Senior Practitioner - Children's Homes

Senior Practitioner - Children's Homes Full time £42,492 -£45,123 pa Sleep in allowance Shift work across 7 days a week, over the full year including Christmas, New Year and other bank holidays

We're proud to announce that AfC's Children's Services in Richmond have been awarded anOutstanding rating by Ofsted. This places Richmond alongside Kingston, which also holds an Outstanding rating, as a top-performing service. Our separately inspected Fostering Service has achieved a strong 'Good' rating, recognising our skilled and dedicated fostering workforce.

This post will be based across RBWM, Richmond and Kingston upon Thames within provider services, children's homes. Care offered includes: Responding to times of crises, supporting the team, ensuring a therapeutic environment for the children, supporting the children, ensuring safeguarding policies and procedures adhered to, ensuring the upkeep of the home is maintained , liaising with agencies, stakeholders and services associated with the home. The service will aim to achieve the highest standard of service delivery as measured by Ofsted against the Children's Homes Regulations and Quality Standards.

Please note the following important information before applying:

• This role requires shift work across all 7 days of the week, throughout the full year, including Christmas, New Year and other bank holidays.
• The role includes sleep-in duties. A sleep-in allowance is paid where applicable.
• Due to the nature of working in Children's Homes, enhanced vetting is required. This includes reviewing your full employment history from the point you left school.
• This post will be based across provider services in Windsor, Teddington and Surbiton children's homes.
• This role does not offer sponsorship.

The Senior Practitioner will provide day to day care of children and young people within an environment that promotes positive attachments and relationships. They will lead and supervise the staff on shift to ensure that they carry out their duties and behave appropriately at all times. They will support children and young people in maximizing their potential in a safe, caring and nurturing home. They will also support the management team in all aspects of a child centered service

• Educated to a degree level with a relevant professional qualification in social work.
• Level 3 Health and Social care.
• Experience in leading a team, undertaking line management and performance management.
• Knowledge of relevant theory that informs practice delivery.
• Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their families. Advocating the voices of those we are working with.
• Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy) and producing accurate reports, written updates to a range of stakeholders (which may include families, children or young people).
• Knowledge of statutory legislation (for example Children's Act) and national policy drivers.