Night Care Officer

About the team we are recruiting to
We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

We currently have 5 well-established Children's Residential Homes within the city and a forward-thinking vision to open additional homes enabling Coventry’s young people to stay closer to their family, friends, and community. Children in our care come from a variety of backgrounds and in order to deliver the best possible care it is vital that we have a workforce that represents and understands their unique experiences and perspectives.

What is the job role?
We currently have 6 well-established Children's Residential Homes within the city and a forward-thinking vision to open additional homes enabling Coventry’s young people to stay closer to their family, friends and community. Due to this expansion programme, we are currently in the process of opening new facilities which include a long term home for children with disabilities.

At present we care for up to number of looked after children aged 10 to 18 years, who have a diverse range of needs and may have been impacted by childhood trauma.

By joining our highly motivated and dedicated team working in our home for children with disabilities we offer opportunities to make a real difference to the lives of our amazing looked after children. We deliver excellent standards of care using relationship based practice provides a safe and nurturing space for them to call home.

What our children say

We consulted our looked-after children and young people from Coventry about how they would like to be cared for. These are some of the things they said;
We would like
- to be listened to
- to be treated with respect, dignity and individuality
- to feel safe
- to be helped to achieve our full potential
- to be supported to be independent
- to be cared for by people who won’t give up on us
- to build and maintain positive relationships and where possible, not to move to far away from where we used to live and to stay in the same school
- **About the job role** There are 3 key areas of skill essential to this role:
**Overnight carer** - Supporting children with disabilities, complex health needs and potential trauma related behaviours, to develop a sleep routine within a safe, secure and nurturing environment. Contribute to individual care planning ensuring all records are maintained appropriately. Attend to personal care needs as required.

**Relationship builder** - forming relationships with the children based on the core values of mutual respect, good parenting, privacy, dignity, independence, choice, rights, fulfilment, child centred, planning and partnership. Being able to recognise and implement different forms of communication that meet children’s needs in order to build positive relationships.

**Educator**:

- providing children with the information they need in a format that they understand to enable them to make informed choices about their own care and to give them the ability to have their wishes and feelings heard and acted upon.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?
The children we look after within our homes have a diverse range of needs. You may not have worked in residential care before, but you will need to have experience of working with children and young people with additional needs and be passionate about improving outcomes for them.

Preferably you will be a driver, have a good level of computer literacy to be able to evidence the work we do, and be committed to continued professional development. In return we will offer you a high level of support with bespoke training and if you haven’t already achieved the Diploma for Residential Childcare, we will support you to do this.

You should have:

- Understanding and experience of supporting children who have additional needs.
- Knowledge of relationships and their impact on children coming into and leaving care
- An understanding of the individual needs of children and be able to work holistically to deliver within the 3 key areas of skill.

If you think you have the right skills to help us to achieve great things for our children by placing them at the centre of everything you do and feel that you are caring, non-judgmental, enthusiastic, committed and child focused with the ability to work in partnership with others, are reflective, flexible, accountable, and resilient, we would like to hear from you.

**Working Patterns & Posts**

Part-time 22 hours night rota that includes, weekends and bank holidays which, enables us to meet the needs of the children we look after.

Salary will be pro rata to the number of hours worked

**Guaranteed Interview Scheme** - As part