Senior Residential Child Care Officer - Birmingham
| Job Title: | Senior Residential Child Care Officer - Birmingham |
| Contract Type: | Temporary |
| Location: | West Midlands |
| Industry: | |
| REF: | 1078649 |
| Job Published: | 25 days ago |
Job Description
Birmingham
2 months initially
Rota basis including weekends, 7am – 2.30pm or 2pm – 9.30pm, 36.5 hrs/week – the shifts will be planned 4 weeks in advance
- Direct work with children and young people, managing a caseload of up to 4 children
- Meet the various social, emotional and educational rights and needs of children and young people
- Provide personal care
- Assist with the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
- Actively promote the child’s/young person’s education by assisting with and encouraging school attendance, homework, school liaison, attending parent’s meetings/evenings
- Advocate for and support children and young people where necessary
- Create Assessments, Placement Plans, Care Plans and Pathway Plans (where applicable) for each child or young person, and formulate clear aims and objectives for each child/young person
- Assess the risk to each child and the arrangements in place to protect them
- Observe and regularly report, in writing, on the behaviour and development and outcomes of the children and young people
- Assist in returning children/young people to their families or help them to move on to alternative carers or preparing them for adulthood as part of the Care Plan and Pathway Plan
- Create a caring and supportive environment for children and young people
- Organise, provide and participate in activities for young people during their leisure time
- Work with carers, families and other partner agencies in meeting the needs of Children Looked After
- Maintain good professional, working relationships
- Ensure the service is in a good, hygienic state with other staff
- Attend meetings, reviews and conferences where necessary
- Minimum of an NVQ level 3 or equivalent in Children and Young People
- Experience working with looked after children, willing to support with personal care
- Experience is child assessments
- Experience in Placement Plans, Care Plans and Pathway Plans
- Experience of overcoming barriers and engaging ‘hard to reach’ individuals, parents, young people and children
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Enhanced Child and Adult DBS registered to the update service
Please email all CVs to Sammy Davis or call 02085149110 mobile 07570 819 831
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