Night Residential Child Care Practitioner

**Willowford House Children's Residential Home**

**Do you have what it takes to make a positive difference in the lives of children and young people?**

Are you a hardworking and resilient individual who is able to engage with and emotionally support children and young people?

An opportunity has arisen to recruit Night Residential Child Care Practitioners (NRCCP) to a newly developed home in RCT, with occasional deployment to other RCT Children’s Homes in line with service requirements.

As a NRCCP, you will be part of a caring team, that provides a safe, nurturing home for up to three children and young people, led and supported by a Registered Manager, and experienced Senior staff.

Successful applicants will be committed to improving the lives of children with complex needs and those who have experienced childhood trauma. You will be committed to understanding individual past experiences, of children and young people, and show compassion in your approach to the impact of these on the ability to settle and sleep at night. Providing care and support for up to three children and young people, you will need to work creatively with a high level of active engagement in activities and direct work. You will be supported and trained to practice in a therapeutic environment, utilising the Trauma Recovery Model of care.

Much of your role will be spent supporting individuals to work through their experiences, with the goal of aiding recovery and building resilience, to achieve their personal goals, providing a safe and suitable environment that supports learning and personal growth.

This will involve you providing emotional and physical support to enable children and young people to reach their full potential, sometimes in challenging situations, where you will need to be responsive to issues outside the home. As such the ability to travel independently is required for this role.

To succeed in the role, you must be passionate, patient and committed to those you work with, and the professional standards of the role. This will include working actively with families and professionals to ensure care and support is personalised to meet individual needs.
- Excellent communication skills
- Positivity and resilience
- A commitment to providing safe and caring environments for children and young people to learn and grow
- Compassion, empathy, and an enthusiasm to promote individual choice
- The ability to invest in developing trusting relationships.
- An enthusiasm and commitment to your own learning
- An ability to work flexibly - Work patterns will include working weekends, and bank holidays. Working Hours - 10.30pm -7.30am

You will be expected to hold or be prepared to work towards the QCF Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Children and Young People) or predecessor qualification NVQ Level 3 (Children and Young People). You will be registered with Social Care Wales, either on appointment, or following completion of the Induction Framework.

**Our Offer to you**

We recognise that working in Social Care is professionally and personally challenging and demands considerable levels of skill, commitment, and enthusiasm. We offer a dedicated in-house Learning and Development Centre which actively supports our staff to maintain their skills and Continuous Professional Development. Successful applicants will be fully funded to receive the necessary training and support required to undertake the role. Successful applicants who do not hold the relevant qualification will be supported to achieve the QCF Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Children and Young People) within 2 years of appointment.

**RCT Council employees also have access to a wide range of staff benefits which include**:

- 25 days Annual Leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service. There is also an option to purchase additional annual leave to a maximum of 10 days (pro rata) per year.
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Discounted LeisureForLife Membership
- Vectis Card (staff discount)
- Technology Purchase Scheme
- Access to our Occupational Health Unit and CARI, our new digital confidential wellbeing tool.

For further information about our current vacancies or to arrange an informal discussion please use our Children’s Services vacancy enquiry form.

Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

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