Childcare Practitioner

**Job description**
- **Health Assurance Program for YOU and YOUR FAMILY alongside a Great Salary. We offer Progression Opportunities with Management Mentoring and lots more**:

- **Do you want to be part of a brand new team of professionals working in a brand new solo therapeutic Residential Children’s Home?**:

- **Are you a nurturing and caring person?**:

- **Do you have patience and understanding towards others?**:

- **Can you work as part of a therapeutic team and commit to your role and professional development?**:

- **Are you prepared to participate to the training needs of the team around the child?**:

- **Can you be an instrumental senior member of a dedicated team who provide a nurturing, loving home for children who are unable to live with their birth family?**

**The Registered Manager is committed to ensuring that his vision for our House is a warm, nurturing family home for Children and Young People who are shown love, care and support from adults is successful. Our approach is a model of care that combines a safe, nurturing and managed environment that puts relationships and thinking at the core of genuine therapeutic change in our home. Following a person centred approach delivering care that is based around recognising trauma and attachment in an accepting non-judgemental way that helps children feel loved and cared for.**

**As you will be part of an inclusive therapeutic family supporting young people, You will help create innovative ways to support children and young people to achieve their own personal goals, aims and ambitions. The support you provide will change with everyone you work with because everyone is different, so having calmness, understanding and compassion is fundamental.**

**AIMS AND OBJECTIVES**

We are looking for 2 passionate, motivated individuals with a desire to make a difference in the lives of others through empathy and understanding, but who can also think creatively and inspire fun and excitement to make life-long memories with and for our children.

As a senior member of the team, you will provide a positive role model for the rest of the team and our children in their day to day lives, championing their needs and fighting for their best interests. You will be able to effectively lead a team in the Managers absence or when this is required. You will be curious, patient, and empathetic in your approach and play a key part in upholding our culture and ethos within the home.

You will have the resilience to work in a challenging environment, and remain solution focused to achieve the best outcomes for our children and young people.
- **Do you have team-leading skills? Are you looking for a role that has clear pathways into management? Do you want to make a lasting difference to the lives of children and young people?**_
- **If the answer to all the above is “yes”, then a Senior Residential Support Worker role with Unique ACG Ltd could be perfect for you.**_

**As a developing company, there are opportunities for progression within Happi Abode Ltd which includes opportunities to gain qualifications in both Level 4 Diploma and Level 5 in Leadership and Management and more.**

**ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

**What is the role?**
- To assist in the smooth running of the home, being part of a multi-disciplinary team. Promoting a warm, nurturing safe and therapeutic environment.
- To know and follow the complaints procedures reporting complaints or untoward occurrences to management, be it from public, members of the ream or children.
- To recognise the needs of the home provided by adopting a flexible attitude to work routines and shift patterns.
- To liaise with management and colleagues regarding issues within the home. Updating on progress or difficulties in relation to adults or children and to advise if management intervention is needed.
- To give support and advice to less experienced colleagues when the need arises, especially new team members.
- Have the ability to communicate clearly, orally, written and IT.
- Assist the management of the adults and resources.
- To know, understand, follow and promote the home’s anti-discriminatory practice procedures.
- To attend team supervision and team meetings. To attend available training and team development opportunities.
- To ensure domestic standards such as cooking and cleaning are set and monitored in such a fashion as to set a good example to the children.
- To give direction to co-workers as and when required.
- To be responsible for the professional supervision of some co-workers as directed by management.
- To promote the health, safety and welfare of all children, including the promotion of their physical, intellectual, social, behavioural and moral development to enable them to mature and develop as responsible members of the community.
- Ensure medical and dental treatments are arranged as necessary and complete relevant forms for the files.
- Liaise with family and other agencies to gather i