Residential Practitioners

Rotherham Council has made a strategic decision to make an significant investment in childrens residential services. This will ensure more of our looked after children are placed in Rotherham, close to their local communities, family and schools.

We are looking for Casual Childrens Residential Practitioners that are keen to be part of new staff teams that will work in a range of settings and with children and young people with sensory, ASD, mental health needs and who have suffered significant trauma.

This new residential provision will be part of a Children and Young People Service judged as `Good` by Ofsted in January 2018 and build on practice from our short break residential home judged as `Outstanding` in February 2020.

We are seeking casual practitioners who are committed to:

• Develop their skills and practices as part of a team
• Supporting and caring for some of our most complex children and young people, at times in solo provision
• Working evening, weekend and sleep in shifts as part of the residential team

Our vision is for the children and families of Rotherham to routinely experience and describe the services they receive from us, as outstanding and we intend to do that by putting the child first in everything we do.

By being part of our residential teams, you will play a role in developing our collective commitment to an ethos of excellence, integrity, trust and transparency.

This is an excellent time to work within Rotherham. We are passionate about the place and the people who live, work and visit here. We are delivering major regeneration and housing, as well as creating new jobs and opportunities for our residents. Rotherham is a real 'central UK' location with excellent road and rail links and is ideally placed near the scenic countryside of the Peak District, whilst also being conveniently located next to the vibrant city of Sheffield.

Our vision for Rotherham is that we come together as a community, where we seek to draw on our proud history to build a future we can all share. We respect decency, dignity and seek to build a town where opportunity is extended to everyone, where people can grow, flourish and prosper, and where no one is left behind.

We offer an excellent pay and benefits package which includes membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, as well as a range of health and wellbeing and other benefits.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Location:
Various, Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Job reference REQ
21621

Permanent, full time, 37 hours per week.

Salary will be determined dependent on experience and qualifications. Progression through the salary bands will be subject to individual development and assessment within the role.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Are you an experienced, innovative, solution oriented, child care practitioner, keen to work alongside partners and particularly our children and young people to develop a new model of residential intervention in Rotherham?

This post could be for you.

Rotherham Council has made a strategic decision to make a significant investment in childrens residential services. This will ensure more of our looked after children are placed in Rotherham, close to their local communities, family and schools.

We plan to use current best practice and evidence-based models to develop a range of new children's homes, that are small, replicate family life and seek step down to family-based options wherever possible.

We want our residential homes to be an 'intervention not a destination'.

We are looking for Residential Practitioners to help us on our new journey.

Residential Practitioners in Rotherham will:

• Promote safeguard and protect the welfare of children and young people
• Ensure homes comply with all standards and legislative requirements
• Provide opportunities for children and young people to influence the decisions that affect them and the service they receive
• Promote a therapeutic approach for children
• Work systemically with a range of agencies to ensure a joined-up service centred on the child
• Contribute to the development of standards in line with Children's Home Regulations 2015 and work towards…