Children’s Residential Care Worker – Looked After Children - Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Children and Young People’s Services
Salary details: From £22,183 to £24,491 & excellent benefits
Closing date: 14th November 2021
Shortlisting week commencing the 15th November 2021
Interviews 23rd and 24th November 2021
For more information about Residential Social Care Opportunities, please visit the following link: Residential Recruitment – Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Due to current Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions we are following Government advice and this may result in interviews being held via video call.
Current circumstances may dictate that virtual interviews are offered in order to ensure we are able to recruit the required candidates within the agreed timescales. Additional support will be provided to candidates to facilitate any virtual process.
Permanent, 37 hours per week
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Are you an experienced, solution oriented, systemic working, child focused practitioner, keen to work alongside partners and particularly our children and families in Rotherham’s Ofsted rated Outstanding Short breaks service?
Liberty House provides overnight short breaks to young people aged 8 – 18 years that have a registered disability. We also operate an emergency bed provision to support young people and families that are in need of extra help at times of crisis.
We are particularly looking for practitioners who have previous experience of working in a short break setting with young people that have either a physical disability and or additional learning needs.
Children’s Residential Practitioners in Rotherham will:
Promote, safeguard and protect the welfare of looked after children across the borough
Key work individual children and young people, building effective relationships with families, being a positive role model and providing consistency of support and care.
Apply agreed evidence based behavioural management approaches and practice models
Provide opportunities for children and young people to influence the decisions that affect them and the service they receive
Work systemically and as part of team to ensure a joined-up service centred on the child
Engage in the running of the home including activities, personal care, recording, report writing and administration of medication in line with the council’s policy.
Undertake staff training, attend staff meetings and formal supervision sessions.
Provide and promote a safe, stimulating and nurturing physical environment.
Key benefits of working at Rotherham Council’s Children and Young People’s service are:
Strong support and clear direction from Managers
Extensive training programme, to develop and professionalise our residential practitioners. This includes the Rotherham Family Approach incorporating Signs of Safety, Restorative Practice and social pedagogy.
Close partner working with the Children’s disability team.
Extensive additional training in all aspects of care, to include moving and handling and specific behaviour management training (Team Teach)
The opportunity to make a real difference to the children, young people and families
Investment in you as a practitioner involving support, supervision, training and opportunity for professional development and progression.
Local Authority pension and 29 days annual leave, to be taken in line with the agreed weekend annual leave allocation as detailed in employer handbook.
About you
We are seeking inspirational, resilient and child focused practitioners who are committed to:
Developing their skills and practices in order to provide an outstanding short break service to children and young people
Supporting and caring for some of our most complex children that may have significant additional heath needs.
You will be required to work a rota system that will include weekends, late nights early mornings.
Our vision is for the children and families of Rotherham to routinely experience and describe the services they receive from us, as outstanding and we intend to do that by putting the child first in everything we do.
By being part of Liberty House you will play a crucial role in developing our collective commitment to an ethos of excellence, integrity, trust and transparency.
If you have any questions regarding these opportunities and or would like a conversation about these new roles please email Darren.higgins@rotherham.gov.uk
These posts involve working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
From 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2022 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a weekly / monthly deduction (dependent on pay frequency) from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded of three additional day’s leave (pro rata for part-time).
Confirmation of appointment is also subject to a medical assessment.