Residential Emergency Response Practitioners Looked After Children - Rotherham, United Kingdom - Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Description

Job summary

The post holder will provide high quality care and interventions to children and young people in a variety of settings including residential homes, emergency accommodation, family home and foster placements, which will contribute to the protection, safeguarding and promotion of the education, health and well-being of children and young people.

This role is specifically to work within our emergency response team; therefore the post holder will need to work in a flexible way, which will include working across services, often supporting children in crisis.

Main duties of the job

You should have:-

Experience of working in a service or provision designed to support children and young people with complex needs, such as difficulties in regulating their emotions and behaviours due to past experiences.

Experience of working directly with children and families in a multi-agency setting and knowledge of the roles of other agencies and professionals

Knowledge of child development and the impact of early childhood traumaDate

Knowledge and experience of developing, implementing, and reviewing individual programmes of care.

Knowledge of Childrens Homes Regulations and Safeguarding frameworks

Practical knowledge of working / dealing with difficult situations in a diplomatic, sensitive and caring professional manner and knowledge of professional boundaries and safe working practices which contribute to managing risk.

About us

This is an excellent time to workwithin Rotherham. We are passionate about the place and the people who live,work and visit here. We are delivering major regeneration and housing, as wellas creating new jobs and opportunities for our residents. Rotherham is a real'central UK' location with excellent road and rail links and is ideally placednear the scenic countryside of the Peak District, whilst also beingconveniently located next to the vibrant city of Sheffield.

Our vision for Rotherham is thatwe come together as a community, where we seek to draw on our proud history tobuild a future we can all share. We respect decency, dignity and seek to builda town where opportunity is extended to everyone, where people can grow, flourishand prosper, and where no one is left behind.

We offer an excellent pay andbenefits package which includes membership of the Local Government PensionScheme, as well as a range of health and wellbeing and other benefits.

Job responsibilities

Job reference REQ17491

Directorate: Children and Young Peoples Services

Residential Practitioners Emergency Response

Salary £29,777 - £32,076 pro rata (pay award pending) & excellent benefits

Permanent: Full-time 37 hours per week and part-time & 15 hour positions available

Closing date: 4th August 2024

Shortlisting: Weekly

Interviews: Weekly

Now is the time to come and work for Rotherham Council Children and Young Peoples more information about Rotherham Social Care jobs, please visit: Residential Recruitment Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

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 posts will play a key role in the delivery of the vision we have around our edge of care and residential service. We are looking for practitioners who are skilled in working with children and their families in emergency situations, where an entry into care looks like the next step. The emergency residential settings and staffing are focused on working alongside the Team around the child in a proactive way and playing a key role in intensive support packages as part of the residential team and or in the community with families. We are seeking dynamic, solution focused practitioners, who enjoy working with children and their families to achieve success and who want to work alongside our innovative edge of care model.

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. For the emergency settings we are looking for practitioners who work systemically and have experience of working with the whole family approach.

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:

Key benefits of working at Rotherham Councils Children and Young Peoples service are:

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 service, you will play a crucial role in developing our collective commitment to an ethos of excellence, integrity, trust and transparency. You will also be joining us at a time of change as we continue to develop our provision, providing you with an opportunity to be involved and influence the service design and development of practice in line with best practice and evidence-based approaches.

About Yorkshire

Rotherham and the wider South Yorkshire region is a great place to live and a stones throw from some of the UKs finest towns and cities, and is home to some of the most beautiful countryside in Britain. Easy to reach from Sheffield or Leeds, there are plenty of places to see, things to do and property is excellent value for money - all within a 2 hour train journey from London.

Please state clearly on your application form which post(s) you wish to apply for.

If you have any questions regarding these opportunities, and/or would like a conversation about these new roles, please email

This post involves 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

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 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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Experience

Essential

Qualifications

Essential