Residential Care Worker job description

Responsible to: Shift Leader

Purpose of the job

Providing care and support to residential students aged 9 to 25 years

Ensure you supervise students’ evenings, overnight and weekends as required, including transport duty for their return home
Ensuring a caring, ordered and supportive environment is provided and maintained for students
Working within the care provision to promote and develop students’ education and independence.
Creating and/or developing holistic support plans and targets that support students to develop their education and independence for the future
Assisting in the behaviour management of students
Accompanying students on recreational activities
Working as part of a team to provide a programme of evening and weekend activities for students
Promoting the social and emotional wellbeing and development of students
Regularly liaising with other Academy staff, parents and carers
Undertaking any administrative tasks linked to the care of students, for example, keeping appropriate records, making reports as required
Keeping up-to-date with Academy policies
Assisting with the medical and physical needs of students
Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, that the jobholder is responsible for, or comes into contact with.

To participate in annual performance appraisals and undertake relevant staff development
To be responsible for the health and safety of self and others (in accordance with the Academy’s Health and Safety Policy)
Providing cover in other areas as required.
To carry out any other appropriate duties requested by the Executive Principal or Head of Department
To make secure all buildings on leaving the site
To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults you are responsible for (or come into contact with) in accordance with the Academy’s Safeguarding Policy and Procedures
The above list is indicative and not exhaustive. The Residential Care Worker is expected to carry out all such additional duties as are reasonably commensurate with the role.

Criteria	Essential	Desirable
Qualifications and training	Commitment to study and achieve NVQ level 3 in Care, or be already qualified Commitment to studying qualifications in British Sign Language (to achieve Level 3 within three years), or be already qualified	Current First aid qualification
Experience	Working as part of a team Planning and co-ordinating activities in conjunction with others Experience in following processes and procedures	Working within a special school Working within a medical, care or welfare environment
Knowledge and skills	Ability to use own initiative and exercise sound judgement Good communicator with excellent inter-personal skills. Ability to deal with sensitive and confidential information	Knowledge of IT including use of e-mail, the internet and keeping electronic records
Personal qualities	Desire to work with young people Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people Discretion, patience and a sense of humour Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours