Resource Worker – Children's Home

What's involved with this role:
Temporary Resource Worker – Children's Home
Reference no: Middlesbrough 1003242914884377
Pay Rate: £12.02 per hour PAYE
35-37 Monday to Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 1 month
City: MIDDLESBROUGH
Enhanced DBS disclosure required
Provide a high quality of care and support, which meets the physical, emotional, intellectual, behavioral, health, social and cultural needs of the children and families for whom the home provides a service. This may include working with children with challenging behaviour, complex emotional problems, mental health and other additional/special needs.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide a high quality of care and support, which meets the physical, emotional, intellectual, behavioral, health, social and cultural needs of the children and families for whom the Centre provides a service. This will include working in the home, and also working to support children in the community, in other settings, and working in children’s own homes.
Follow Care Plans and any other plans in place for the child, including safeguarding plans, health plans, and behavioral plans.
Support the child attending educational, religious, social and cultural activities.
Supervising contact between children, young people and members of their family or others as directed by the court, or in line with Care Planning
Administer medication once training has been given, which may include emergency medication.
Support young people in a semi independence placement preparing them for adulthood, staff must have the skills to support young people to grow and develop skills such as finance, budgeting, home maintenance and other domestic roles to enable them to live independently.
Represent the service by attending relevant meetings related to the care of children including review, and planning meetings and complete reports on meetings attended.
Complete the role of a link worker and complete appropriate recording and documentation related to the care of children such as care plans, risk assessments, behavioural plans, one to one’s, recording on the computer database. Use other information technology and associated systems as needed.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Qualifications:
A recognised NVQ 3 or QCF diploma in working with children and young people, or equivalent relevant to the work, including HSC 375 medication or equivalent – or a willingness to work towards achieving this.
Clean UK driving license with the ability to commute to and from work independently.
Exeperience:
2+ Years working within a similar role.
Experience of working directly with children and young people – this could be in a residential setting, supported accommodation, youth work, support worker, social work for example
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Job Ref: Middlesbrough 1003242914884377
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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