Children's Residential Care Practitioner

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Residential Children’s Practitioner to work full time based in Norwich.

The salary for this permanent Residential Children’s Practitioner job is up to £29,439 per annum.

Main duties:

• To engage in the effective delivery of residential childcare in accordance with Ofsted quality standards and Children Homes Regulations
• To maintain good professional practise within the Home in accordance with Departmental Standards
• To help create a positive environment for each resident with regard to their safety, health and education
• To form effective relationships with residents and their families to ensure that a caring environment is maintained their emotional and physical needs are met
• “Safe care” standards are met opportunities for their development are maximised
• To undertake tasks and duties that can be met through appropriate training and delegation of clinical procedures in line with the 2005 Royal College of Nursing Guidelines
• To ensure that residents views and wishes are sought and acted upon where appropriate
• To ensure that good quality records are maintained as required with supervision and advice from qualified staff
• To undertake “sleep-in” duties, and night work as and when required
• To undertake a “link worker” role with residents as required
• To participate in County groups as required
• To attend statutory reviews or planning meetings as required
• To ensure observance of and adherence to the health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
• To ensure that services are provided in accordance with the departmental standards, equal opportunities standards and objectives of quality assurance
• To undertake other appropriate duties as may be required by the Director of Children’s Services

Requirements of this job:

• Desirable to have the Level 3 Children, Young Person and Family Practitioner (or equivalent) qualification or willingness to complete
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• An understanding of the needs of looked after young people
• Knowledge of relevant regulations, legislation and statutory guidance
• An understanding of intervention strategies

Contact:

This job is advertised by Harry Smy; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.