Job Description

Duties & Responsibilities:

To meet the needs of children through:

Attending to practical matters in relation to childcare

Establishing positive relationships with young people and always offering them unconditional and positive regard

Meeting the physical, emotional, behavioural, cultural and educational needs of young people

Acting as a role model and demonstrating appropriate pro-social ways of dealing with problems

Helping young people gain self-control by challenging unacceptable behaviour and rewarding acceptable, pro-social conduct

Ensuring that each young person's care plan is followed and amended as appropriate to reflect their changing needs

• Being ambitious for young people, helping them achieve their goals and optimise their potential
• Providing support for young people in their education and extracurricular activities
• Keeping accurate records and providing written reports on young people for planning meetings, reviews or any other meetings as directed by the line manager
• Empowering young people and facilitating their active involvement in the decision making about their lives and future
• Acting as an advocate at meetings where the young person is the subject of discussion
• Encouraging the young person to develop links with the community, attend off-site activities and expand their social network

Special Conditions

• Minimum NVQ level 3 in residential childcare and a minimum of 2 years' experience in working within a children's residential home
• This post requires the holder to do varying shifts, which include early morning and late evening work and an on call rota system. The post holder also is required to work weekends as part of a rota and Bank Holidays when required. Sleeping-in duties are also required which is paid at an additional rate.
• On occasions you may be requested to change your rota at a given notice as per your contract, to ensure the contingencies of the service are covered. This may also include covering an additional sleep-in duty as an emergency measure.
• In accordance with the guidelines on Health and Safety, to accept responsibility for working within these guidelines and reporting any concerns to the Registered Manager.
• To undertake such other duties appropriate to the grade of the post and the needs of the Organisation in order to develop and maintain service delivery. However the Organisation will be mindful at all times to ensure that these duties are not so onerous as to prevent the Senior RSO fulfilling their role.
• This post requires the holder to have a clear Criminal Records Bureau check at all times Changes to personal circumstances which may effect this must be notified to your line manager immediately. Post holder will require to be on the DBS update service.