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Advanced Educator Children's Residential Specialist

2 months 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 the development of 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.
  • Connect our residential care resources and practitioners with colleagues across social work and social care to ensure the homes are fully integrated across children's services and more widely.
About the Academy

The Social Work 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.

About You

We are looking for an experienced and skilled professional with a strong background in children's residential care, who can provide leadership, group supervision, evidence, and professional wisdom to developing staff. You will have wide practice experience and proven ability to promote innovation and evidence-informed practice.

You will be confident in introducing improved ways of working and able to model and encourage reflective practice and effective learning opportunities responsive to local needs.

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 of 11/08/2024. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 21st August 2024.