Senior Residential Practitioner

Senior Residential Practitioner (Childrens)

Leeds

30,151/year

Start date: ASAP

Job purpose

The Senior Practitioner's role is to lead the residential practitioner team which supports, encourages and safeguards children and young people in their development, enabling them to make positive contributions to their families, society and local communities.

You will do this by fostering positive relationships and maintaining strong bonds between children and staff based on shared daily life and routines, joint activities and established boundaries of acceptable behaviour.

Responsibilities

Undertake key worker role, implement care plans, conduct risk assessments and devise support and health plans

Provide and maintain a safe, stimulating and secure living and learning environment supporting day-to-day physical and emotional needs

Work with professionals and communities of origin to sustain links and understand past problems

Nurture children's ambitions for their future and their learning, both in and out of school

Support children and young people's emotional, mental and physical health needs to build self-esteem

Qualifications

To work in this role you must hold at minimum NVQ/QCF Diploma Level 3 in Residential Child Care, as well as the QFC Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services Level 5. If you do not hold this qualification we will fund you to study for it. You must complete the qualification within a reasonable period of starting work, normally 3 years. Failure to achieve the QFC Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services Level 5 will prevent you from continuing in this post.

Knowledge required

NVQ/QCF Diploma Level 3 in Residential Child Care

QFC Leadership Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services Level 5; if you do not hold this qualification you must complete it within a reasonable period, normally 3 years after starting work (we fund the course)

Of relevant legislation, guidance, policies and the ability to interpret and apply them consistently

Understanding of child and adolescent growth and development

Principles of risk assessment and management, child protection and safeguarding

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