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.
We are looking for Casual Children's Residential Practitioners that are keen to be part of new staff teams that will work in a range of settings and with children and young people with sensory, ASD, mental health needs, and who have suffered significant trauma.
This new residential provision will be part of a Children and Young People Service judged as 'Good' by Ofsted in January 2018 and build on practice from our short break residential home judged as 'Outstanding' in February 2020.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking casual practitioners who are committed to:
1. Develop their skills and practices as part of a team
2. Supporting and caring for some of our most complex children and young people, at times in solo provision
3. Working evening, weekend, and sleep-in shifts as part of the residential team
Our vision is for the children and families of Rotherham to routinely experience and describe the services they receive from us as outstanding, and we intend to do that by putting the child first in everything we do.
Job responsibilities
Directorate: Children and Young People's Services
Job reference: REQ18148
Salary: £13.69 per hour (pay award pending)
Casual, variable hours, working as and when required.
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Are you a 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 Casual Children's Residential Practitioners posts play a role in the delivery of a range of in-house residential provision for Rotherham looked after children.
Key benefits of working at Rotherham Council's Children and Young People's service are:
* Strong support and clear direction from Managers
* Training programme to develop and professionalise our residential practitioners.
* Residential services that have access to and work closely with our high-quality in-house therapeutic service
* Innovative Edge of Care Services and a strong Early Help offer which is reducing demand and supporting professionals to think systemically and develop creative options to support children and young people
* The prioritisation of Looked After Children for CAMHS assessment and intervention
* The opportunity to make a real difference to the children, young people, and families
* Investment in you as a casual practitioner involving support, supervision, training, and opportunity for professional development and progression.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NQF Level 3 qualification e.g., AS and A levels, NVQs Level 3, Applied A Levels, BTEC First Certificates and Diplomas, City and Guilds Advanced Craft Part 3, or NQF Level 4 Certificates of Higher Education Or Evidence of the equivalent level of knowledge gained through work experience
* Level 3 Diploma in Residential Child Care or the equivalent. Or will have completed within 2 years of starting work in the role.
Experience
* 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.
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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