Reports To:
House Manager
Role Purpose
To work in a team to provide day-to-day care for young adults living in our Supported living Home. The role holder will act as a role model and work directly with our young adults providing the best possible quality of personalized care that meets each individuals needs and promotes their welfare.
Through the process of building meaningful relationships with them, the role holder will be part of a team that provides warmth, nurture and care for some of our young adults. Residential Workers will contribute to developing and maintaining a stimulating and nurturing environment,
where the young people feel cared for, happy, healthy and safe from harm.
All staff are integral to the running of the home and contribute to team meetings, shift leading, supervision and appraisal.
Accountabilities
Risk Management
- Contribute to risk awareness in carrying out duties and raise issues
where appropriate. - Conduct standard assessments of service users’ circumstances and
issues. - Manage straightforward cases in specified service area as allocated by
senior colleagues, working within guidelines and procedures, and
record service user progress. - Support service users to access community opportunities and work d
directly with users, providing advice and support to facilitate
independence.
Planning & Organising
- Plan, organise and supervise allocated activities for the young people in
the service. within procedural and - Assist in development and project work, and working with other staff
to provide information and feedback.
Finance/Resource Management
- Make recommendations for the provision of services in line with the
budget determined according to assessment of needs. - Support our young people to be as self-managing of their finances as
possible.
Work with others
- Build effective relationships internally and externally on day-to-day
service issues. - Liaise with careers, relatives, colleagues and other agencies to ensure
good communications and service to our young people.
People Management
- Assist in the induction of new staff and by sharing expertise and
knowledge within the team.
May oversee and guide more junior staff.
Duties for all
Values: To uphold the values and behaviors of our organization.
Equality & Diversity: To work inclusively, with a diverse range of stakeholders and promote equality
of opportunity.
Health, Safety & Welfare: To maintain high standards of Health, Safety and Welfare at work and take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and others.
Education, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities, Experience and Personal Characteristics
- Vocational Qualifications Level 2/3 or equivalent in relevant field with
practical knowledge of service user group needs, or equivalent
experience. - Understanding of relevant legislation, processes and procedures and
issues relating to the service user group. - Ability to show an understanding of the circumstances of people with
social care needs, learning difficulties and how to support them to lead a full and meaningful life in our care. - Able to present options and choices and support others to come to
their own conclusions. - Numeracy skills and the ability to understand and explain basic cost
information. - Good written and oral communication skills with the ability to build
relationships with a range of stakeholders. - Competent in a range of IT tools including databases and MS Office.
- Ability to explain processes and concepts in simple terms and produce
simple reports, and to build and maintain effective relationships with a
range of people. - Able to plan and priorize own work in the context of conflicting
priorities. - Ability to work effectively and flexibly as part of a team
- Ability to guide and support less experienced or more junior
colleagues. - Experience of working with young adults with Learning difficulties and possible challenging behaviour.
- Satisfactory DBS clearance will be required.
Details of the specific qualifications and/or experience if required for the role.
- Awareness of CQC Regulations, Quality Standards and relevant Health
and Safety Legislation, and of the roles and responsibilities of
practitioners working in the supported living environment. - Must achieve the Level 3 Diploma in Adults Workforce Diploma Social
Care Pathway, or equivalent within 2 years of being appointed. - Knowledge and experience of working directly with young people
who have learning difficulties. - Ability to engage in a variety of activities to develop and sustain
appropriate relationships with young people. - Committed to an anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive approach to
the work and able to translate this attitude into practice. - Ability to work under pressure and to cope with stress.
- Prepared to be flexible and available to work unsocial hours,
including public holidays.