Job Description

Residential Children’s Practitioner – Children with Disability’s | 8714 | Casual Contract |  £13.68 per hour plus sleep in allowance, weekend and bank holiday enhancements | Grade E | Countywide

Countywide posts in Norwich and Kings Lynn (Springwood, Foxwood, Marshfields and CWD Outreach Team)

To apply, please download an application form >> Here << and attach it to your online application instead of your CV.

At Norfolk County Council our commitment to providing proven, quality, holistic residential and outreach services for children and young people with disabilities aged 07-17 aims to achieve excellent outcomes and lasting results. We are passionate about the provision of creative and ambitious opportunities for our young people. Our services are well regarded, and we are proud of our reputation of ensuring the best outcomes for disabled children.

Our teams work hard to improve the lives of the children and young people with disabilities in our care. Within our services we have a specialist emergency and time limited residential home, two short break homes and an outreach team which involves working directly with children and families within their own homes.

We are looking to add to our team on a casual basis to help cover any staffing needs, you may be offered work in any of these services. We need highly motivated, resilient and positive team members with the tenacity and empathy to help children and young people with disabilities thrive and reach their full potential.

As a Children’s Disability Practitioner, you will provide meaningful day to day activities to children and young people with disabilities to develop their emotional and social needs by building positive relationships and to enhance independence skills. You will provide personal intimate care such as feeding, washing, toileting, dressing, hoisting, administering medication and also health care 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.

You may be new to the care profession or experienced and want a change. What’s important is the ability to form effective relationships with children with disabilities, your life experiences, personal strength, and positive attitude. You will receive a full induction and training programme and will hold or be willing to work towards the Level 3 Diploma for Residential Child Care, which we will fund.

Our teams work across the whole week (including weekends and bank holidays) and can include unsociable hours, night work, sleep ins and also being part of the on-call rota system.

This is a great opportunity to develop your skills within the sector and work in collaboration directly with families and other professionals to ensure best outcomes for children and young people with disabilities.

To apply, please download an application form >> Here << and attach it to your online application instead of your CV.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full and Person Specificationto help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

For an informal discussion please call:-

Emma Tolhurst (Team Manager, Springwood, Norwich) 01603 306425

Nichola Hanton (Team Manager, Foxwood Norwich) 01603 638048

Claire Pooley (Team Manager Marshfields Kings Lynn) 01553 614985

You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

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