Senior Residential Childcare Practitioner; x3

Overview

To be responsible as a lead member of the staff team, and senior practitioner, for the direct day to day care of children and young people and other supportive tasks and duties. The Senior Residential Child Care Practitioner will support the Manager in contributing to planning, and ensuring the safe delivery of evidence-based interventions, which will involve working directly with children/people and their families, to secure a swift return home, or move to a longer term placement.

In addition they will coordinate and provide a service which supports children/young people their families, and foster placements, where there is a risk of disruption or breakdown. Supervision of staff.

• On call duties
• To deputise for the Registered Manager in their absence.
• To be able to deal with contentious and complex matters
• This will include evening and weekend work, and sleep in duties as required.

All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both.

The standards that are applied to this post are QCF Diploma Level 3 in Health and Social Care (Children and Young People) or the predecessor qualification NVQ Level III Awards in Care. Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.