Senior Practitioner

Make a difference to a child’s life every day and join our Children’s Homes Residential Care Team
Are you passionate and driven to do the best for children and their families? Are you looking for a career whereyou’llbe fully supported and trained? Are you looking for an employer who values you and can offer you career pathways and opportunities to progress if you choose to? Find out why we are graded good from Ofsted: Ofsted
To be a Senior Children’s Residential Care Practitioner you need to be ambitious for young people. You’ll be working directly with them day to day, building relationships with them and their families whilst offering a safe and caring environment to help them achieve their goals. So, whether you’ve always wanted to work with young people or you’re looking for a career change this could be exactly the opportunity you’ve been looking for.

As a Senior Children's Residential Practitioner, you will be responsible, together with other team members, for:
The quality of day-to-day care, the administration and the organisation of the Children’s Home, ensuring care plans for Children and Young People are followed.
To ensure that all statutory regulations, other additional instructions and good practice are adhered to, and records are maintained.
You will be caring for Warwickshire’s own children
Joining an authority with a ‘Good’ Ofsted rating
Competitive pay
Comprehensive training
Employment assistance programme, i.e. access to counselling and support
A career pathway for progression
Rota’s that always have a senior shift lead and on call to support
The role will require shift working including working some weekends, evenings, sleeping in the home and being on call. Additional pay for unsociable hours and sleep-ins .
and help children to thrive?? At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.