Residential Childcare Officer

All our Residential Children’s Homes are part of Cardiff Social Services and deliver high quality care for young people between the ages of 11 – 17.

The homes are in walking distance of local shops, recreational centres & local amenities and in close proximity of the city centre, accessible by all major traffic routes in and out of Cardiff.

Our teams work in a trauma informed and child centred way by building positive connections and trust with our young people who may display social, emotional and behavioural difficulties due to adverse trauma and supporting them with their personal goals and outcomes.

At the core of our work lies:

• Providing immediate support, ensuring we offer a warm and welcoming environment right from the start.
• Recognising and promoting young people’s individuality, uniqueness and diverse needs.
• Working with the young people to develop and strengthen positive relationships.
• Providing a safe, nurturing, positive and fun environment.
• Acting in the best interests of our children looked after, in the same way that a good parent would act for their own child.
• Where appropriate, support the young people to maintain and strengthen relationships with families, siblings and other people they identify as significant to them.
• Being able to offer support for young people in immediate need due to family breakdowns.

Working hours and generous enhancements:

• As a Residential Childcare Officer, you'll be part of a dedicated team providing round-the-clock care in a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment. This dynamic role offers a varied working pattern, including evenings, weekends, and sleep-in shifts.
• There are generous enhancements paid for evenings, weekend working, Bank Holidays and sleeping in duties, additional to your salary. You will receive an additional salary enhancement of 30% after 8pm weekdays, 50% weekends and £40.80 per sleep in.
• If the attachment to a rota does not work for you, and you are looking more for an ad-hoc / only a few shifts pattern, please get in touch and we can look at an agency route together.

We’re looking for passionate, caring individuals who:

• want to help children and young people thrive.
• Love making a difference – you’ll help ensure children and young people receive high-quality, personalised support throughout their time in our homes.
• Celebrate achievements – you’ll support them in reaching positive outcomes and milestones, big and small.
• Build meaningful connections – you’ll form positive, appropriate relationships that help young people feel safe and valued.
• Bring energy and enthusiasm – you’ll be there to share in the fun and excitement of each step in their development.
• Are open to learning and growing – you’ll share your experiences, skills, and knowledge while always keeping children and young people at the heart of everything you do.
• Can adapt to changing needs – you’ll work on a shift pattern that may vary depending on what’s best for the young people and the service.

As part of your role, you will be based at one specific Children’s Home. However, from time to time you may be required to work in other homes within Cardiff.

Every day is different, and you will face new challenges, we need staff members with a can-do attitude, that are willing to go above and beyond for the young people in their care.

We need our team to help recognise and promote young people’s individuality, uniqueness and diverse needs whilst providing a nurturing and positive environment.

As a Residential Childcare Officer, you will:

• Play an essential part in providing direct care and effective support to young people to enable them to achieve positive outcomes in line with their individualised childcare personal plan.
• Participate fully in the caring and supported living environment within the home which will involve household cleaning, maintenance and meal preparation.
• Help young people get around to events, activities, education, appointments, and meetings.
• Actively support the education plans for children, which may include homework, revision, project work and other educational activities.
• Encourage reading and intellectual development of young…