Residential Childcare Officer

• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Skills in recording and presenting information
• Competent numeracy and IT skills
• Understanding of all issues around caring for young people in a care environment
• Treating clients confidentially and understanding data protection protocols
• Flexibility and adaptability (working weekends and public holidays on a rota basis)
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Experience of lone working and managing own workload
• To be comfortable completing everyday household tasks
• Ability and desire to encourage young people to better care for and develop themselves
• To enable young people to learn basic living skills such as cooking, cleaning, budgeting, and finances
• To promote education and highlight educational needs and gaps
• Understanding of Equal Opportunities
• Understanding of Health and Safety Issues in the home and young people
• Understanding of the Children’s Homes Regulations and Standards
• A good understanding of Safeguarding/Child Sexual Exploitation and current legislation surrounding this.
• To be able to work as part of a team

• Experience of supporting young people within a caring role environment who display Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
• Full clean driving licence (to use the Company Vehicles)
• Experience of paid care work in residential or day care environment
• Experience of working with young people aged 10 to 17 years of age
• Have a kind and caring nature
• Residential Childcare Level 3 Diploma or NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care (Young People). Alternatively, our client is offering the opportunity to achieve a diploma within 18 months of commencing employment.
• Positive employment record

Salary: £21,422.88 per year (40 hours per week)