Residential Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; Barnby in the Willows CP; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Discount schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Civil Service Sports CouncilMembership

Fully funded QCF3 in residential care

Professional support and development

Support for work-life balance

Job summary

Lincolnshire County Council's Lincolnshire Secure Unit seeks a Residential Practitioner to mentor children placed by the courts, using trauma-informed approaches to help them build skills and set boundaries. The role covers weekdays, weekends and bank holidays on a rota, with a focus on safe, supportive care.

You will work within a 12-bed secure children's home, promoting rights, resilience and constructive behaviour while collaborating with a team that values mutual support and innovation.

Qualifications

• Willingness to complete a fully funded QCF3 in residential childcare.
• Ability to converse at ease in English and provide accurate spoken guidance.

Responsibilities

• Encourage and enable children to reach their maximum potential while respecting their rights
• Mentor children and young people to develop new skills, social skills and life choices
• Model constructive social behaviour and set clear boundaries
• Create a safe environment using a trauma-informed approach
• Provide care and control to young people who display aggressive or challenging behaviour
• Help children take responsibility for their actions in line with their age, ability and aptitude
• Suggest and help run new activities for young people

Skills

English fluency

Education

QCF3 in residential childcare

Job description

This Residential Practitioner post sits in the Residential Care team at Lincolnshire Secure Unit, a twelve-bed secure children's home run by Lincolnshire County Council. The work centres on mentoring young people placed by the courts for youth justice or welfare reasons, helping them build skills and set boundaries while managing challenging behaviour through a trauma-informed approach. It is a permanent full-time role on a rota covering weekdays, weekends and bank holidays. Applicants must be able to converse at ease in English under the fluency duty.

What the job involves

• Encourage and enable children to reach their maximum potential while respecting their rights
• Mentor children and young people to develop new skills, social skills and life choices
• Model constructive social behaviour and set clear boundaries
• Create a safe environment using a trauma-informed approach
• Provide care and control to young people who display aggressive or challenging behaviour
• Help children take responsibility for their actions in line with their age, ability and aptitude
• Suggest and help run new activities for young people

Qualifications

• Willingness to complete a fully funded QCF3 in residential childcare

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to converse at ease with customers and give advice in accurate spoken English

Checks & eligibility

• Criminal record check

Other

• Enthusiasm for the work
• Resilience to recover quickly from challenging situations
• Innovation in proposing new activities
• Flexibility to adapt to daily change
• Team working and mutual support, sharing the values collaborative, adaptable, eco-conscious, supportive and responsible
• Hard working

What’s offered

• Pension
• Discount schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Civil Service Sports Council membership
• Fully funded QCF3 in residential childcare
• Professional support and development
• Support for work-life balance