and efficiently in a warm and caring manner.
To provide support to the Residential Childcare Workers to ensure there is a focus on providing the best childcare for the children and young people.
Assist the Registered and Deputy Manager to ensure full participation and co-operation with AYA Childcare’s comprehensive and integrated Quality Assurance systems, assisting in the responsibility for all duties associated with regulatory compliance. This includes the annual inspection process.
Assist the Registered and Deputy Manager to sustain and develop the administration systems, recording systems and repair work, so that a warm and caring home environment is maintained.
To provide an out of hours on-call service to staff on a rota basis with other managers.
Team Management Responsibilities:
This must, as a minimum, meet with Children’s Homes Regulations and National Minimum Standards.
To act as shift leader providing support to the staff group ensuring that the specific needs of children and young people in the home are met.
Other Responsibilities:
This post is subject to enhanced DBS criminal record disclosure and subscription with the DBS Update Service.
AYA operates within a constantly changing environment, and as such, work priorities and targets may change. AYA’s management reserves the right to make reasonable changes to the job purpose and accountabilities.
