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Senior Residential Child Care Officer

Posted :2024/01/15

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Job Type

Temporary

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Salary Range

Unspecified

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Birmingham
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£14 p/h umbrella

Job Summary:

Assist in providing a service, which will meet the various social, emotional and educational rights and needs of children and young people within the Children’s Home.

Assist with the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people looked after by the Children’s Home.

Maintain good professional relationships with parents/carers, professionals and significant others.

Ensure the home is in a good, hygienic state.

Promote good health care and hygiene, to undertake personal care with the children.

Observe and regularly report, in writing, on the behaviour and development and outcomes of the children and young people.

Duties & Responsibilities:

To assist the Registered Manager in the management of the home in all aspects appropriate to the Statement of purpose of the Home.

To assist in formulating 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 as necessary.

To continually and actively assess the risk to each child and the arrangements in place to protect them. To ensure children are safeguarded with regard to working together to safeguard children 2015 and local safeguarding board procedures. Safeguarding disabled children 2009.

To provide a caring and supportive environment for children and young people. Respect and affirm their racial, cultural and religious identity and lifestyle.

To advocate for and support children and young people, which could include representing them or accompanying them at Schools, Health facilities, job centres and other events.

To 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.

To help field social work staff, parents and carers in the design and implement of Care Plans and Placement Plans for each child/young person, taking into account the views of the child/young person.

NVQ level 3 or equivalent, experience working with children, willing to support with personal care.