Residential Practitioner

Residential Practitioner

Reference number: SC06355

Location: London

Schedule: Full-Time

Salary Range: £32,700 - £36,423

Contract Type: Permanent

The role

2024 is your time for change, join Southwark’s first Children’s home as our Residential Practitioner.

Are you passionate about positively impacting the lives of children and young people? If so, this exciting opportunity is tailor-made for you!

About the Role:

As a Residential Practitioner, you'll create a person-centred, safe, and nurturing environment for children and young people, offering bespoke support. Committed to promoting well-being and rights, you'll support individuals to develop skills, independence, make friends, and have a positive experience.

Ideal for:

Whether you're a recent psychology graduate, possess experience in art or drama therapy, worked as a youth worker, have lived experience as a care leaver looking to give back, or a parent with the skills of a role model – we'd love to hear from you!

Your Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement personalised care plans to support the unique needs of each child.
• Create a safe and respectful environment fostering children’s personal growth.
• Offer emotional support and guidance, helping young people understand and address their behaviours.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, including therapists, teachers psychologists, and social workers.
• Organise and participate in group activities promoting social skills, self-esteem, and positive interactions.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation to track children’s progress and to ensure compliance with regulations.

Requirements:

• Genuine passion for helping children and young people overcome challenges and make positive changes.
• QCF Level 3 qualification or equivalent, or commitment to undertaking the relevant course post-probation.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to establish rapport and trust.
• Ability to handle sensitive situations with empathy and professionalism.
• Patience and resilience to work with individuals exhibiting challenging behaviours and who may have experienced significant trauma.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding.

Be the Change. Apply Today.

About Southwark:

We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.

At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.

Additional details

Contractual hours: 36 per week in accordance with the needs of the service which operates on a rota basis. Shifts can include weekend and overnight work. The post holder may be required to work outside of normal working hours in accordance with service needs.

Please note this role requires a Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

What’s on Offer:

• Competitive salary of up to £36,000.
• Access to training and development for continuous personal and career growth.
• Opportunity to advance up the pay scale as a Team Leader.
• Enjoy the rewards of working for a Local Authority with fantastic benefits.
• Professional supervision.

Benefits and more information:

In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme:

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans.
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care.
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition.

Recruitment timetable

Closing date: 25 February 2024 at 23:59.

Interview date: 4 March 2024

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

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