Residential Practitioner

Residential Practitioner

Reference number: SC07031

Location: London

Schedule: Full-time

Salary Range: (Full time equivalent) - £34,275 - £37,988

Contract Type: Permanent

We are incredibly ambitious for our children and young people. Are you?

It's an exciting time to be joining Southwark Council as we prepare to open our first children's home. Our vision is to help transform our children and young people's lives through developing meaningful nurturing relationships, consistently providing high-quality personalised care and enabling our children and young people to flourish.

We are recruiting to our final few Residential Practitioner positions. We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community that are currently underrepresented within our teams, including males.

About the Role:

As a Residential Practitioner, you'll create a safe, child-centred and homely environment for our children. You'll be part of a diverse, experienced and skilled team supported by our leaders and managers as well as our in-house clinical team.

Requirements:

• Passionate about supporting children and young people whilst enabling them to achieve their full potential.
• Level 3 qualification or equivalent, or commitment to undertaking the relevant course post-probation.
• Knowledge and understanding of child development.
• Knowledge and understanding of legislation and guidance in relation to safeguarding children and children's homes.
• Experience of working directly with children in a residential setting (e.g. children's home).
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Ability to communicate effectively with children, families, team members and multi-agency colleagues.

For more information about the role, please refer to the full job description and person specification located at the bottom of this advert.

Contact details:

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Luke Norbury, Children's Residential Manager:

• Email:
• Phone: .

What's on offer:

• Competitive salary including additional allowances (e.g. sleeping-in duties).
• Access to a comprehensive training and development offer.
• Opportunities for career progression.
• Enjoy the rewards of working for a Local Authority with fantastic benefits (e.g. annual leave and local government pension scheme).
• Access to an integrated multi-disciplinary team.

Benefits and more information:

Recruitment timelines:

• Closing date: 11:59pm on Sunday 24 November 2024.
• Shortlisting date/s: Week commencing 25 November 2024.
• Interview date/s: Week commencing 2 December 2024.

The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received.

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 initiative . We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

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 criteria below:

• 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.

Be the change. Apply today!

Attachments

• Job Description & Person Specification - Residential Practitioner