Residential Children's Practitioner Level 2

4 weeks ago

Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom Norfolk Full time

Permanent contract | part-time 25.66 hours per week | £20,298 to £21,751 per annum (Grade G) | Norwich

Night Residential Children's Practitioner (Level 2) - Springwood

At Norfolk County Council, we are committed to providing high-quality, holistic residential care for children and young people aged 5-17. Our aim is to achieve excellent outcomes and lasting results. We are passionate about providing creative and ambitious opportunities for our young people. Our services are well-regarded, and we are proud of our reputation for ensuring the best outcomes for children and young people.

Springwood is a residential home in Norwich, providing holistic care to young people with various needs, including those with learning disabilities and emotional and behavioral needs.

We are seeking highly motivated, resilient, and positive team members with humor, tenacity, and empathy to help children and young people flourish and reach their full potential. We value your life experiences, energy, personal strength, and positive mental attitude.

Our team works across the whole week, including weekends and bank holidays, and this can include unsociable hours, night work, and sleep-ins. This post is predominantly at nights, but it also involves day work to ensure opportunities for training, development, and supervision.

Our approach to practice within Norfolk is underpinned by Children's Services practice vision 'Vital Signs for Children.' This enables us to work as a whole system and with a whole family approach to assessment and intervention.

Using a relationship-based approach, we work to build consistent and trusted relationships with children and families. We are strengths-oriented in our practice, identifying and building on the strengths of families to create positive change. Using outcome-focused practice, we are committed to achieving the best outcomes for children, young people, and their families.

Following a thorough induction and training program, your duties will include:

Supporting and providing meaningful day-to-day activities to children and young people to develop their emotional and social needs by building positive relationships.

Developing personal and practical skills to enhance young people's independence skills.

Ensuring that children's and young people's diverse communication needs are met, ascertaining their views and wishes, and acting upon them where appropriate.

Reporting and recording key aspects of care and developing your professional skills as part of ongoing development.

Managing complex behaviors that can be challenging.

Depending on the needs of the child/young person, this may require you to provide personal intimate care and/or nursing care support to holistically support children and young people.

Working in collaboration and directly with families and other professionals to ensure best outcomes for children and young people.

Holding or being willing to work towards the Level 3 Diploma for Residential Child Care (paid for).

In return, we will offer you:

A supportive team who cares about your wellbeing and professional development.

We offer a generous annual leave entitlement - plus the opportunity to purchase up to two weeks of additional annual leave through our salary sacrifice scheme.

We offer maternity, paternity, and adoption pay and time off to support you as your family grows. There is an independently run nursery within the Norfolk County Council grounds which offers priority spaces to our employees.

We offer support if you care for relatives or friends who are older, disabled, or seriously ill.

We are committed to promoting the health, safety, and wellbeing of our social workers. We provide access to services that support your health and wellbeing, such as confidential counselling and advice, fast-track physiotherapy, and NHS Health Checks for employees over 40.

NCC Pension scheme.

Meals whilst working on shift.

Cycle to work scheme.

What our Staff Say

I love working for NCC as they have great values, they think about their staff. As a Residential practitioner, I can support young people to reach their individual goals, whatever the start they have had in their life's. There are training opportunities that support me in my role and the young people to have positive outcomes.

To apply, please download an and attach it to your online application instead of your CV.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

  • Competitive salary
  • Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
  • Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
  • Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part-time, remote, and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
  • Financial benefits such as: 'our employee discount programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema, and days out. A for Fire Service and Social Care Workers Relocation expenses (where applicable) An advance of your expenses if you travel for work Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments, and dependants' pensions. A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard-to-fill job. Tax-efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes, and electric cars.

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