Care Officer

To provide a range of support to children and young people who are unable to live within their own family and require short term or long term residential care.

Requirements

• Promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and/or vulnerable adults.
• Use systemic practices to prepare, implement and review effective programmes for individual children and families/carers.
• Assume responsibility for specific issues, such as health and safety, and quality assurance.
• Act as a nominated Shift Leader as required.
• Provide an efficient and responsive service to children for their admission into and discharge from residential care.
• Assist children with a range of tasks, including primary care and promoting independence.
• Act as a designated worker in respect of individual children, including attending meetings/case conferences and dispensing medication.
• Contribute to an efficient administrative system by preparing information for the Children's Home Manager and quality assurance systems.
• Participate in budgetary tasks, such as pocket money and purchasing of groceries.
• Assist children to deal with complex needs or particular vulnerabilities.
• Work and liaise with voluntary services, statutory organisations and colleagues within other parts of the Local Authority.
• Work flexibly to meet the assessed needs of children and their families.
• Refer to Line Management upon any concerns, suspicion, evidence or allegation in relation to child protection.
• Be aware of and participate in own personal development by attending and contributing to supervision sessions, training courses and other departmental forums.

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Visa Sponsorship
• Four Day Work Week
• Generous Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relocation Assistance