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Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council; Treharris; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is seeking a Senior Residential Child Care Practitioner to lead the staff team in day-to-day care of children and young people. The role includes planning, delivering interventions, and coordinating support for families and foster placements to secure stable outcomes.

The post requires QCF Diploma Level 3 in Health and Social Care (Children and Young People) or NVQ Level III in Care, with Welsh language ability a plus.

Qualifications

• Supervision of staff requirements.
• Ability to deputise for the Registered Manager.
• Ability to handle contentious and complex matters.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day care of children and young people and provide supportive duties.
• Support the Manager in planning and delivering evidence-based interventions with families to secure a swift return home or longer-term placement.
• Coordinate services supporting children, young people and foster placements to prevent disruption or breakdown.
• Deputise for the Registered Manager in their absence.
• Evening and weekend work, and sleep-in duties as required.

Skills

Staff supervision

Deputise for manager

Deal with complex matters

Education

QCF Diploma Level 3 in Health and Social Care (Children and Young People) or NVQ Level III in Care

Job description

Senior Residential Child Care Practitioner - (RE-1888)

To be responsible as a lead member of the staff team, and senior practitioner, for the direct day to day care of children and young people and other supportive tasks and duties.

.The Senior Residential Child Care Practitioner will support the Manager in contributing to planning, and ensuring the safe delivery of evidence based interventions, which will involve working directly with children/ people and their families, to secure a swift return home, or move to a longer term placement. In addition they will coordinate and provide a service which supports, children/young people their families, and foster placements, where there is a risk of disruption or breakdown.’

. Supervision of staff

• To deputise for the Registered Manager in their absence.

. To be able to deal with contentious and complex matters

• This will include evening and weekend work, and sleep in duties as required.

• The standards that are applied to this post are QCF Diploma Level 3 in Health and Social Care ( Children and Young People) or the predecessor qualification N.V.Q. Level III Awards in Care

You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.

Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.

All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both.

Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.

We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.