Senior Residential Officer

We are looking for a Senior Residential Officer to work alongside our Leadership Team at Kingfisher Lodge and Beck Lodge Children’s Homes.

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We are looking for a strong team player with experience in residential childcare and demonstrates leadership qualities, an individual that is motivated, reflective, and creative. The candidate will have experience managing risk and supporting a staff team, the ideal candidate will have experience working with children or young people and be flexible in working times to meet the needs of children living in the home.

We seek to enable a progressive culture where creativity can flourish, where innovation and thinking differently can be embraced and where ambition and high aspirations for children to improve their outcomes can be upheld for every child. Any successful applicant will need to have a level 3 in residential childcare or an equivalent or be prepared to work towards this. During your career you could also be supported to complete The Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare or equivalent within the first 2 years in post to support development.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Ensure that you and the staff work in accordance with the Statement of Purpose and ethos of the home, updating relevant records and documents as required.
• Demonstrate effective support the staff team to deliver person-centred childcare working towards the best outcomes for each young person
• Demonstrate a working knowledge and adhere to all relevant legislation for Children’s Homes.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and The Quality Care Standards.
• To ensure that you and the staff team implement and adhere to our Safeguarding Policy and procedures
• Work in partnership with team members and other professionals
• Ensure Social Workers are notified of all significant events
• Undertake administrative tasks necessary for the effective running of the home according to the Policies and Procedures.
• As part of the Leadership Team ensure that the home is fit for purpose by ensuring that Fire Regulations and Health and Safety Regulations are met,
• Supporting the performance and development of staff by conducting regular supervisions of casual staff.
• Complete appropriate training within the required timeframes, ensuring that an up-to-date training record is kept.
• Respond to emergencies, be the decisions maker and shift lead
• Supporting finances, budgeting, rotas and compliance checks
• Undertaking other duties as may be deemed appropriate from time to time.
  
  

As an employer, we promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers. Recruitment to this post will follow our safer recruitment procedure which includes us requesting references prior to interview and a DBS check.

We are collectively organised around the people and place of North Lincolnshire. Together we ensure that our communities are safe, well, prosperous and connected. We are ambitious for North Lincolnshire, we want our area to be the #BestPlace for our residents by being the #BestCouncil we can be. We achieve this through living our values – equality of opportunity, excellence, integrity and self-responsibility – in all that we do.