Senior Residential Child Care Officer

We at Birmingham Childrens Trust Leadership are comprised of a team offour Executive Directors;
Chief Executive, Director of Practice, Director of Commissioning & Corporate Parenting and Director of Finance & Resources who are responsible for leading and managing the Trust to be an autonomous and high performing organisation, ensuring services are aligned to deliver the Trusts strategic objectives, business plan and for providing expert advice to the Board.

• Job Purpose
• To be responsible, together with other team members, for the quality of day-to-day care, administration and organisation of the Childrens Home, and for the Care Plans of a number of Children and Young People.
• As a Corporate Parent, working with children, young people, carers, families and other partner agencies in meeting the needs of Children Looked After in the Childrens Home
• To ensure that all statutory regulations and other additional instructions and good practice are adhered to and that the appropriate records are maintained at all times.
• To promote and maintain positive anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices.

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 Childrens Home.
• Assist with the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people looked after by 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, 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.
• Organising, providing and participating in stimulating activities for young people during their leisure time, which may also include holiday breaks with the children and young people away from the Childrens Home (usually between four to fourteen days).
• If you are a driver you would be encouraged to undertake driving duties as part of the role, albeit you would be required to undertake driving assessment for the minibus.
• To act as a Key Worker to individual children/young people.
• To maintain high quality childcare standards within the principles of the Care Standards Act 2000, and the Childrens Homes Regulations and Quality standards 2015. Childrens Act 1989 and 2004, Working together to safeguard children 2015, Safeguarding disabled children 2009.
• To 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.
• To promote the health and well-being of all children/young people Looked after in the Childrens Home (e.g. Health Monitoring, Mental Health, Sexual Health, Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco, Volatile Substances etc) undertaking the administration of medication and health care activities for which you will be trained.
• To provide a caring and supportive environment in which children/young people can feel secure and free from harm or bullying.
• To act as a positive role model working within the City Councils Code of Professional Conduct.
• To 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.
• To exercise appropriate behaviour management of children by being trained in and familiar with the homes behaviour…