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Senior Residential Support Worker at EBD Children's Home
Location: Solihull
Salary: circa £28,000
Key Responsibilities:
- Supervise daily operations, providing care and support to residents.
- Enforce operational policies and care practice standards.
- Lead the team on shift, ensuring the safety and well-being of young people.
- Create a warm and supportive environment.
- Implement individualized care plans to ensure resident welfare.
- Provide guidance and support to bank staff, volunteers, and the Deputy/Manager
Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:
- Understanding of Senior Residential Care Worker role and responsibilities.
- Respectful and empathetic approach to individuals with additional needs.
- Excellent communication skills with service users, professionals, families.
- Strong report writing and documentation skills.
- Flexibility to work shifts, weekends, bank holidays, and attend meetings.
- Understanding of learning disability and EBD needs, and ability to respond effectively.
- Experience managing challenging behaviors.
- Ability to provide personal care with sensitivity and respect.
- Professional conduct with discretion and confidentiality.
- Ability to plan and deliver stimulating activities.
- Experience in key worker responsibilities, including liaising with professionals, writing reports, and attending reviews.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
- Minimum 1 year experience working with children and young people with challenging behaviors.
- Proven experience managing staff and leading shifts in the Health & Social Care sector.
- Experience supervising staff in a social care setting.
- NVQ 3 / Level 3 or 4 diploma (or equivalent) in residential care (children/young people) - Essential.
Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.
