Residential Practitioner #TMPLDS

Semester.co.uk; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in child care is seeking a Residential Practitioner to support and safeguard children and young people. This role involves fostering positive relationships, implementing care plans, and ensuring a safe environment. Candidates must hold a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Child Care and have experience in the field.

Qualifications

• Must have Level 3 Diploma in Residential Child Care or equivalent.
• Experience in supporting children and young people with complex needs.
• Ability to manage challenging behaviour and provide personal care.

Responsibilities

• Implement care plans and conduct risk assessments.
• Provide a safe and stimulating environment for children.
• Support children's emotional, mental, and physical health needs.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Problem Solving

Education

Level 3 Diploma in Residential Child Care or equivalent

Job description

Please be aware this is a Permanent Post

Must have Level 3 Diploma in Residential Child Care or equivalent

Waking Nights

Deputy Manager role also available

Senior Residential Practitioner role also available

Registered Manager role also available

The Residential Practitioner’s role is to support, encourage, and safeguard children and young people in their development, enabling them to make positive contributions to their families, society, and local communities.

You will do this by fostering positive relationships and maintaining strong bonds between children and staff based on shared daily life and routines, joint activities, and established boundaries of acceptable behaviour.

Responsibilities

• Undertake key worker role, implement care plans, conduct risk assessments, and devise support and health plans.
• Provide and maintain a safe, stimulating, and secure living and learning environment supporting day-to-day physical and emotional needs.
• Work with professionals and communities of origin to sustain links and understand past problems.
• Nurture children’s ambitions for their future and their learning, both in and out of school.
• Support children and young people’s emotional, mental, and physical health needs to build self-esteem.
• Respect privacy whilst maintaining a duty of care, ensuring that living spaces are clean and safe.
• Provide appropriate levels of personal care for children and young people with disabilities and complex needs, including bathing, toileting, dressing, changing, and feeding as appropriate.
• Ensure that all records are accurate, up-to-date, and GDPR compliant.
• Manage complex and challenging behaviour in an assertive, restorative, and sensitive manner.
• Work to reduce the likelihood that a child/young person becomes criminalised, encouraging restorative approaches and outcomes.
• Hours of work are primarily determined by the needs of the service and are worked on a rota basis, including sleep-ins, early mornings, late evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.
• Maintain a close working relationship with colleagues, external agencies, families, and the wider public.
• Be flexible and adaptable to change to assist other services as required, commensurate to grade.
• Participate in appraisal, training, and development activities to ensure up-to-date knowledge and skills.
• Improve own practice through observation, evaluation, discussion, and development programmes.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, knowing when to seek help and advice.
• Contribute to the overall ethos, work, and aims of the service by attending relevant meetings, training days, and events as requested.
• Be aware of and comply with Leeds City Council policies and procedures such as child protection, health, safety, security, confidentiality, and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
• Support difference and ensure equality for all by working in an anti-discriminatory manner, upholding and promoting the values, standards, and equal opportunities of Leeds City Council.
• Recognise and appropriately challenge any incidents of racism, bullying, harassment, victimisation, and any form of abuse of equal opportunities, ensuring compliance with relevant policies and procedures.
• The council has adopted a flexibility protocol, and this role will be expected to work within these parameters.
• The duties outlined are not exhaustive and will also include any other duties within the spirit of the post, commensurate with the job evaluation outcome for this post.

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