- To provide inspirational care, tailored to the individual needs of the children and young people. Through support, encouragement and our 'Model of Care', create a stable and secure base, where young people have a sense of belonging, where they can begin to understand, address and work through their past experiences and present difficulties and behaviours and be able to prepare for, and achieve their full potential in their futures.
- The children/young people we look after have experienced significant trauma, which requires high levels of compassion, empathy, resilience and understanding. Whilst some of the children in specialist short break and residrential services will have complex health needs and physical/learning disabilities. Due to these needs, they can present challenging behaviour, including self harm, physical outbursts, and risk taking behaviour, where we have a responsibility to make them feel safe and cared for. Staff are likely to be exposed to substantial risk of challenging behaviour by the children using the service and will be involved with the management of this.
- Be physically fit enough to carry out ALL requirements of the post including the use of the physical interventions as part of Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) to manage challenging behaviour as required.
- To ensure that all children and young people's files are kept up to-date and any remedial action is taken promptly. Ensure information held on children andyoung people is accurate, and ensure confidentiality of information in line with the Data Protection Act when obtaining, transmitting and recording information verbally, in writing and electronically.
- Residential Practitioners and Family support respite workers are expected to work directly with the young person using theoretical approaches and models of working to enable them to understand their past to manage their feelings frustrations and behaviours and to enable them to make positive life choices. Children with complex health needs and disabilities will have sensory and communication profiles to assist choices and decision making.To record all work and to reflect and analyse outcomes and identify future work required.
- To support the day to day physical and emotional needs of the children and young people in accordance with Racial, Cultural, Religious, Health care and Linguistic and dietary needs. Support and enable children and young people to attend school, enjoy leisure activities, stay healthy and also keep safe.
- To be prepared to work flexibly, including unsociable hours and shifts on a rota basis, including weekend and bank holiday working. You will also be required to undertake sleep in duties, again this will be on a rota and also could be at short notice.
- To be able to work in a variety of Children's Homes settings across the city. This could include working in the locality, but may also involve travelling long distances to participate in overnight stays and holidays. You will be expected to work positively with a range of children and young people, their families, professionals and partners, ensuring effective lines of communication are established and maintained. You will be expected to attend Care Planning Meetings, Statutory Reviews and Strategy Meetings as required.