Job responsibilities
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Directorate: Children and Young Peoples Services
Job reference REQ19228
Salary £31,067 - £33,366 (£15,533 £16,683 pro-rata) & excellent benefits
Region Rotherham
Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week and Part-time 18.5 hours per week.
Please state clearly on your application form which post(s) you wish to apply for.
Closing date: 27th April 2025
Shortlisting: Weekly
Interviews: Weekly
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Are you an experienced, solution oriented, systemic working, child focused practitioner, keen to work alongside partners and particularly our children and young people to deliver a new model of residential intervention in Rotherham? This post could be for you
The Childrens Residential Practitioner posts will play a key role in the delivery of a range of in-house residential provision for Rotherham looked after children.
Rotherham Council has made a strategic decision to make a significant investment in childrens residential services. This will ensure more of our looked after children are placed in Rotherham, close to their local communities, family and schools.
We are using current best practice and evidence-based models to develop a range of new children's homes including 2 and 4 bed EBD, emergency accommodation and solo provision for some of our most complex children and young people.
We are particularly looking for practitioners who have previous experience of working in specialist solo provision, mental health residential settings, crisis accommodation and with children and young people with sensory, ASD, mental health needs and who have suffered significant trauma.
This new residential provision will be part of a Children and Young People Service judged as `Good` by Ofsted in August 2022 and build on practice from our short break residential home provision.
Childrens 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, being a positive role model and providing consistency of support
- Apply agreed evidence based therapeutic and 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, meals, personal care, recording, report writing and administration of medication in line with the councils policy
- Undertake staff training, attend staff meetings and formal supervision sessions
- Provide and promote a safe, stimulating and nurturing physical environment
- Hold a full valid UK driving license and be willing to transport children
Key benefits of working at Rotherham Councils Children and Young Peoples 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 and Restorative Practice
- Residential services that have access to and work closely with our high quality in house therapeutic service
- Innovative Edge of Care Services and a strong Early Help offer which is reducing demand and supporting professionals to think systemically and develop creative options to support children and young people
- The prioritisation of Looked After Children for CAMHS assessment and intervention
- 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 30 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 residential service to children and young people
- Supporting and caring for some of our most complex children and young people, at times in solo provision
- Working evening, weekend and sleep in shifts as part of the residential team
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 our residential teams, you will play a crucial role in developing our collective commitment to an ethos of excellence, integrity, trust and transparency. Joining us at a time of change with regard to developing our provision provides you an opportunity to be involved and influence the service design and development of practice in line with best practice and evidence-based approaches.
If you have any questions regarding these opportunities, and/or would like a conversation about these new roles, please email childrensresidentialenquiries@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.
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.
Until 31st March 2026 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a monthly deduction 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 three additional days leave (pro rata for part-time).
Confirmation of this appointment is also subject to a medical assessment.
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