Social worker Work, Jobs in Potters Bar (with Salaries)

Children’s Residential Senior Support worker / Shift Leader - Weekends
Brighter Futures Homes Limited —Whetstone
- £14 - £15 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Experience working with children
- Team management
- Conflict management
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Assessment Assistant - Crisis Support and Resilience Team
Enfield Council —Enfield
- £32,535 - £34,998 a year
- Call to connect
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
ADHD Assessor for Children (Self-employed)
Paloma Health —London
- Full-time
- Remote
- Experience working with children
- Communication skills
- Time management
Youth Workers
Hertfordshire County Council —Cheshunt
- £29,644 - £36,364 a year
- Management
- Computer literacy
- English
Youth Support Workers
Hertfordshire County Council —London
- £13.26 - £13.96 an hour
- Part-time
- English
- Communication skills
Attendance and Wellbeing Coordinator
Enfield Council —Enfield
- £46,968 - £50,085 a year
- Call to connect
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
11d
Best Start in Life Family Support and Outreach Worker
Barnet Council —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Presentation skills
- School
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
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Head of Service – Community Wellbeing & Resilience
Royal Borough of Greenwich —Woolwich
- £84,020 - £89,274 a year
- Monday to Friday
- Leadership
Children's Support Worker
London Community Care —Waltham Forest
- £14.85 - £33.00 an hour
- Part-time
- Childcare
- Medication administration
- Experience working with children
- Flexible schedule
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Youth Support Worker Level 3 Apprentice (23535)
Barnardo's —Tower Hamlets
- £28,476 a year
- Monday to Friday
- Hybrid work
- Computer literacy
- Travel
- Organisational skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Talking Therapies Counselling Assessor – Children and Young Persons
Jewish Care —London
- £17.30 an hour
- Part-time
- Continuous improvement
- Recruiting
- Computer skills
Combined Autism & ADHD Assessor for Children
Paloma Health —London
- £60,000 - £68,000 a year
- Full-time
- Remote
- Experience working with children
- Communication skills
- Time management
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Combined Autism & ADHD Assessor for Children (Self-employed)
Paloma Health —London
- Full-time
- Remote
- Experience working with children
- Communication skills
- Time management
Family Support Worker – Self-Employed £16.00 per hour + travel | Flexible Day & Night Assignments
WillisPalmer —London
- Up to £16 an hour
- Night shift
- Microsoft Word
- Experience working with children
- Communication skills
- Flexible schedule
Quick apply
11d
Family Support Worker (11.5 Hours)
Prison Advice and Care Trust —London
- £14,237.60 - £28,860.00 a year
- Part-time
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
6d
Behaviour Support Therapist - London
Beam ABA Services —London
- £25,000 - £27,300 a year
- Overtime
- Applied behaviour analysis
- Bachelor's degree
- Psychology
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
Residential Addictions Service Manager
Priory —London
- £55,000 - £65,000 a year
- Full-time
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Quick apply
Intermediary in the Criminal and Family Courts
Communicourt —London
- £26,208 - £29,533 a year
- Full-time
- Bachelor's degree
- Travel
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Quick apply
11d
Quality and Assurance Senior Advisor (Social Worker)
North London NHS Foundation Trust —London
- £55,524 - £62,652 a year
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Analytics
- Annual leave
7d
Therapist / Psychologist Job in London
Mantra Care —London
- Part-time
- Remote
- Doctoral degree
- Master's degree
- Psychology
- Employee assistance programme
- Flexible schedule

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Children’s Residential Senior Support worker / Shift Leader - Weekends

Brighter Futures Homes Limited
Whetstone

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time | Zero hours contract
£14 - £15 an hour

Qualifications

Care record keeping
Level 3 in Health & Social Care
Driving Licence
Children's home experience
Caring for vulnerable young people
Ofsted children's homes quality standards
Care home
Special needs childcare support
Shift management
Level 2 in Health & Social Care
Health and safety audits
Experience working with children
Team management
Conflict management
Safeguarding procedures
Experience of working with children and young people
Risk assessment
Multidisciplinary collaboration
Challenging behaviour support
Residential support experience
Child safeguarding
Care plans
Leadership
Internal quality assurance
Multi-agency care coordination
Rota coordination

