senior residential support worker children's home - solihull.

• 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.