Reporting to: Responsible Individual, Homes Manager, Deputy Manager, Team Leader

Responsible for: The wellbeing and safety of the young person in your care.

Main Duties

• To follow the Personal Plan and individual assessments of each young person.
• To support the young person in daily tasks such as cooking of meals, cleaning, monitoring of hygiene, leisure activities and basic life skills.
• To assist with the day-to-day running of the home and ensure a high standard of hygiene and safety,
• To assist young people to maintain positive contact with their families, friends, and other significant people, as identified in the young person’s Personal Plan.
• To support, advise and monitor young people’s health and wellbeing.
• To encourage and support young people in expressing their views, wishes and concerns
• To assist young people to develop appropriate behaviour using encouragement, praise, rewards, and role modelling.
• To provide care, which is consistent with the services Statement of Purpose
• To act as a Key Worker for a young person. This is to include responsibilities such as:
• Arranging individual time with a young person to enable them seek guidance, advice, and support on any matter
• Monitoring the individual Personal Plan and the Risk Management Plans
• Monitoring that the young person’s live documentation is up to date
• Ensuring that the young person’s health, cultural and religious needs are being met
• Ensuring that the young person’s leisure and social needs are being met
• Undertaking specific therapeutic care tasks as directed by the Homes Manager or Therapy Team

Therapeutic Support

• To follow the therapeutic plans, strategies and guidelines given about the young person’s therapeutic needs
• To attend therapy sessions with the young person when requested

Educational Support

• To attend daily education with the young person and act as classroom assistant when required by the teacher. This can be in a variety of educational settings.
• Facilitate transport for young people to all education settings or activities

Administration Duties

• To attend all meetings as required i.e. Personal Plan meetings, Statutory reviews, Company Meetings, Team meetings, supervision or other meetings held about young people
• To read all young people’s files and keep up to date with all the plans and therapeutic strategies.
• To complete and maintain all necessary recording documentation for young person’s file
• Where requested to assist in the production of Personal Plans or Review Reports
• To familiarise yourself & work in accordance with all policies and procedures set out by the company
• To familiarise yourself work in accordance with the guidelines identified in the Children Act (2004) and the RISCA Statutory Guidance 2017

Health and Safety Expectations

• To be responsible for the safety of young people in your care and protect them from physical, sexual, or emotional harm
• To follow risk assessments and to help assess the risk of harm to young people and others
• To report dangerous, abusive, discriminatory, or exploitative behaviour affecting young people
• To adhere to and promote the Company’s Health and Safety Policy and ensure the maintenance of a safe environment

Service Expectations

• To attend all training provided by the Company
• To provide emergency cover at any of Càlon Care Services Homes
• To honour work commitments and arrangements, and to be flexible with working hours
• To drive company transport as instructed and ensure that the transport is kept in a clean and serviceable condition according to company policies and guidelines
• To work as a member of a team to provide a positive living experience for young people
• To fulfil ‘sleep-in’ duties in line with rota, to work weekends, Bank Holidays as indicated on the rota

Personal Expectations and Presentation

• To respect diversity and provide support to help young people develop their identity in respect to gender, disability, religious, cultural, or sexual orientation
• To promote equal opportunities for young people
• To ensure a high standard of personal behaviour at work and refrain from swearing, using offensive language, whether this is sexist, racist or in any way discriminatory
• To be mindful of confidential or sensitive information about young people or their family, other staff and documents that contain sensitive information, whilst complying with the Company’s Confidentiality Policy
• To work in accordance with the standards of practice as identified in the ‘Code of Practice for Social Care Workers’, as produced by Social Care Wales
• No employee of the company may:
• Abuse neglect or harm young people, their family, or colleagues
• Exploit young people, their families, or colleagues in any way
• Abuse the trust of young people or the access to personal information about them
• Form inappropriate relationships with young people
• Discriminate unlawfully or unjustifiably against young people, carers, or colleagues
• Behave in a way, in or outside of work, which would call into question your suitability to work with young people

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessary with your evolving role within the service and the overall business objectives of Càlon Care Services Limited.