Are you looking for an opportunity to further your skills as a Senior Practitioner?
Are you looking for a change in your current career?
If so, we want to hear from you as we are supporting an organisation recruiting for a Senior Practitioner.
The successful candidate can expect to achieve up to £30,240.
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Responsible To: House Manager
Responsible For: Assisting the House Manager in the Management of the House in
compliance with National Standards, Policy and Practice Guidance.
Qualifications:
- SVQ Social Services (Children and Young People) SCQF Level
9 Management
- SVQ Care Services Leadership and Management SCQF Level
10 or
- Any award in management that is certificated at or above
SCQF Level 8* (min 60 credits) and mapped against the
National Occupational Standards: Leadership and
Management for Care Services SCQF Level 10
The qualifications for this post must meet the SSSC registration requirements for a
Senior Practitioner.
A part or unqualified Senior Practitioner must become fully qualified within 18 months
of starting their post.
Membership of Professional Body: Scottish Social Services Council
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Senior Practitioners are at all times responsible for the following;
- To support the House Managers to implement and develop of the aims and objectives
of the House in consultation with senior management.
- To work in collaboration with the House Manager
- To create an environment in which individual, physical and emotional needs can be met.
- To be involved in Change-overs and other daily exchanges to ensure the effective
management of the service.
- To have knowledge of and practice within Policy, Practice and
Procedures, and to support the House Manager in monitoring and appropriately
responding to the care team's awareness, understanding and compliance.
- To maintain consistency of practice, based on the implementation of
Policies.
- To practice at all times in accordance with the Scottish Social Services Council Code of
Conduct, and to monitor and appropriately record and respond to the care teams
compliance/non-compliance with this issue.
- To ensure good child care is practised, based on the implementation of Care Plans by
staff
- To be a Mentor and coach to the staff and stakeholders
- To co-ordinate the activities of the house on a day to day basis, and to be involved in
the long-term planning for, and development of the group.
- To ensure accurate reports and records in all matters relating to stakeholders and
property.
- To be responsible for the deployment of staff on day to day basis in the absence of the
House Manager.
- To organise and participate in staff meetings, senior staff meetings, and any other
appropriate meetings as delegated by the external line manager.
- To undertake management of volunteer befrienders, students and trainees on
placement within the House, in consultation with the House Manager.
- To provide regular Support & Supervision for TSW's, volunteer befrienders, students
and trainees on placement within the House, in consultation with the House Manager.
- To participate in on-call for the organisation.
- Completion of the Scottish Social Services Council qualification criteria for professional
registration and to support and monitor the care teams compliance with this core
requirement.
- To complete mandatory training on SCM - a prescribed approach on managing the
behaviour of resident young people, and, to administer the prescribed physical restraint
techniques on resident young people when required, and to maintain a record and
appropriately respond to the care teams compliance with this mandatory training and
ability to administer.
- To undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by the House Manager, or
Senior Management Team.
- To manage and operate budgets within the figures and guidelines laid down.
- To monitor ongoing expenditure, and to timeously alert the House Manager if budgets
are overspent or present as inadequate.
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Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.
