Residential Practitioners

Posting date:	12 November 2025
Salary:	£28,598.00 to £31,022.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£28598.00 - £31022.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	21 December 2025
Location:	Rotherham, S60 1AE
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	F0042-25-0016

Summary

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Directorate: Children and Young Peoples Services Location: Various, Rotherham, South Yorkshire Residential Practitioners Job reference REQ21621 Permanent, full time, 37 hours per week. Salary will be determined dependent on experience and qualifications. Progression through the salary bands will be subject to individual development and assessment within the role. Closing date 21st December 2025. Shortlisting date weekly until closing date. Interview date weekly until closing date. ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY Are you an experienced, innovative, solution oriented, child care practitioner, keen to work alongside partners and particularly our children and young people to develop a new model of residential intervention in Rotherham? This post could be for you Rotherham Council has made a strategic decision to make a significant investment in childrens residential services. This will ensure more of our looked after children are placed in Rotherham, close to their local communities, family and schools. We plan to use current best practice and evidence-based models to develop a range of new children's homes, that are small, replicate family life and seek step down to family-based options wherever possible. We want our residential homes to be an 'intervention not a destination.' We are looking for Residential Practitioners to help us on our new journey. Residential Practitioners in Rotherham will: Promote safeguard and protect the welfare of children and young people Ensure homes comply with all standards and legislative requirements Provide opportunities for children and young people to influence the decisions that affect them and the service they receive Promote a therapeutic approach for children Work systemically with a range of agencies to ensure a joined-up service centred on the child Contribute to the development of standards in line with Childrens Home Regulations 2015 and work towards ensuring all homes being Good or Outstanding Key benefits of working at Rotherham Councils Children and Young Peoples Residential service are: Strong support and clear direction from managers Extensive training programmes and induction. This will include the Signs of Safety operating model and Restorative Practice approaches as well as full training from our in house Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Team. Residential services that have access to and work closely with our high quality therapeutic service Innovative Edge of Care Services and a strong Early Help offer which is reducing demand and supporting professionals to think systemically and develop creative options to support children and young people Looked After Children are prioritised for CAMHS assessment and intervention The opportunity to make a real difference to the children, young people and families Investment in you as a practitioner involving support, supervision, training and opportunity for professional development and progression. All our teams have senior staff on duty that will also include deputy managers across the service during weekends and evenings. Local Authority pension and generous annual leave entitlements plus sleep-in allowances and enhanced rates for unsocial hours and weekends/bank holidays. About you We are seeking talented, inspirational and innovative individuals who can: Innovate to help re-define childrens residential care Develop the resilience to work in a high-pressured environments that requires shift work. Develop the skills and practices to provide an outstanding service to children and young people Add value and make the most of available resources. Our vision is for the children and families of Rotherham to routinely experience and describe the services they receive from us, as outstanding and we intend to do that by putting the child first in everything we do. Our vision is for the children and families of Rotherham to routinely experience and describe the services they receive from us, as outstanding and we intend to do that by putting the child first in everything we do. We are looking for staff that are both experienced or new to residential care, if you have the dedication, commitment and compassion to provide exceptional care, we want to hear from you. Joining us at a time of change with regard to developing our provisions provides you with an opportunity to be involved and influence the service design and development of practice in line with best practice and evidence-based approaches. About Yorkshire Rotherham and the wider South Yorkshire region is a great place to live and a stones throw from some of the UKs finest towns and cities and is home to some of the most beautiful countryside in Britain. Easy to reach from Sheffield or Leeds, there are plenty of places to see, things to do and property is excellent value for money - all within a 2-hour train journey from London. If you have any questions regarding these opportunities and or would like a conversation about these new roles, please emailrichard.fisher@rotherham.gov.ukorangie.currie@rotherham.gov.uk. These posts involve working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found atwww.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit ourwebsite. Until 31st March 2026 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a monthly deduction from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded three additional days leave (pro rata for part-time). Confirmation of this appointment is also subject to a medical assessment. Please click the following link to view Rotherham Councils Privacy Notice https://www.rotherham.gov.uk/freedom-information-data-protection