Advanced Educator Children's Residential Specialist

1 month ago


Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Gloucestershire County Council Full time
About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Gloucestershire Social Work Academy as an Advanced Educator for Children's Residential Services. We are seeking an experienced and skilled professional to develop outstanding residential leaders and practitioners in our homes.

Key Responsibilities
  • Work closely with the homes' management teams to establish and implement ongoing, creative programmes of training, including child-centred, trauma-informed approaches.
  • Respond to inspections, Regulation 44 outcomes, and individual programmes of care for children in the homes to ensure all areas for development are met.
  • Act as a conduit for the commissioning of essential training and take lead responsibility for promoting practice standards within the homes, consistent with the Practice Framework across children's services.
  • Ensure that residential staff receive the highest quality Professional Development that impacts directly on improving the life experiences of children, young people, and families.
About the Academy

The Academy is responsible for providing a welcoming and meaningful introduction to working in children's services, optimising the many attractions of working for Gloucestershire County Council. It also ensures that our staff receive the highest quality continuing professional development that impacts directly on improving the life experiences of children, young people, and families.

Requirements
  • A professional social work qualification, or similar from a statutory background (e.g. NHS, police, education, restorative practice) and/or a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare.
  • An ability to satisfactorily pass DBS requirements.
  • A practice educator award is desirable but not essential for social work qualified applicants (or willingness to complete the qualification whilst in post).
How to Apply

Please submit your application before the closing date. Interviews will be held on a specified date.



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