Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Level 2 Residential Children’s Practitioner (Nights) to work part time based in Norwich.

The salary for this permanent Level 2 Residential Children’s Practitioner (Nights) job is up to £29,439 per annum (pro-rata).

Main duties:

• To engage in the effective support and care of children and young people with disabilities, so they feel supported in all aspects of their lives
• This will include providing personal/social care at differing levels to ensure that disabled holistic needs are met at all times
• To engage in the effective delivery of residential childcare in accordance with Ofsted’s Social Care Inspection Framework
• To maintain good professional practice within the homes in accordance with Departmental Standards, working as part of a team to achieve good outcomes for children and young people
• To contribute to young people’s care plans, risk assessments and health care plans, their review and implementation
• To form effective relationships with young people and their families to ensure that: a caring environment is maintained, their emotional, physical, medical and social needs are met, ‘safe care’ standards are met and opportunities for their development are maximised
• This includes providing hands on direct care, including intimate personal care
• To ensure that disabled’s children’s and young people’s diverse communication’s needs are adhered to, ascertaining their views and wishes and these are acted upon where appropriate
• To ensure good quality records are maintained as required
• To offer guidance and direction to junior staff
• Taking accountability of the home during the night with on call support system

Requirements of this job:

• Desirable to have the Level 3 Children, Young Person and Family Practitioner (or equivalent) qualification or willingness to complete
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• An understanding of the needs of looked after young people
• Knowledge of relevant regulations, legislation and statutory guidance
• An understanding of intervention strategies

Contact:

This job is advertised by Harry Smy; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.