Children's Residential Care Practitioner - Norwich, United Kingdom - Sanctuary Health

Sanctuary Health

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Norwich, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

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

The salary for this permanent Residential Children's Practitioner job is up to £29,439 per annum.

Main duties:

To engage in the effective delivery of residential childcare in accordance with Ofsted quality standards and Children Homes Regulations
To maintain good professional practise within the Home in accordance with Departmental Standards
To help create a positive environment for each resident with regard to their safety, health and education
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 undertake tasks and duties that can be met through appropriate training and delegation of clinical procedures in line with the 2005 Royal College of Nursing Guidelines
To ensure that residents views and wishes are sought and acted upon where appropriate
To ensure that good quality records are maintained as required with supervision and advice from qualified staff
To undertake "sleepin" duties, and night work as and when required
To undertake a "link worker" role with residents as required
To participate in County groups as required
To attend statutory reviews or planning meetings as required
To ensure observance of and adherence to the health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 199
To ensure that services are provided in accordance with the departmental standards, equal opportunities standards and objectives of quality assurance
To undertake other appropriate duties as may be required by the Director of Children's Services

Requirements of this job:

Desirable to have the Level 3 Children, Young Person and Family Practitioner (or equivalent) qualification or willingness to complete
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:

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.