Evening shifts Community Care practitioner

4 weeks ago


Weymouth Dorset, United Kingdom Dorset Council Full time

Dorset is committed to creating environments for our children and young people to thrive. This is an exciting opportunity to join our new service as a Senior Youth Practitioner, supporting children and young people with learning disabilities.
We currently have two full time Senior Youth Practitioner posts available. You will be experienced in leading a team, and undertaking supervision of others, demonstrating a solution focused and child centred approach, so that children and young people receive consistent, planned and individualised care and support.
You will be a naturally caring person who can form and maintain positive relationships with our children, young people and families, as well as partner agencies and allocated social workers who form a team around the child.
You will be ambitious, creative and passionate to ensure children and young people who are disabled are provided with the best opportunities to achieve their goals, aspirations and successful outcomes.
Dorset has a comprehensive training programme which supports your professional growth and development.
The Senior Youth Practitioner role is part of the management structure. You will be responsible for the day-to-day care of young people as well has having additional management oversight responsibilities.
You will play a key role in the management of the home, ensuring that we provide an exceptional service to children who are disabled, in a safe and nurturing environment so that children and young people are supported to reach their full potential.
Duties will include taking responsibilities for the management and leadership of the home as designated by the Registered Manager, which will include, direction and supervision of staff, direct child care, medication administration, undertaking sleeping in shifts and occasional on-call duties.
Additional allowances are paid for sleeping-in, bank holiday working and On-call duties.
You will work a 37 hour per week rolling rota which may include working every other weekend and occasional bank holidays.
agency workers currently working for us
casual workers currently working for us
This is a full time role at 37 hours per week.
This post requires significant travel. This post involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders .
See our policy on safeguarding children and young people .
The friends and family referral scheme applies to this post. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.
Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.
Dorset Council: At Dorset Council we:
provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
care about Dorset and all the people who live here
have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression
We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.
Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.


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