Residential Support Worker - Childrens Safeguarding

Job Title: Residential Support Worker

Salary: Competitive

Location: Opportunities available across London (including West, East and South London)

Job Type: Full Time; Permanent

Netpex Ltd provides care & support to children and young people in various projects across London and the Counties. Our semi-independent projects are for care leavers, who do not possess the ability to live independently and require 24/7 staff support. The focus of our service delivery is to help and support our clients to develop their independent living skills whilst in transition towards adulthood and being able to manage their own tenancy in the community effectively. Thus, Netpex is obliged to ensure its policies and procedures are aimed at safeguarding the service users.

Main Purpose of the Job:

To provide advice, assistance and support to young people, safeguarding their welfare at all times. To attend to young people's practical, physical and emotional needs. To act as an appropriate role model and to work closely with them to enable them to address their difficulties and achieve their optimum potential.

Personal Specification:

• Ability to relate to and communicate with young people forming and maintaining appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with young people
• Awareness of young people's needs
• Awareness of safeguarding issues and ability to safeguard the welfare of young people
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Ability to work under own initiative
• Ability to take direction and work as part of a team
• Ability to work in partnership and liaise with other professionals
• Basic household skills
• Ability to recognise and acknowledge training needs and respond appropriately
• Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours
• 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

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration
• 28 Days holiday including Bank Holiday
• Enhanced contribution pension
• DBS application fee paid for
• Career progression - opportunities for growth within the company.
• Training (online and face-face) provided.

To apply for this role click the APPLY button below.

Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of: Support Worker, Service Manager, Support Worker, Carer, Care Support, Care Assistant, Support Worker, Childrens Residential Manager, Residential Service Manager, Home Manager, Residential Care Manager, Day Care, Care Worker, Home Manager, Residential Manager, Care Helper, Care Management, Care Assist, Support Assistant, Care Team Leader, Fostering Team Manager, Social Work Manager, Support Team Leader, Special Needs Support, Foster Home Manager, Mental Health Support, Elderly Support, Elderly Care, Care Home Manager Support Coordinator, Care Manager, Support Manager, Care Coordinator, Private Care Assistant, Private Care, Care Home Assistant, Care Home Worker, Support Care Worker, Social Care may also be considered.