The post holder will provide high quality care and interventions to children and young people in a variety of settings including residential homes, emergency accommodation, family home and foster placements, which will contribute to the protection, safeguarding and promotion of the education, health and well-being of children and young people.
This role is specifically to work within our emergency response team; therefore the post holder will need to work in a flexible way, which will include working across services, often supporting children in crisis.
Main duties of the job
You should have:
* Experience of working in a service or provision designed to support children and young people with complex needs, such as difficulties in regulating their emotions and behaviours due to past experiences.
* Experience of working directly with children and families in a multi-agency setting and knowledge of the roles of other agencies and professionals.
* Knowledge of child development and the impact of early childhood trauma.
* Knowledge and experience of developing, implementing, and reviewing individual programmes of care.
* Knowledge of Children's Homes Regulations and Safeguarding frameworks.
* Practical knowledge of working / dealing with difficult situations in a diplomatic, sensitive and caring professional manner and knowledge of professional boundaries and safe working practices which contribute to managing risk.
Job responsibilities
Job reference: REQ18667
Directorate: Children and Young People's Services
Permanent, full-time 37 hours / part-time 18.5 hours per week
Closing date: 12th January 2025
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Are you an experienced, solution-oriented, systemic working, child-focused practitioner, keen to work alongside partners and particularly our children and young people to deliver a new model of residential intervention in Rotherham? This post could be for you.
The posts will play a key role in the delivery of the vision we have around our edge of care and residential service. We are looking for practitioners who are skilled in working with children and their families in emergency situations, where an entry into care looks like the next step. The emergency residential settings and staffing are focused on working alongside the Team around the child in a proactive way and playing a key role in intensive support packages as part of the residential team and or in the community with families. We are seeking dynamic, solution-focused practitioners who enjoy working with children and their families to achieve success and who want to work alongside our innovative edge of care model.
Rotherham Council has made a strategic decision to make a significant investment in children's residential services. This will ensure more of our looked after children are placed in Rotherham, close to their local communities, family and schools.
Children's Emergency Response Residential Practitioners in Rotherham will:
* Promote, safeguard and protect the welfare of looked after children across the borough.
* Key work individual children and young people, building effective relationships, being a positive role model and providing consistency of support.
* Apply agreed evidence-based therapeutic and behavioural management approaches and practice models.
* Provide opportunities for children and young people to influence the decisions that affect them and the service they receive.
* Work systemically and as part of a team to ensure a joined-up service centred on the child.
* Engage in the running of the home including activities, meals, personal care, recording, report writing and administration of medication in line with the councils policy.
* Undertake staff training, attend staff meetings and formal supervision sessions.
* Provide and promote a safe, stimulating and nurturing physical environment.
* Hold a full valid UK driving license and be willing to transport children and young people.
* Work a mixture of days, evenings, weekends, waking nights and sleep in shifts as part of the residential team.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience in the engagement of adults/and/or children/families (some of whom are resistant to engage), with detailed knowledge of what works to effect positive change.
* Experience of working within the community and familiar with multi-agency working.
* Experience and understanding of the key worker role.
* Experience of understanding the needs of clients with a range of sensitive and personal care.
* Experience of caseload management in order to optimise individual performance.
Qualifications
* Level 6 qualification e.g. Bachelor Degrees, Graduate Certificates and Diplomas, or Level 5 qualification e.g. Diplomas of HE and FE, foundation degrees and HNDs, plus experience in relevant areas of work over a period of years.
* Or evidence of the equivalent level of knowledge gained through work experience.
* NVQ level 4 Adult Care or equivalent.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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