Senior Residential Children's Practitioner

1 week ago


Cannock, United Kingdom SGS Care Ltd Full time

**Job Title**:Team Leader / Senior Residential Support Worker / Shift Lead

**Location -**Cannock

**Salary -**£35,600 DOE including £70.47 per sleep-in with an average of 11 per month

**Service**:Children’s Residential Care Home

**Service Users**:YP with various needs; EBD, CSE, CCE

**Qualifications**:Level 3 Diploma in Residential Child Care

**Experience**:A t least 1 years’ experience relevant to residential care in the last 5 years

**Employment Type**:Full Time/ Permanent

**The Opportunity**

This is a role that specialises in supporting Children and Young People who have suffered early life trauma, neglect, or abuse and may display challenging behaviours.

**The Company**

Our client is an established company that is growing, they offer various children's services such as Family Support, Children's Homes for LD and EBD and Supported Living for Care Leavers. Their service covers the Midlands and North of England.

**The Benefits**:

- Competitive pay and sleep-in allowance
- Enhanced overtime rate of; time and a third
- Access to the employee wellbeing programme
- 28 days annual leave entitlement, rising to 33 days with 5 years of service
- Funded Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare
- No barriers to progression within various services across the Midlands and North of England

**What you will be expected to do**:

- Ensuring shifts are planned with Residential Support Workers
- To ensure that all risks are safely managed in line with the company policies and procedures
- To communicate effectively with the team regarding the plans for the day
- To provide reports and documentation that reflect the progress of the young person, using our paperless systems and tools
- To review the young people's care plans and other associated documentation

**You will also need**:

- To provide positive parenting
- To have exceptional communication skills
- To have sound working knowledge of current legislation e.g., Children's Homes Regulations 2015 (including quality standards)
- To be open-minded, empathetic in a calm and professional manner

**Essential Requirements**:

- Must have a full manual driving licence
- Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare or equivalent
- Be willing to participate in further continuing professional development to support the needs of our young people
- To have a clear passion and desire to support children and young people
- To be an active member of the team and be committed to working in unison

This is a great opportunity to work with a company that offers genuine career progression through its current services and new and developing services across the North West and the Midlands (East and West).

**SGS Care Ltd**is the Recruiting/HR Partner of the reference company above. ‍

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