Contract: Full-time, permanent, including sleep-ins and public holidays
Qualification requirement: Must hold, or be at least 50% towards, the Level 4 Diploma in Residential Childcare
Pay: £15.56 per hour plus £57.20 for sleep in
Senior Residential Children’s Practitioner
Make a lasting difference in the lives of children and young people.
At Excel and Emerge Care & Therapeutic Solutions, we provide safe, therapeutic homes where children and young people can heal, grow and thrive. We’re looking for an experienced Senior Residential Children’s Practitioner to help lead high-quality, trauma-informed care using our relationship-centred Roots to Wings model.
What you’ll be doing
You will support the day-to-day leadership of the home by:
- Leading, motivating and supporting practitioners through supervision and reflective practice.
- Promoting emotional safety, confidence, growth and independence through the Roots to Wings model.
- Delivering consistent, high-quality therapeutic care tailored to each child’s needs.
- Stepping into additional responsibilities when the Home Manager or Deputy Manager is absent.
Essential criteria
- Experience in residential childcare or a similar children’s care setting.
- Experience leading, supervising or supporting colleagues.
- Hold, or be at least 50% towards, the Level 4 Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent.
- Understanding of trauma, attachment, safeguarding and child-centred care.
- Strong communication skills, resilience and calm judgement under pressure.
- Full UK driving licence where travel or transport is required.
Desirable criteria
- Experience using trauma-informed or therapeutic care models.
- Knowledge of neurodiversity, co-regulation or relational practice.
Why join us?
A rewarding role, supportive team culture, clear progression opportunities, company events, free parking, casual dress, as well as the following benefits:
- Private Healthcare
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to Blue Light Card
- Refer a Friend Scheme
- Ongoing training and professional development
- High-quality CPD
- Training and support for all colleagues via a bespoke therapeutic model
- Pension scheme with the option to increase your contributions
- A dynamic, future-focused organisation
As a supportive organisation, we pay additional enhanced rates for any overtime above contractual hours, as we recognise to support our children, we must support our employees.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Between £32,620 and £38,889* a year (£57.20 per sleep included).
*salary dependant on qualifications and undertaking minimum sleep’s per month.
Right to work
Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK, as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship or 20-hour contracts
Ready to apply?
If you’re passionate about therapeutic childcare and ready to take the next step in leadership, we’d love to hear from you.
Excel and Emerge Care & Therapeutic Solutions are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, right to work verification, an enhanced DBS check, and compliance with safeguarding and mandatory training requirements
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £32,620.00-£38,889.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Paid training
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- Do you hold, or are you working towards, your Level 4 Diploma in Residential Childcare qualification (or equivalent)?
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
