Residential Child Care Practitioner - Sheffield

Are you a passionate, dedicated Residential Child Care Practitioner looking for your next role? 4Recruitment Services are recruiting 4 Residential Child Care Practitioners to join a team based in Sheffield.
2 candidates will be working with in the home, 1 with 1 young person and 1 with another young person who has come in from out of the city. 

Umbrella Rate: £13.25 per hour 

Duration: 15/02/2024 – 4 months initially

Hours: Adhoc/ Full time – 1 candidate for earlies (7.15am – 2.15pm) and 1 candidate for lates (2pm – 10pm)

Residential Child Care Practitioner role: Full JD Available

• Contribute to the provision of a high quality residential care service to secure the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
• Direct work with children and young people on intervention strategies to promote pro-social behaviour and support the intervention of specific agencies.
• Ensure that each young person has a Home care plan which reflects his/her needs (including education, social, emotional, cultural, therapeutic and health needs). 
• Actively safeguard and promote the welfare of the children/young people.
• Supervise children/young people both within and outside the home in accordance with their care plan.
• Provide and participate in leisure activities in line with the care and placement plans of the children and young people. 
• Organise, accompany and support children and young people to access off site holidays/activities.
• Develop positive relationships, encouraging strong bonds between children and staff in the home on the basis of jointly undertaken activities, shared daily life, domestic and non-domestic routines and established boundaries of acceptable behaviour.
• Physically intervene if a young person’s behaviour is dangerous to themselves or others.
• Support their emotional, mental and physical health needs.
• Provide a positive role model for the children and young people.
• Ensure the timely and accurate record keeping and reporting.
• Attend meetings, reviews and conferences.

Essential Requirements

• Extensive experience working with children in a social care setting
• Experience dealing with children with challenging behaviours
• Knowledge and understanding of the issues affecting children and young people in care
• Knowledge of Safeguarding issues
• Ability to work on own initiative and in a team and manage time effectively
• The ability to work flexibly and on a rota to meet the needs of the services
• Enhanced DBS registered to the update service

We also offer an outstanding referral scheme for any Residential Child Care Practitioner friends or colleagues.

If you are a Residential Child Care Practitioner and would like to express your interest, please contact us for this great opportunity by calling on 0208 514 9110 and speak to Sammy Davis Or email on, sammyd@4recruitmentservices.com 

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices.
4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.