Residential Childcare Worker #109770

Please be aware this is a Permanent Post

Must have Level 3 Diploma in Residential Child Care or equivalent

Roles in 5 homes across Leeds – LS14, LS15, LS27, LS10, LS17

The Residential Practitioner’s role is to support, encourage and safeguard children and young people in their development, enabling them to make positive contributions to their families, society and local communities.

You will do this by fostering positive relationships and maintaining strong bonds between children and staff based on shared daily life and routines, joint activities and established boundaries of acceptable behaviour.

Responsibilities

1. Undertake key worker role, implement care plans, conduct risk assessments and devise support and health plans
2. Provide and maintain a safe, stimulating and secure living and learning environment supporting day-to-day physical and emotional needs
3. Work with professionals and communities of origin to sustain links and understand past problems
4. Nurture children’s ambitions for their future and their learning, both in and out of school
5. Support children and young people’s emotional, mental and physical health needs to build self-esteem
6. Respect privacy whilst maintaining a duty of care ensuring that living spaces are clean and safe
7. Provide appropriate levels of personal care for children and young people with disabilities and complex needs, including bathing, toileting, dressing, changing and feeding as appropriate
8. Ensure that all records are accurate, up to date and GDPR compliant
9. Manage complex and challenging behaviour in an assertive, restorative and sensitive manner
10. Work to reduce the likelihood that a child/young person becomes criminalised, encouraging restorative approaches and outcomes
11. Hours of work are primarily determined by the needs of the service and are worked on a rota basis including undertaking sleep-ins, early mornings, late evenings, weekends and bank holidays
12. Maintain a close working relationship with colleagues, external agencies, families and the wider public
13. Be flexible and adaptable to change to assist other services as required, commensurate to grade
14. Participate in appraisal, training and development activities to ensure up-to-date knowledge and skills
15. Improve own practice through observation, evaluation, discussion and development programmes
16. Work collaboratively with colleagues, knowing when to seek help and advice
17. Contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the service by attending relevant meetings, training days and events as requested
18. Be aware of and comply with Leeds City Council policies and procedures such as child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
19. Be aware of and support difference and ensure equality for all by working in an anti-discriminatory manner, upholding and promoting the values, standards and equal opportunities of Leeds City Council
20. Recognise and appropriately challenge any incidents of racism, bullying, harassment or victimisation and any form of abuse of equal opportunities, ensuring compliance with relevant policies and procedures
21. The council has adopted a flexibility protocol and this role will be expected to work within these parameters
22. The duties outlined are not meant as an exhaustive list and will also comprise any other duties within the spirit of the post commensurate with the job evaluation outcome for this post

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