Children in Care Council Participation Officer

Participation Officer - Children in Care Council

Liverpool

17.31/hr

Start date: ASAP

Full time: 36/hrs a week

3 - 6 months contract.

Hatched Recruitment is looking for a Children in Care Council Participation Officer in the Liverpool area.

The Participation Officer role is to support and advocate on behalf of our children and young people to ensure that they have a voice in Children's Service and are able to influence service development and improvement. It is essential that the candidate has experience in Children's Social Care and direct work experience with Children and Young People.

Main Role and Responsibility:
* To oversee and coordinate the current participation activity within the service which involves children and young people.
* To oversee and coordinate the implementation of Mind of My Own within the service.
* To support the effective involvement and influence of children in care and care leavers in the corporate parenting committee.
* To provide meaningful feedback to children in care on the outcomes of consultations and other activities.

Essential Criteria:
* Educated to Degree level or equivalent or holds a recognised relevant professional qualification (for example: Youth Work and/or Social Work)
* Experience of working within a social care/childcare setting.
* Experience of working directly with children and young people.

This is a 6 month initial placement. Hybrid working pattern with on site working at least 2 days per week (these are not set days and will be dependent on business need).

The ideal candidate will be highly skilled in all IT systems, they will be confident in all communication and be able to produce high quality consistent work within highly pressurised timescales.
They will have excellent organisation and time management skills and be able to use their own initiative working autonomously.