Child Care Officer - Children\'s Homes and Supported Accomodation

Can you make a house feel like a home in a team that feels like a family?

Are you resilient, passionate and enthusiastic about building meaningful relationships with young people?

Ever considered a rewarding career, supporting care experienced young people to achieve their full potential?

Now is an exciting time to join our residential family. We’re changing lives, we’re rated Good by Ofsted, and we’re part of the fastest transforming children’s services team in the country.

Our sense of community and belonging is something you won’t find anywhere else and there’s a real buzz around the potential to collectively shape our future for generations to come.

You will be joining a service that is built on pride and passion, who have high aspirations for children, championing their welfare, potential and aspirations to be successful adults in their own local community.

Child Care Officers

This is a varied role where no two days will be the same. Working to various shift patterns, there is the requirement to undertake some weekend working and overnight stays.

You could be playing games, preparing meals, encouraging self-care or supporting with homework but above all, you need to see, to hear, to listen and to guide.

You’ll need patience, creativity, and emotional intelligence to break down goals into achievable steps and celebrate every milestone. Above all, you’ll be a champion for their dignity, independence, and voice.

Please note that all roles and working patterns require the availability to work weekends and sleep-ins on a rotational basis.

Our Purpose

To provide children and young people in our homes, with an excellent standard of care that is nurturing, and loving ensuring that all aspects of their physical, educational, intellectual, emotional and social needs are met to the highest standard. We are committed to creating a safe haven, for children and young people to feel safe and thrive.

What will my day look like?

No amount of bullet points can really summarise how we support our children and young people. Being unique is their strength, and providing bespoke and loving support is our service.

You will be based in one of our children\’s homes in the community and like any home, it needs to have trust, care and belonging in the foundations.

• Enabling our children to enjoy and cherish a wide range of positive experiences and childhood memories, provided by a dedicated care team that are passionate about improving life opportunities for children.
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of all children within our home and local community.
• Act as an appropriate role model to help our children achieve their optimum potential.
• Enable our children to live a life that ensures their individual voice is not only heard, but listened to, valued, respected and promoted throughout the home, with professionals across services and the rights of children are promoted to the best standard.
• Provide children with the best possible health and wellbeing care and support. Ensuring they live full and healthy lives and are educated on the value of self-care and wellbeing.
• Promote the individual identity of children, creating an environment of equality where they receive support to enable them to develop and flourish into successful, confident adults in our local community.

Who are we looking for?

We are seeking candidates who are passionate about caring for children, have an understanding of the role of Corporate Parenting and who are determined to ensure that our children achieve the best possible outcomes.

You will be highly motivated and ambitious about the future for our children. You will need a good level of written report writing skills and have clear communication skills in order to communicate with children, colleagues and partner agencies.

Organisation is key with a willingness to work flexibly to meet the needs of our children. This post carries a requirement to work unsocial hours at times, and weekend work as part of a rolling rota pattern.

You will need to be approachable, resilient and adaptive to the needs of young people within our care. You will be working within a team dedicated to making a real positive difference.

Like in any home, with any family, you will celebrate success together and support each other when there are challenges.

Subject to eligibility the role requires the completion of a Children Young People and Families Level 4 Apprenticeship or equivalent. You must be committed to undertake and complete this qualification within eighteen months.

What you can expect from us

• Competitive salary
• Enrolment on a Level 4 Apprenticeship Qualification in Children, Young People and Families
• Additional payments for sleep-ins.
• Supported working environment
• Strong leadership and regular reflective supervision
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching
• Successful candidates will receive a detailed induction, access to ongoing specialist training and regular supervision.
• You will develop a detailed knowledge of current legislation relating to children in care and you will be supported to develop your practice, skills knowledge and experience in order to demonstrate the highest standards of care and values to our children.
• Access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform

Join our Team

All applicants are advised to carefully read the information provided in the Role Profile and Person Specification.

When completing our application form, we want to hear about why you think you are the perfect fit to work with our children and young people, and what experience, skills or qualities you have that make the you the ideal candidate.

If you require an informal discussion about the role please contact tracy.jefferson@nelincs.gov.uk

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