Experienced Therapeutic Sen Support Worker - North London, United Kingdom - Seva Childcare Limited

Description

Support Worker Positions Available; Immediate start.

We specialise in providing care and support to children and young people with Learning Disabilities, Autism and Behaviours that challenge including social and emotional difficulties, children facing significant trauma, attachment challenges and loss.

Our home is large and spacious with ample room for our young people to enjoy activates.

The home is based in a tree-lined North Finchley residential street making it a very peaceful environment for our young people to live in.

We are very close to the high street shops and cafes in addition to a leisure centre, cinema and bowling alley.

The model of support this home uses is Positive Behaviour Support (PBS). Experience working with this model is desirable but not essential as advanced training will be provided.

At Seva Childcare we are committed to safeguarding our young people from any abuse or harm.

As part of the wider safeguarding system for children, described in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2015, Seva Childcare work with educational settings, Social Services, the Police, NHS and other health care professionals to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm.

All members of staff working for us have a responsibility to be aware of the procedures to be followed if they are worried a child or young person is being abused or is at risk of harm.

Staff in regular contact with young people must be well placed to notice signs of physical, sexual, emotional abuse, neglect, behavioural change and/or a failure to develop as expected.

This role requires every applicant to undertake an enhanced criminal records check (DBS) and to provide details of references for all current and previous care related roles.

These checks must come back with satisfactory results before any offer of employment is made.


Purpose of the role:

• To provide safe and stimulating direct support to children and young people with disabilities and complex health needs, in a range of settings including the community, in universal or mainstream clubs and in the child's home
• To engage and assist children to learn and develop their interests, skills and independence whilst their parents and carers have a break from caring.
• To provide personal care and support to individual children as per care plans, risk assessments and any other relevant individual plans
• To engage with parents and professionals to ensure the child or young person has the best outcomes and is well supported.
• To be involved in the planning of and delivery of care, sessions and the service as required for us to be graded as 'Good' by Ofsted
• To ensure children' s welfare is paramount, and that child protection polices, and protocols are adhered to at all times by working within the parameters of safeguarding children, risk assessment, health and safety and other legislation relevant to the setting

Duties and Responsibilities

• To deliver of a broad programme of quality, stimulating play opportunities including sports, games, arts, crafts, activities that are fun, creative and offer the children developmental experiences, this will include creative session planning and monitoring.
• To shift lead sessions as part of the rota if required.
• To provide personal care, as per the child's individual care plan and any other individual plans for example: manual handling, risk assessments, medicine administration and management, behaviour plans
• To be a key worker allocated as requested, being the family contact in the service and responsible for maintaining accurate up to date records for key children
• To listen to children, respect their values, beliefs and identity.
• To input to planning with other professionals (including Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, YOS, therapists and Social Workers) to support programs design to enhance the child or young person's development and wellbeing.
• To deliver support in a safe and healthy environment following legislation relating to Health, safety and welfare of the children and staff is complied with always
• To support a child introduction into other less specialist settings, this may include working with mainstream clubs and activities to assist them to get to know a child as part of transition.
• To follow travel training programmes as required, this may include delivery of travel training
• To keep up to date child records and complete any service required reports such as post session individual logs or incident reports in a timely way to ensure effective communication with colleagues and parents about targets, achievements, concerns and areas for development
• To assist in the preparation of the play sessions/activities and the outside areas and to clear and tidy the inside and outside play/recreation/dining areas at the end of activities or when needed, including taking an active role for moving furniture and equipment, when necess