Senior Support Worker - #JBD8642

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Senior Support Worker
Scale: £13.49 - £14.01 per hour, Night-time Support Allowance - £60.00

Location:

Calderdale & Bradford
(£26,305.50 - £27,319.50 per annum which equates to £33,505.50 - £34,519.50 per annum when working a 1 on 2 off rolling shift pattern inclusive of sleep allowance),

Hours:

37.5 hours per week
Overall

Purpose:

To assist the Assistant Manager and Registered/ Service Manager/s in ensuring all responsibilities of Restorative Social Care Services provisions are met.
Responsible To:
Registered Manager/Service Manager

Reports To:

Assistant Manager

Care / Support Responsibilities
- Our Ethos
Always put the needs of children, young people and other service users first, treating them with dignity and respect.
Take responsibility for the basic care or support needs of children, young people and other service users - assisting and ensuring good personal care and health care and promoting education and recreational activities.
Proactively support childrens, young peoples and other service users Care/Pathway Plan/ I Restorative Support Plans - taking active responsibility to promote their Behavioural Outcomes, Health, Education, Independence, Social, Emotional and Personal Well Being, through delivering focused and planned interventions.
Be committed to Restorative Social Care Services Culture of Awareness Policy and actively promote the safety and well-being of children and young people by reporting any concerns which might compromise the child, young persons or service users safety.
Be mindful of and practice in a manner which reflects the intervention elements of Restoratives Model of Care/ Support
-namely, Authoritative Parenting/ Support;
Restorative Interventions;
Strengths Focused Approaches.
Practice in a resilient and calm manner when facing challenging and complex behaviours presented by the children, young people and other service users, implementing appropriate de-escalation or positive handling strategies.
Contribute to and create a warm, caring or supportive and nurturing environment.
Promote or support childrens, young peoples and other services users diet ensuring good nutrition and balanced meals.
Take responsibility for, or support childrens, young peoples or other service users health and well-being - ensuring regular GP and hospital visits, administering (service/provision dependent) and appropriate recording of medication, dental and optical checks and other medical needs relevant to individual plans and levels of need.
Promote contact with the childrens, young peoples or other service users family and others through supervising support or transporting them to contact in conjunction with the childs Care/Pathway plan.
Take an active part in promoting the childrens, young peoples and other service users involvement in youth, leisure, social and recreational activities within the local area.
Ensure that any specific additional needs of the children, young people and other service users - physical, emotional or medical - are addressed and promoted through providing support in accordance with individual Care/Pathway Plans/ Restorative Support Plans.
Ensure that childrens, young peoples or other services users individual cultural and religious needs are promoted and respected.
Actively encourage and promote responsibility and independence ensuring that this takes place within a context of safety and well-being.
Assist and support service users to develop age appropriate independent living skills e.g. budgeting, shopping, meal preparation, cleaning, washing, ironing, simple house maintenance, paying bills, preparing CVs for job applications & training.
When Young People are transitioning to adult services actively work in partnership with relevant agencies, housing and social landlords and people to ensure high levels of participation for each young person/adult to achieve planned outcomes.
Where appropriate, support/facilitate young people and other service users to secure or maintain their tenancy through paying bills, taking care of and securing their home including cleaning tasks, learning how…