Senior Support Worker

About The Company At Salutem, we aim to create a nurturing environment where children receive the highest quality of care from our dedicated team. Our core values drive our exceptional services:   Our Core Values: ??Supportive: Helping everyone reach their full potential. ??Ambitious: Striving for the best outcomes. ??Loyal: Prioritising our staff and the people we support. ??Unique: Innovating without compromising quality. ??Transparent: Fostering openness and mutual respect. ??Engaging: Partnering with everyone involved. ??Meaningful: Offering fulfilling opportunities.   Why Choose Us? ?Emotional Support: 24/7 Employee Assistance, mental health resources, meditation apps, and bereavement support. ? Medical Support: Free Online GP access, Health Cash Plan, Cancer Cover, and Menopause support. ? Financial Support: Flexible pay with Wagestream, utility bill savings, Money Helper, and Life Assurance. ? Physical Support: Online workouts, Cycle to Work scheme, gym discounts, and National Trust activities.   More about Salutem: ? Top Employer Recognition: Salutem Care and Education proudly stands among the UK's top employers, as acknowledged by the Top Employers Institute. ? Disability Confident Organisation: We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and application process. ? Top 50 Inspiring Workplace: Recognised for our unwavering commitment to a People First culture, blending culture, purpose, leadership, wellbeing, inclusion, employee voice, and experience. About The Role Main tasks:   Assist and support the home manager in all aspects of residential care at the home and ensure a high quality service which meets the individual needs of the children and young people.   Ensure that all aspects of the service provided meets the Quality Standards and complies with the children’s homes regulations.  Support and supervise the staff team enabling them to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. Guide children/young people throughout their placement and in transitions to and from the residential care environment holistically and in line with Quality Standards.   Ensure the home is maintaining compliance to the standards and philosophy of care as outlined in the statement of purpose.    Responsibilities:    Assist and deputise for the Home Manager or Deputy, in all aspects of residential care at the home.   Take on on-call duties outside of working hours in support of the home dealing with situations in line with children’s homes regulations and company procedures.   Support staff on a day to day basis promoting good practice and responding to concerns or first line complaint. Take part in the assessment process of potential new admissions to the home.  Oversee record keeping and take part in the regular auditing of the children and young people’s records, responding to any issues requiring further action, including those identified at reviews.  Provide supervision for designated support workers and night waking support workers.   Manage and deal directly with staff discipline and grievances.   Develop and support staff with personal development plans encouraging staff to increase skills, knowledge and experience.   Communicate consistently between parents and the home, making sure they are informed of all relevant information relating to their child.   Ensure consistent communication between interested agencies/funding authorities and the home, making sure that associated professionals are informed of all relevant information.   Be involved in the recruitment, interviewing and induction of staff alongside the home manager.    Ensure that health and safety regulations are met and that fire regulations, risk assessments and individual plans including behaviour management are adhered to at all times.  Make sure the environment and building are clean, tidy, hygienic and presentable, ensuring any faults or remedial maintenance issues are dealt with effectively.   Attend and participate in regular staff meetings and chair meetings in the absence of the home manager.  Take part in regular supervisions with the home manager. Attend and contribute to children and young people’s reviews when required.  Ensure that all matters requiring confidentiality are adhered to. Be certain of the safety of the child/young person at all times.  Prepare a fair rota for staff deployed hours covering the contractual and care needs of each child/young person, ensuring the home has adequate staff cover.  Working to the set staffing hour’s budget and ensuring all records of staff deployed hours are maintained accurately.  Take responsibility for all training classed as mandatory to be kept up to date and to undertake any training identified as necessary in order to carry out the role effectively.  Liaise and professionally deal with Ofsted and other regulatory bodies inspecting the home.   Carry out all duties in accordance with Pathways Care Group policies, procedures and practice with particular regard to health and safety at work, EEC directives, health and hygiene, child protection and equal opportunities.  Fulfil other duties reasonably considered by management as necessary for the safe and successful running of the home