Post: Child Care Officer
Essential knowledge:
● A theoretical understanding of the origins of disturbed behaviour
● An understanding of how to manage children assertively without using dominance
Essential skills and abilities:
● The ability to understand and empathise with children.
● The ability to set appropriate boundaries for children
● A positive regard for children
● The ability to critically assess children’s progress and to communicate this through the writing of reports
● The ability to work as part of a team
● The ability to solve problems
● The ability to take on board new ideas
● A sense of humour
● A clean driving licence with business use
● The capacity to physically manage children
● The ability to communicate clearly with a variety of parents, professionals and agencies.
Essential experience:
● Working with or caring for children of primary school age.
Special conditions:
● Enhanced DBS Check
● Above-average exposure to pupils with traumatic conditions or who have complex and demanding behavioural problems will require the postholder to cope with above-average levels of emotional stress.
● Close contact with pupils may result in some exposure to bodily fluids.
● It may require Hepatitis B vaccination.
● Particularly in schools that have pupils with behav...