Full job description

Job Overview

Lead a team of support workers in being appropriate role models to children in the home and help meet children’s practical needs by providing support, advice, and assistance.
Help children address their problems, concerns, and previous trauma and work with them to achieve health, well-being, and education outcomes, enabling them to reach their full potential.
Support the Manager and Deputy Manager by organising and leading the day-to-day shifts in the home appropriate to the statement of purpose, children’s guide, placement plans and workforce plan under the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and Children’s Homes Quality Standards.
Take responsibility for managing activities, coordinating safeguarding concerns, supporting children in health and education and ensuring the smooth running of the shift.
Ensure children’s views are considered in their care management and support.

Duties

Adhere to the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards, organisational policies, and the good practice requirements of the home.
Organise and lead shifts in the home to ensure children are supported with their individual needs as outlined in their placement plan.
Ensure staff support children to participate in the routines of the home and encourage them to take part in the activities and support on offer.
Promote education and ensure children are supported to attend education and are helped with their homework, and attend education meetings where necessary. Where children are out of education to ensure they are supported with education activities and in working toward education outcomes.
Promote well-being in the home by ensuring that the environment is free from bullying, prejudice and a fair place to live.
Support staff in helping children deal with conflict and trauma by supporting and implementing any therapeutic plans that are in place for them.
Work co-operatively and pro-actively as part of a team supporting colleagues and the Manager.
Ensure that children are suitably safeguarded and that risk assessments are routinely updated after any incident.
Ensure children are provided with advice and support in line with their placement plans, organisational policies, and the good practice requirements of the home.
Act as and support keyworkers to children offering support to their individual needs and advocating for them at reviews and care planning meetings.
Be a point of contact for children with their social workers, education and health staff, and family.
Ensure children in the home are safe and protected from harm, and the shift is organised to maximise safeguarding.
Ensure local authority and organisational child protection and safeguarding reporting procedures are followed during significant events.
Ensure teamwork to establish a nurturing relationship with children to help them deal with their past and present difficulties.
Support the staff team to help children build positive relationships by ensuring the home environment is free from bullying and prejudice and a safe and fair place to live.
Support the staff to help children resolve conflicts, manage their behaviour safely and acceptably, and ensure that unacceptable behaviour is challenged and addressed.
Ensure children are supported to participate in their local community, participate in activities and are helped to make and achieve plans for their future.
Ensure children are supported to provide feedback to the home and ensure their voice is heard in their care and support.
Ensure the team puts any therapeutic or other plans to support children alongside their placement plan.
Ensure the teamwork to support the children to reduce any behaviours which put them at risk of harm, such as missing from care or criminal exploitation.
Oversee and ensure the home’s records are completed to a high standard before the end of each shift, and that written reports for care managers looked after reviews and care planning meetings are completed on time.
Ensure the routines of the home are completed daily, including cooking, cleaning, maintaining the environment and supporting children to do the same.
Attend shifts as required by the staff rota and taking part in the on-call rota and the sleep-in rota, and be willing to work on occasion at short notice.
Undertake training as the organisation requires and take responsibility for continuing professional development.
Attending and contributing to regular supervision meetings and completing actions from the annual appraisal.
Supervising staff and ensuring training and annual appraisals are up to date and actions are being addressed.
Working and contributing pro-actively to the team and reporting any concerns about unacceptable staff conduct or standards to your line manager.
Completing monthly audits of the home, including quality monitoring, care planning, health and safety and fire audits as required.
Ensuring company vehicle mileage is logged, and vehicles are checked and scheduled for routine maintenance.
Ensure finances are available and accounted for at the end of each shift.
Adherence to health and safety and workplace policies.
Support the home’s Manager and senior managers with any other duties as required.

Experience

Experience of working with troubled children
At least one year in the role of residential support worker
Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Record-keeping skills and maintaining the confidentiality
Managing and organising a team

If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of seniors and possess the necessary skills to lead a dedicated team, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding position as a Senior Shift Leader.

Pay: £14.00-£15.00 per hour

Application question(s):

Do you require a Sponsorship license?
Do you have a full UK Driving License?

Work Location: In person

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