We are looking for a Senior Residential Child Care Officer to join our team at Birmingham Childrens Trust Leadership. The successful candidate will be responsible for the quality of day-to-day care, administration, and organization of the Childrens Home, and for the Care Plans of a number of Children and Young People.
Requirements
- Assist in providing a service that meets the various social, emotional, and educational rights and needs of children and young people within the Childrens 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, and undertake personal care with the children.
- Observe and regularly report on the behavior and development and outcomes of the children and young people.
- Assist in formulating Assessments, Placement Plans, Care Plans, and Pathway Plans for each child or young person.
- Continually and actively assess the risk to each child and the arrangements in place to protect them.
- Provide a caring and supportive environment for children and young people, and respect and affirm their racial, cultural, and religious identity and lifestyle.
- Advocate for and support children and young people, including representing them or accompanying them at Schools, Health facilities, job centers, and other events.
- 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.
- Help field social work staff, parents, and carers in the design and implementation of Care Plans and Placement Plans for each child/young person, taking into account the views of the child/young person.
- Organize, provide, and participate in stimulating activities for young people during their leisure time, including holiday breaks with the children and young people away from the Childrens Home.
- Act as a Key Worker to individual children/young people, and maintain high-quality childcare standards within the principles of the Care Standards Act 2000, and the Childrens Homes Regulations and Quality standards 2015.
- Support the Registered Manager with the routine production of statistical information, management information, procedure documents, etc, relating to children/young people resident in the Childrens Home, or who have left the Home.
- Promote the health and well-being of all children/young people Looked after in the Childrens Home, including Health Monitoring, Mental Health, Sexual Health, Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco, Volatile Substances, etc.
- Provide a caring and supportive environment in which children/young people can feel secure and free from harm or bullying.
- Act as a positive role model working within the City Councils Code of Professional Conduct.
- Actively promote the childs/young persons education by assisting with and encouraging school attendance, homework, school liaison, attending parents meetings/evenings, etc, in particular with our Education partners.
- Exercise appropriate behavior management of children by being trained in and familiar with the homes behavior management policy, and to work within the Childrens Homes Behaviour Management Policy.
- Be responsible for the maintenance of good quality written records and reports upon the individual child/young persons progress, which can be used in meetings and reviews.
- Be involved in the promotion and maintenance of good domestic and material standards throughout the home, including undertaking domestic duties or cooking meals as part of a corporate parent role.
- Ensure the rights and needs of children and young people are met as fully as possible, whether spiritual, physical, intellectual, cultural, emotional, or social.
- Maintain good links with Field Social Workers, LACES, Schools, Families, and other Agencies (e.g. Health, Police, FTB, TESS, Youth Offending Service, The Local Community, etc).
- Regularly attend staff meetings and monthly supervision sessions as requested.
- Undertake other duties at a higher responsibility level commensurate with relevant experience and ability as directed by the Registered Manager, within the framework of the employees Performance Development Review.
- Receive regular supervision (within the BCT framework) from a senior member of staff identified by the Home Manager.
- Accept specific responsibilities to assist in the general running of the Childrens Home as identified by the Registered Manager or SRCCOs Supervisor.
- Operate as shift leaders as part of a rota after the SRCCO has completed 12 months experience.
- Undertake training as necessary, including attending the City Councils Internal Induction Courses and both internal and external training courses (including QCF Level 3 Children & Families if not already completed).
- Commit to undertaking QCF 3 Children & Families within 6 months of being in post.
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Generous Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Relocation Assistance
