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

Coventry Residential Children’s Services currently have several well-established children’s homes within the city. Our family-style homes offer individualised care for children aged 10 to 18 years, who have a diverse range of needs and may have been impacted by childhood trauma.

We are also pursuing a forward-thinking strategy with a clear vision to expand our provision, including opening new homes. Join us and be part of our incredible journey.

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organization that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled, and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents, ensuring equity and respect remain at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values are:

1. Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
2. Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
3. Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
4. Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
5. Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
6. Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

Our homes provide a warm and stable environment that enables Coventry’s children to stay closer to their family, friends, and community. By joining our dedicated team, you will have opportunities to make a real difference to the lives of our looked-after children. We deliver excellent standards of care using Signs of Safety and Relationship-Based Practice to provide a safe and nurturing space for them to call home.

Our priority is to deliver a service that reflects the views of our looked-after children. They have expressed that they want to be listened to, treated with respect and dignity, feel safe, and be supported to reach their full potential. They value building positive relationships and wish to stay close to their communities and schools.

There are three key areas of skill essential to this role:

1. Day-to-day carer: Supporting children to continue their routines within a safe, secure, nurturing environment.
2. Relationship builder: Supporting behaviors through positive relationships, based on mutual respect, good parenting, privacy, dignity, independence, choice, rights, fulfillment, child-centered practice, planning, and partnership.
3. Educator: Providing children with information in an understandable way to enable informed choices about their care and the world around them, including social issues, independence, and health.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Appointment will be conditional upon a satisfactory DBS check.

The children in our care have diverse needs. Experience working with children and young people is essential, even if you haven't worked in residential care before. A driver’s license, good computer literacy, and communication skills are preferred, along with a commitment to professional development. We will support you to achieve the Diploma for Residential Childcare if you haven't already.

You should have:

• An understanding of the needs of looked-after children and/or those requiring short breaks.
• Knowledge of relationships and the impact on children entering and leaving care.
• Ability to work holistically to deliver within the three key skill areas.

If you are caring, non-judgmental, enthusiastic, committed, child-focused, and able to work in partnership with others, we want to hear from you. You must be reflective, flexible, accountable, and resilient.

Applicants must provide full work history since leaving school and disclose any employment gaps to meet Schedule 2 of the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015.

We encourage applicants from Coventry with similar lived experiences to the children in our care.

We are recruiting for Relief posts, supporting gaps on the rota including evenings, weekends, bank holidays, and sleep-ins. A minimum of one shift per month is expected.

For application support, visit our accessibility page. We offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for specific groups, including Armed Forces members, those currently or previously in care, and disabled individuals.

Interview date: week commencing 28th April 2025.

Coventry is a vibrant, diverse city with a proud, innovative spirit. We aim to recruit talented people who focus on customers, take responsibility, work collaboratively, and seek continuous improvement. We offer a comprehensive rewards and benefits package. For more information, visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies