Care Officer

Purpose

To provide a range of support to children and young people who are unable to live within their own family and require short term or long term residential care. To provide a safe and stimulating environment, ensuring high quality provision and maximising life chances of children looked after. In line with relevant legislation and corporate parenting levels of responsibility.

Principal Accountabilities

1. To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and/or vulnerable adults. Within the context of individual care plans or instructions from the Line Manager to assess the needs of children in need and children looked after in order to provide care which is responsive to their individual needs.
2. Statutory Obligations: As per statutory requirements as specified in the Children’s Homes Regulations and Quality Standards.
3. To use systemic practices to prepare, implement and review effective programmes for individual child...