Senior Children's Residential Practitioner

**Job Introduction**:
**Make a Difference in a Young Person's Life**

**Join our Family**

Are you caring and compassionate? Our Home is looking for dedicated individuals to join our family and make a positive impact on the lives of young people.

Located in Thornton, our home accommodates up to 4 young people aged 8 to 18. It is conveniently situated near Thornton Road with regular bus services and limited on-site parking available. We have excellent links to Bradford city centre, Halifax city centre, and our local high street.

We offer a nurturing and supportive environment with opportunities to create positive memories and experiences. We are committed to helping young people develop essential life skills for their future.

In your role, you will provide care and support in a warm, safe, and nurturing environment. You will help young people feel loved, cared for, and appreciated, fostering self-belief, confidence, and a can-do attitude. You will support young people in reaching their full potential and exceeding expectations.

Some young people may exhibit challenging behaviours due to past experiences, but together, we create a positive and supportive atmosphere, building lasting changes and positive memories.

Join us and be a part of a family that truly makes a difference.

**The Role**

Under the supervision and guidance of the Registered Manager and Deputy Manager, you will take a lead role in the provision of a care service for children and young people that meets the Children’s Homes Regulations, Children’s Homes Quality Standards and BCFT and the homes’ internal policies, procedures and guidance.

You will**lead by example and enable staff to support children and young people by embracing Bradford’s ‘Model of Care’ and by using these principles to improve the outcomes of children and young people to enable them to reach their full potential.

**What our children want**
- Warm and caring personality
- Playing with them
- Watching television and doing any hobbies that we like
- You won’t see the role as a job and will instead see it our home that we live in

**What our children say**

“I love to go out with staff and have a pamper day getting my nails and eyebrows done”

“I enjoy 1 on 1 time with staff especially going for a walk and getting a Starbuck’s. We have a good chat about what’s going well for me or anything I may need support”

“I love going to the farm and horse riding with staff, I had never ridden a horse before”

“I loved the caravan as it was my first ever holiday and it was very nice. I especially loved the kids disco and playing in the arcades.”

“I love my bedtime stories at night time, staff read them to me”

**What we expect from you**
- Experience of working as a qualified Residential Practitioner in a Children’s Home.
- Supervising staff including deployment, allocation of tasks and professional development.
- Experience of working in a challenging and changing environment being adaptable and resilient.
- Experience of completing risk assessments and risk analysis of vulnerable young people to ensure appropriate and safe risk management plans are in place.
- You will preferably hold a full UK driving license.

**Qualifications**
- GCSE Grade A - C in Maths and English or a qualification that is equivalent or higher
- The minimum qualification for this post is the Level 3 Diploma in Residential Child Care or the equivalent:

- Level 3 Children & Young Peoples Workforce Diploma with social care pathway
- NVQ 3 caring for children & young people
- NVQ 3 health & social care

**What you can expect from us**
- The opportunity to give children and young people a childhood that they deserve
- Regular supervision to support development
- West Yorkshire Pension Fund membership - with generous employer contributions
- Competitive salary and pay progression structure
- Real living wage as the minimum rate of pay
- Supportive carer and parental policies
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Access to Occupational Health and confidential counselling services
- Supportive staff networks
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
- Professional development/support
- Career progression
- Enhanced annual leave entitlement
- Social Worker Registration fees paid
- Employee Assistance

**About Us**

Bradford has created a new Children and Families Trust, which has been commissioned by Bradford Council to deliver a wide range of services for children, families and young people on their behalf. The Trust is accountable for determining how outcomes of these services are achieved and for the day-to-day running of commissioned children’s services.

This is an important opportunity to renew our approach to delivering the support that Bradford’s children, young people and families in need, by renewing services and creating a new organisation. We are bringing the mindset, dynamism and energy of a start-up together with the national expertise and determination of the Trust’s Board, senior le