Our client, a social care company with Children’s Homes for Children and Young People with EBD and associated learning disabilities throughout the Northwest, are currently looking to recruit an experienced, compassionate and flexible Residential Senior Therapeutic Child Care Practitioner to ensure that the care provided is of the highest quality in an environment which supports and encourages children to reach their full potential.
Reporting to the Registered Manager, duties to include:
1. Assisting the Registered and Deputy Managers in the overall running of the home and effectively supervise staff providing care for children and young people in a residential setting in accordance with legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
2. Ensure that the home operates within the National Quality Care Standards and Regulations for Children’s Homes and to develop a service that offers outstanding results for children and young people.
3. Assist in delivering a child-centred and stimulating environment in which children can receive high-quality physical, emotional, social, and intellectual care and support, acting as a positive adult role model.
4. Support children to ensure their health, medica and educational needs are met.
5. Promote, evidence and promote the children’s identity, including religion, culture, ethnicity, sexuality and linguistic needs, offering other forms of communication where possible.
6. Ensure that docu...