Tudor Employment Agency are currently recruiting for a Residential Care Practitioner for a Childrens Care Home in Walsall. We are looking for a dedicated and compassionate Residential Care Practitioner to support children and young people in a residential care setting. Your role will focus on providing high quality care and support to young people who are looked after away from their familial home. Benefits of a Residential Care Practitioner: Competitive salary Opportunities for personal and professional development 28 days annual leave per year Salary: £33,551 per annum (increase upon a successful 6 month probation) Duties of a Residential Care Practitionerwill include: Safeguarding through individual risk management planning for young people. Promoting positive social engagements / interaction, healthy relationships and building of trust in a safe and measured way, applying safeguarding principles throughout Providing high levels of nurturing care underpinned by therapeutic parenting principles Supporting children and young people throughout their daily routines by accompanying, where necessary, and transporting to and from activities, school or learning environment, appointments, including family contact and providing supervision when required Participating in activities with children and young people, encouraging engagement in education and positive and appropriate hobbies and interests. Preparing and supporting young people with tuition and homework Maintaining a safe and clean home environment, including the completion of all domestic duties e.g. cleaning, cooking, washing and general housekeeping Lone working and as part of a wider professional team Maintaining confidentiality at all times, reporting directly to your line manager any information or concern in a timely manner Participating in supervision, personal development plans and attend all mandatory and relevant training along with completion of diploma level 4 which is relevant to Children and young peoples workforce. All within the given time constraints Ensure all aspects of daily / weekly reporting and recording is completed within the given time limits and in accordance with company policies and procedures Ensure you are compliant with all Codes of Practice set by employer and respective regulatory bodies i.e. Ofsted and remain up to date with all company policies and procedures, relevant legislation, required codes of practice and including young persons paperwork, including care plans, risk assessments etc In order to be considered for the role of a Residential Care Practitioner: Level 3 Children's Residential / Children's Workforce OR Level 4 Diploma in Childrens and Young People workforce or transferable skills recognised with Ofsted Current, clean UK Driving License Enhanced DBS Right to Work in the UK Minimum 1 years experience in childcare or youth setting or One years relevant experience within alternate social care setting e.g. adult LD, substance misuse support, domestic abuse or an understanding of the challenges young people and carers face within a residential care setting Hours of Work: 56.5 hours per week inclusive of sleeps (08:00 23:00 plus sleep and half an hour handover the next day 08:00 08:30) the shifts are based on a 3-week rolling rota working alongside their senior coworker, averaging at 10 shifts per month, equates to 244.5 hour per month