Residential Childcare Practitioner

Are you looking for a new start? Want to change young people's lives? Want to develop your career-rather than just "go to work"?

Impact for Change, ‘a small family run organisation’ is currently recruiting for 1 new childcare practitioner within its home on the outskirts of Taunton.

The role is full time and permanent.

All homes within Impact for Change are graded as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. This home provides care to children typically aged between 7 and 12 years.

If you would like to work with children and young people and are passionate about good outcomes for children in care and feel that you are able to positively impact their lives, then we would like to hear from you.

The positions advertised will require successful applicants to work shifts which will often include a sleep in as well as work over some weekends, following a rolling rota.

**Salary**: £21,673.60 per year based on full time equivalent, additional accruements are added in relation to sleep ins at £83.36 per night.

Representative Salary when including sleep in from 80 - 120 per annum, £28,342.40 - £31,676.80.

Please note that we subscribe to safer recruitment good practices. For these roles there will be a requirement for enhanced DBS checks as well as reference checks.
- Provide safe professional care to clients to ensure they are supported and guided to develop positive relationships, and aid their emotional; social; behavioural; physical and intellectual growth.
- Create and produce activities to occupy and develop children and young people to ensure that they gain skills and education in line with their identified needs.
- Define structures and boundaries for children and young people so they understand behaviour expected.
- Communicate and act to promote teamwork and ensure high standards of service delivery in accordance with the best interests of children and young people.
- Build and create positive relationships based on mutual trust and respect with children and young people to ensure that they develop and grow in line with their identified needs.
- Be willing and able to be responsible for own professional competency.
- Fully participate and engage in any training or supervision put in place to develop professional competencies.
- To assist in creating opportunities, within and outside the home for children and young people to learn and develop from.
- Embrace and deliver service provision in-line with the ethos of Impact for Change.
- Have high aspirations for individual professionalism and the children and young people under our care.
- Be engaged and willing to instil any environmental, social or charity based event put forward by Impact for Change.
- Complete, maintain and supply documentation to ensure relevant information is accurately recorded, in line with company procedures and compliance with statutory and contractual requirements.
- Ensure own and, when appropriate, other’s actions reduce risks to health and safety in compliance with statutory legislation and company policy.
- To provide a safe and secure environment for the care and support of children and young people ensuring compliance with all policies and procedures in place to meet our statutory and contractual requirements
- Undertake an average of 8-10 sleep in’s per month.
- Undertake any other reasonable duties as required from time to time by Impact for Change.
- Work in line with any therapeutic intervention put in place for children and young people

**Why work for us**:
Impact for Change are a progressive company; focusing on high quality Residential Childcare. Impact for Change have 3 homes, all rated GOOD with Ofsted. This has been achieved by focusing on the children’s lived experience and quality investment in individual team members.

As an organisation we also offer:

- YuLife
- Healthcare and critical lfe cover.
- AXA (with one year of service
- Time served financial and annual leave increases.
- Full Training and mentoring

**Qualifications**:
Due to the position being advertised:

- Level ¾ Residential Childcare Diploma or a commitment to complete.
- Working knowledge of safeguarding.
- Experience of PACE or Trauma Informed Practice or Play Therapy.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £28,342.40-£32,862.27 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay

Work Location: In person