Night Care Officer

5 months ago

Dorchester, United Kingdom Coventry City Council Full time

What is the job role?

Salary: £23, - £27, [£31, - £36, per annum inc. shift allowances]

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. 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

to make happy memories

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.

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.

As part of the application process, you will need to provide us with your full work history since leaving school and identify any gaps in order to meet the requirements of Schedule 2 of the Children’s Homes Regulations .

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 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).

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.

For any queries or for further information please email:

For full details on the application process please read the attached document labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

Interviews to take place week beginning 8th July .

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

Members of the Armed Forces and veterans Are currently in care or have previously been in care If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. 

If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

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