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JOB ROLES

Job Roles

The responsible individual's role is to support the Homes Manager in ensuring that the home is being run safely and efficiently in line with company policies and fully compliant with legislative and regulatory requirements. The Responsible Individual will help the home manager develop and embed a culture built on openness and honesty where the highest possible outcomes can be achieved for the children, young people, and the team.

The Registered manager is responsible for leading the home and ensuring it retains its family-orientated home-from-home environment the children and young people deserve. A top priority for all Registered Managers is to provide children and young people receive the highest quality of holistic care and support from a team who feels equally supported. The manager will achieve this through establishing, communicating, and bringing together all individuals, both internally and externally, that play a role in changing the children’s and young people’s lives.

The Deputy Manager provides direct support to the home manager in helping to oversee the running of the home and improving the children and young people’s lives. The Deputy Manager is responsible for monitoring the progress of the children, young people, and the team. They will look to establish innovative ways to support growth and development. As Deputy Manager, they will undertake the responsibility of overseeing the home in the Managers absence, ensuring that the high standards detailed within the homes statement of purpose are being maintained.

A residential support worker plays an intricate role in providing children and young people with high-quality holistic care, helping shape their lives by directly involving them in their growth and development. By helping to create a loving family-orientated environment, the children and young people feel safe, supported, loved and, most importantly, can have fun. As a residential support worker, you encourage, celebrate, and promote every child's and young person's uniqueness and have front-row seats to watch them achieve their goals and aspirations, of which there could be no greater reward.

With a good night's rest being a critical element of growth and development, the night-time support worker plays a crucial role in supporting our children and young people to settle at night and achieve a good night's sleep. For many of us, bedtime provides the perfect transition from a busy day into quiet solitude; unfortunately, for many children and young people, this period can cause them anxiety as they start to worry about what the next day will bring. A night-time support worker will develop positive sleep routines alongside the children and young people to help ease any anxiety, so they can maintain a healthy sleep balance and recharge for the day ahead.

Induction

At Our Sanctuary, we are passionate and committed to seeing our children and young people develop and grow. We are equally dedicated to supporting the growth of our teams, ensuring every team member within the home thrives in their professional development and advancement within Our Sanctuary homes.

We understand that a team member’s first impression plays a pivotal role in how they view our organisation. Drawing from relevant research, we recognise the positive impact a comprehensive induction programme can have on our team members, helping to alleviate any anxiety they may feel.

During the 6-week probation period, each new team member will be assigned a designated work mentor who has already completed their own probation. This mentor will support the new team member in getting to know the team, the children, and young people, while offering guidance and support as needed.

Throughout the 6-week induction, team members will receive their Our Sanctuary Induction Standards folder. They are expected to work through and complete this during their probation, alongside participating in a variety of training opportunities, including on-the-job learning, classroom-based sessions, and online training. In addition, they will receive fortnightly supervision from the Manager or Deputy Manager.

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At Our Sanctuary, we understand that for some team members, their current role is their dream job — and we are committed to supporting them to become the best version of themselves in that role. For others, joining Our Sanctuary may be the first step in a journey of growth and advancement — and we take pride in supporting those aspirations too.

Formal Training

Our Sanctuary is dedicated to developing our team members’ skills and knowledge so they can provide the highest standard of care to our children and young people. We actively seek to stay up to date with the latest methods, research, and training opportunities to support this.

We are proud to employ people from all walks of life, each bringing unique experiences, skills, and expectations. We also recognise that individuals learn in different ways.

To further support our team, each new member completes the Honey and Mumford Learning Styles Questionnaire during their introduction. This helps identify their preferred learning style and allows us to create a personalised, holistic training plan tailored to their needs.

Induction

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Job VACANCY

At Our Sanctuary, , we expiry to be dream makers for our children and young people. If you share our same passion and drive for providing children and young people with the best possible life, we would love to meet you, so check out our current children’s home vacancies.

RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT WORKER

Have a drive and passion for changing the lives of children and young people.
Be able to work mornings, evenings, and weekends as part of a rota system.
Be eligible to work in the UK.
Do not have any offences that ban you from working with children and young people.
Have a full driving licence.

Please can all completed applications be emailed to Lauren Goudlin, Responsible Individual at the following address: lauren@oursanctuary.vision

We are dedicated to safeguarding, so all applications will be subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process. All colleagues must also always adhere to a strict code of conduct regarding their behaviour in and outside of the home.

REFERRALS

Our Sanctuary will treat all referrals promptly, ensuring that the appropriate assessments are completed so we can support each child and young person to achieve positive outcomes in all areas of their lives.

We will ensure consideration is taken into account of any children or young people currently living in the home, carrying out an extensive impact risk assessment so all the children in the house are suitably matched and that the prospect of stability can be assured.

If you would like further details or to request a home’s statement of purpose, please apply here

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