Care Officer (Childrens Residential Homes)

The job itself

The East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Children’s Services have been rated GOOD by Ofsted following our recent ILACS inspection. As a Residential Service we strive to deliver outstanding care to our children and young people enabling them to aim high and achieve their goals and aspirations. This is an exciting time to join us as we expand our service provision in order to provide excellent homes for children and young people in the local area maintaining their identity in the place they grew up in.

If you are kind, caring and compassionate, have experience providing outstanding care for children and young people and you’re looking for a new challenge where you can develop your portfolio and shape the lives of vulnerable young people, our Care Officer role could be the next step in your career.

The Role

We have new opportunities available across the service to support our children and young people, including a brand-new home in Skirlaugh which is scheduled to open in October 2023.

As a Care Officer, you will be responsible for undertaking all aspects of caring and supporting our children and young people, as any parent would. For example, encouraging and promoting their interests and hobbies, supporting their education, supporting their family time, making their home a clean, warm and cosy environment, cooking meals and making sure they feel safe and secure. You will transport young people in the home’s vehicle, help them with their schoolwork, listen to their wishes and feelings and work with their families to promote positive relationships.

Our children and young people have often experienced trauma. They need understanding and meaningful relationships aimed at keeping them safe and able to enjoy the world around them. Our young people tell us that good Care Officers are caring, approachable, respectful, determined, interested, giving, adaptable and non-judgemental. They help us with the interview process to make sure we take on the right people.

You will receive an in-depth induction, regular supervision and access to a good range of training opportunities. You will need to take part in physical intervention training and be able to use this in your day-to-day work.

We have a number of full-time and part-time vacancies across our children’s homes:

We are setting up a new children’s home in Skirlaugh to meet the needs of one young person with very complex needs. The team will consist of care and health staff including a psychologist who will work in the team to support and guide the young person’s care as well as offering reflection and clinical supervision. There are a number of Care Officer roles available in this home.

4 bedded home in Bridlington – this provides care for young people with social, emotional and mental health needs. This home has 3 full-time positions available.

A solo provision in Anlaby – this is a 1 bedded home for a young person with complex care needs. This home has 2 full-time positions available.

Relief staff are required across the service to work flexibly to support our children and young people. Roles range from covering one shift to regular shifts when required.

Please indicate in your application which vacancy/location you are interested in.

We also have some Senior Care Officer vacancies.

All candidates must hold or have the commitment to attain a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent as stated in the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015) within 18 months of programme enrolment to meet regulatory requirements.The role will involve working a range of shifts including weekdays, evenings, weekends and sleep in duties. The nature of shift patterns enables a level of flexibility for employees.

Our Practice Model

Our model

‘You can, I can, We can’

The work within our Homes for Children reflects our Stronger Together practice model and connects our values and behaviours as one East Riding of Yorkshire approach to working with children and young people, which is nurtured and grown from within East Riding of Yorkshire and owned by our workforce. Having a well-developed practice model helps to create a common language for the

service and enables everyone to understand how we go about doing the right things, in the right way and for the right reasons for children and their families.

Is this the role for you?

This post also includes sleep-ins and weekend enhancements.