Senior Care Officer - Children and Young People Residential Care

Can you make a house feel like a home in a team that feels like a family?

We are seeking leaders to inspire, empower and develop their practice in our Children's Homes

Our Purpose

This is a great opportunity to join our team, where putting children and families at the heart of everything we do, building genuine relationships making ‘Our Children, Our Future.’

As we continue to increase capacity through our strengthened offer we have an opportunities for Senior Child Care Officers within our Children’s Homes to join our Leadership Team. We would welcome applications from motivated and enthusiastic people who share our vision for children to grow up happy, healthy, safe in their homes and communities with people who love them.

Your Role

As a Senior Child Care Officer for Children’s Homes you will work as part of a wider Leadership Team, working on your own initiative in ensuring our Children’s Homes are providing the best outcomes for our children ensuring they receive stability, care and love. You will hold responsibility to ensure all Statutory and Regulatory requirements are met in line with the Children’s Homes Regulations.

You will be part of a valued team within our Children’s Homes, where practice is highly valued and supported by skilled, knowledgeable and caring leaders and managers. You will be joining a service that is built on pride and passion, which has high aspirations for our children in care and who are committed to empowering them to thrive and be the best they can be.

This is a varied role where no two days will be the same. Working to various shift patterns, there is the requirement to undertake some weekend working and overnight stays.

If you are enthusiastic, ambitious and passionate, and want to join our Leadership Team making a lifelong difference to children’s lives and improve their outcomes, we want to hear from you.

What you can expect from us

• Competitive salary of up to £34,434 FTE with an additional shift allowance taking full time colleagues to £36,363 FTE.
• Additional payments for sleep-ins.
• Supported working environment
• Strong leadership and regular reflective supervision
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching
• Successful candidates will receive a detailed induction, access to ongoing specialist training and regular supervision.

For more information, please refer to the role profile You can also email Queenie Carrie - Deputy Service Director - Regulated Services [email removed]or Claire Oliver - Service Lead - Children's Homes and Supported Accommodation[email removed]for an informal discussion about the role.

At North East Lincolnshire Council, we know that together, we can be stronger.

Please note: This role requires a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at a level appropriate to the post. It is a contractual and essential requirement that the successful candidate is registered with the DBS Update Service. You have 30 calendar days from the "date of issue" printed on your standard or enhanced DBS certificate to register for the DBS Update Service using the certificate number.

In order to fully comply with Safer Recruitment guidelines, if you are successful with your application, you must meet the below criteria and be able to provide:

• At least one reference must be from your current or most recent employment, placement or work experience (if you are an agency worker at NELC, please provide your agency as a reference)
• You must provide a professional/company email address (we cannot accept personal email addresses)
• References must cover the last 3 years, any reasons for gaps should be detailed in your enhanced reference form. Your references will only be requested if you are offered and have accepted a position

We want you to have the best interview experience with us, so will provide candidates selected for interview their questions 24 hours in advance of meeting us.

Check out our NELC Benefits brochure attached for more information on the brilliant benefits available working at North East Lincolnshire Council!

We reserve the right to close our adverts early if we have received a significant volume of suitable applications.

We love AI and think it plays a great role in the world of work. However, for your application, we want to hear from YOU! As such, we will be testing applications to determine the use of AI, and applications that have heavily utilised the function will be scrutinised for suitability.

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