Residential Practitioner, Children's Home Bank, Casual

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title:
  
  Residential Practitioner, Children's Home Bank
• Job Location:
  
  Gloucester
• Salary: £15.12 - £16.41 per hour (plus enhanced pay for unsociable hours and sleep-in allowance)
• Hours per Week: various
• Contract Type:
  Casual
• Closing Date: 08/02/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 11614

We are looking for individuals who are passionate and who share our deep commitment to ensuring that every child, especially our most vulnerable, receives the care, love, and support they need to thrive. If you share our vision about making a lasting difference in the lives of children and young people, we want you to join us in this transformative journey.

About us

In our recent inspection in June 2025, our Children’s Services have been officially judged as ‘Good’ with ‘Outstanding’ elements. Ofsted also said ‘Leaders have set out a clear vision for delivering success for children, by modelling values and creating a culture where the workforce, children and families feel valued and heard; risk is managed confidently with bottom lines clearly set out.’

This marks an important step in our journey to improve outcomes for our children and young people, and we remain focused on our mission: to continue building on this success and ensure that every child and young person in our county has the opportunity to thrive.

Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce.

We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. We are an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive.

We're excited to be opening our new children’s homes. Each home has a specific purpose. We have one small home dedicated to providing short term care, supporting younger children to make the transition to foster care or to return home. We have a larger home for older children with a plan of long term residential care and we will support them to transition towards independence through the use of our supported accommodation studios.

Our third home will be supporting older children with a plan of ‘step down’ from residential care to foster care or a return home.

We are committed to supporting our staff in delivering the highest quality of care to the children in our homes. To strengthen this, we have recruited 2 Children and mental health clinicians, who will have a regular presence in the home to guide and support our team in working in a trauma-informed way.

In addition, we have integrated an Advanced Practitioner who will lead residential training strategies focused on your professional development. This role will ensure that you receive the skills, knowledge, and ongoing support needed to thrive in your position and to continuously improve the care you provide.

About you

We are looking for individuals who are:

• passionate about supporting children and young people to thrive.
• resilient, empathetic, and patient, with strong communication and teamwork skills.
• able to build trust and positive relationships with children who may have experienced trauma.
• willing to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and sleep-ins.
• committed to professional development and continuous learning.
• experience working in a residential or care setting is desirable but not essential. Full training will be provided, along with opportunities for ongoing development.

As well as your experience of working with children, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:

• Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (England) or an equivalent qualification. We are required to see your original qualification certificate and qualification transcripts so please ensure you have these for when they are requested
• a full driving licence and willingness to drive
• DBS clearance

About the role

As a Residential Practitioner, you will:

• provide…