Residential Support Worker

Being a Residential Care Worker (also known as "Children's Coach/Senior Coach") at SuperCare - Ilford Ltd offers a fulfilling chance to positively influence the lives of vulnerable children and young people. In this role, you'll help them become more independent, succeed in their education, and grow personally through various enjoyable activities in a safe environment. You'll collaborate closely with young people, their families, social workers, and other organisations to ensure everyone's needs are addressed, making their transition to adulthood smooth. Main Duties: Direct work with young people, key working and generally taking an active part in providing day to day care & support on a shift work basis. Working in partnership with young people, their social worker and carers and other relevant agencies. To co-ordinate, monitor and review Care Plans for all allocated young people preparing to make the transition to adulthood and greater independence. Taking responsibility for the upkeep of the establishment with regard to health and safety and primary care issues, as well as making autonomous decisions about individual young people's requests and behaviours whilst on shift. Administrative work and record keeping associated with key working responsibilities and the daily running of the home. To ensure that young people carry as much responsibility for their own lives as they can reasonably and demonstrably be expected to carry, keeping them informed of their circumstances and rights, involving them in planning their lives, supporting them and helping them towards taking greater control and responsibility Respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns and report these effectively Attending to their day to day needs which is not limited to bathing, feeding, cooking for the young people