We are looking for committed and enthusiastic Residential Care Workers who put the children and young people at the heart of everything they do. If you share our commitment to developing confident and capable young people and making a difference to their lives by meeting their educational, health and social care needs in structured, nurturing school and home provisions, we would love to hear from you!
At Silver Birch Care (Residential Services) we provide a range of specialist services for children and young people aged 8-18 years old. Our primary aim is to effectively communicate and engage with children to build meaningful relationships and attachments that support healing, holistic growth, and improved health and wellbeing.
We deliver high quality care to support children with overcoming obstacles, and enabling them to celebrate achievements and develop independent skills. Our qualified and dedicated team will work on nurturing and building the self-esteem of every individual, ensuring they feel safe and supported.
Our residential care homes have been adapted to create a warm and welcoming environment which children can call home. We have built up an outstanding reputation with nearly 20 years of combined experience in the semi-independent supported living and residential childcare sectors via our established sister companies Silver Birch Care and The Beeches. This also enables us to offer a seamless transition into supportive living accommodation, allowing young people to maintain established relationships with a consistent care approach into adulthood.
The Role:
To join a team offering a comprehensive residential service for young people with learning disabilities and associated challenging behaviour aged between 8-18 years. Our aim being to ensure the physical, social, emotional care and development of the young people at Silver Birch Care (Residential Services).
What does a Residential Care Worker do?
- Supporting children and young people with focusing on their education, behaviour, and physical and mental wellbeing to achieve a positive outcome.
- You must be willing to go above and beyond for the children and young people, ensuring that they have experience of a childhood that they can reflect upon and carry with them into adulthood.
- Supporting young people to attend appointments, liaise with doctors and social workers on behalf of the young people trying to help them back into the community, helping with schoolwork, and assisting with any other outdoor activities.
- Enabling young people to express their characters, feel safe and enrich their lives through positive behaviours and planned activities.
- To react in emergency situations quickly and efficiently, and to ensure the wellbeing of the young children/people and others.
- You will be confident in complying with all regulatory requirements, i.e., Health and Safety, COSHH, RIDDOR and Accident Reporting.
- You will be confident with support plans and risk assessments and be able to complete a thorough handover to the rest of the team and management regarding the individual concerned in a positive, structured, and professional manner.
Working Pattern:
You will be employed to work on a variable shift system basis, which may include earlies, evenings, nights, weekends and bank and public holidays. You will be rostered to work an average of 40 hours per week (inclusive of breaks) averaged over the roster cycle. The role requires sleep-in's as a part of the role.
Benefits:
As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to young people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and benefits as one of our employees.
- 28 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
- A paid day off for your birthday!
- Pension with NEST Pensions
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Access to Sage Employee Benefits
- 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program
- 24/7 access to an OnDemand GP Service
- Enrolment and funding to required qualification(s)
- Access to Key Worker Discount Schemes e.g. Blue Light Card
Equal Opportunities
Silver Birch Care (Residential Services) has a strong commitment to achieving equality of opportunity in both services to the young people placed in our care and the employment of people. It expects all employees to understand and promote its policies in their work.
?Please Note: This job description provides an outline of the duties and responsibilities involved in the post of the Team Leader but is not intended to establish a total definition of the job, which by virtue, is developmental and subject to ongoing review and improvement.
Silver Birch Care was established in 2006 to provide supported living services for looked after young people aged 16 years and over. We now work in partnership with 37 local authorities and county councils, and also provide direct services to HM Government Home Office. We have become the provider of choice to so many local authorities, as they trust us to achieve positive outcomes for the young people they place in our care, and have confidence in our ability to ensure their young people will go on to live safe, happy, and successful lives.
Silver Birch Care was established in 2006 to provide supported living services for looked after young people aged 16 years and over. We now work in partnership with 37 local authorities and county councils, and also provide direct services to HM Government Home Office. We have become the provider of choice to so many local authorities, as they trust us to achieve positive outcomes for the young people they place in our care, and have confidence in our ability to ensure their young people will go on to live safe, happy, and successful lives.