Senior Support Worker

• To engage in the effective delivery of residential childcare in accordance with company policies and procedures.

• To maintain good professional practices in accordance with the Quality Standards for children's homes and the Children's Homes Regulations 2015.

• To help create a positive, safe, healthy, and educational environment for each child in our care.

• Leadership & Team Support: Provide daily support, direction, and formal 1-1 supervision to Support Workers. Assist with rota management to ensure consistent shift cover, and confidently challenge and manage staff performance issues.

• Care Planning & Records: Contribute to the delivery of effective individual care plans, risk assessments, and other essential records. Maintain high-quality daily logs with guidance from Team Leaders, the Deputy, and the Homes Manager.

• Child Safeguarding & Advocacy: Ensure all children are actively safeguarded. Seek out and act upon the views, wishes, and feelings of the children whenever appropriate.

• Therapeutic Support: Understand the impact of trauma and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), supporting children through behaviours that challenge.

• Daily Home Operations: Keep the home clean, tidy, and safe, encouraging the children to participate in domestic duties. Prepare and cook nutritious meals that respect dietary and cultural needs.

• Independence & Life Skills: Support young people to develop practical life skills, promoting their long-term independence.

• Community & Transport: Safely transport young people to activities, education, and external appointments.

• Rota Flexibility: Complete "sleep-in" duties on a rota basis and maintain flexible working hours to meet the needs of the service, including evenings, weekends, and bank holidays (including the Christmas period).

• A minimum of 12 months of experience working in a residential children's home or a highly similar care setting.

• Proven ability to manage conflict and challenging behaviour effectively.

• Strong skills in maintaining, planning, and prioritising home records to a high standard.

• High level of applied literacy and numeracy, with a willingness to learn and develop new skills.

• Ability to offer advice, support, and formal 1-1 supervision to junior staff, helping to develop their knowledge.

• Readiness to work evenings, weekends, bank holidays, and sleep-ins as required by the rota

• UK Driving Licence

• A good level of applied literacy and numeracy.

• Commitment to actively work towards achieving a Level 3 qualification relevant to the role.

• A relevant care qualification, such as an NVQ or Diploma Level 3 in Caring for Children and Young People.

If you are ready to take the next step in your career and join a supportive team, please get in touch:

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Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.

experience

Children services

skills

be able to manage challenging situations,be person centred,can work as an individual or part of a team,caring,competent at dealing with all stakeholders,critical thinking,emotional intelligence,empathy,handling medication,non-judgemental,oral communication,organisational,passionate,patience,report writing (incident logs and daily plans etc),resilient,show initiative,time management,tolerance,understanding,work well under pressure,written communication

qualifications

high school,college

education

NVQ 3 in health and social care,NVQ 3 in health an