Casual Residential Practitioner Metropolitan Borough Council

Hourly rate of £13.69 and excellent benefits

Interviews:
Rolling interview dates through May and June

Rotherham Council’s Children’s Services have continued from strength to strength, most recently being deemed “Good” by Ofsted in July 2022.

We’re currently recruiting Casual Residential Practitioners to join our current provision and to work across several settings including residential homes, emergency accommodation family home and foster placements. The new Casual Residential Practitioners will play an active role in delivering in-house residential care for Rotherham’s looked after children.

As part of this role, you will:

• Provide high-quality care and interventions to children and young people in various settings to ensure their protection and well‑being.

• Safeguard and promote the welfare of each child or young person, meeting their physical, emotional, and social needs.

• Support education and transition to independence for children and young people.

• Manage day‑to‑day operations including activities, meals, personal care and medication administration.

• Apply the Rotherham Family Approach incorporating Restorative Practice and Signs of Safety and other agreed evidence‑based therapeutic and behavioural management approaches and practice models.

• Create and maintain a safe and stimulating environment that meets our health and safety standards.

Local authority pension.

Generous annual leave.

Joining our “Good” and “Outstanding” Children’s Services teams.

Consideration of market forces increase when negotiating your salary.

4‑week induction training prior to opening our new home.

Bespoke training using Rotherham Family Approach. This incorporates Signs of Safety and Restorative Practice.

1:1 ratio of Residential Practitioner to young person.

A home with a team of 2 members of staff always present.

Access to our in‑house therapeutic service.

Additional provisional support in the form of our nationally recognised Edge of Care services, and Crisis support team.

Committed to support your L3 qualification if not already qualified at point of hire.

A chance to make a real difference to a young person’s life.

You will be a Level 3 registered practitioner with experience working within a residential setting.

You may otherwise be an experienced caregiver with skills and experience that match our requirements. This might be experience you earned in a residential or similar setting, whether that’s statutory or non‑statutory.

You’ll be a committed member of the team, seeking to inspire and support some of our most complex young people. Sometimes this will involve solo provision, supported by a deputy and registered manager. As part of the residential team you will be required to work evenings, weekends and sleep‑in shifts as needed. As a Casual Residential Practitioner, your availability must be flexible and you must be able to travel to various children’s home settings to meet the needs of the service.

We’re committed to providing L3 qualification to a candidate without this existing qualification who shows experience and skills needed for the role.

We pride ourselves on the consistently high standards of care provided across Children’s and Young People’s Services, which has led to our “Good” Ofsted rating in 2022. We’re driven to centering provision around the needs of Rotherham’s young people, and this drive extends to our residential teams.

We have a commitment to an ethos of excellence, integrity, trust and transparency. By joining our team, you too will advocate for and live these values.

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