Children's Level 3 Residential Care Practitioner

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Level 3 Residential Children's Practitioner to work full time based in Norwich.

The salary for this permanent Level 3 Residential Children's Practitioner job is up to GBP32,020 per annum.

Main duties:

• To engage in the effective delivery of residential childcare utilising specialist knowledge for appropriate interventions, needs assessments and care planning
• To help create a positive environment for each young person with regard to their safety, health and education and diverse needs
• To carry out high quality assessments, use child centred and multi-agency interventions to bring about positive change through developing effective relationships, and secure the best outcomes for children and young people
• To share social work knowledge, theory and practice with colleagues
• To strengthen the relationships between children, young people and families wherever possible and appropriate and to complete outreach tasks where possible
• To deliver residential childcare in accordance with Ofsted's Social Care Inspection Framework
• To form effective relationships with residents and their families to ensure that a caring environment is maintained their emotional and physical needs are met
• "Safe care" standards are met opportunities for their development are maximised
• To ensure that the young person's views and wishes are sought and acted upon and undertake a keyworker role with residents when required
• To manage risk effectively, strengthen emotional resilience, and address underlying causes impacting negatively on the young people's development
• To attend statutory reviews and planning meetings
• To maintain full, accurate, and up to date records in accordance with departmental practice and guidance, including the maintenance of electronic records on case management systems

Requirements of this job:

• Social Work degree or equivalent
• Social Work England Registration
• 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.