Senior Children's Residential Care Practitioner
| Posting date: | 11 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £36,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | This includes wake nights |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 March 2026 |
| Location: | ME10 3GP |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Platinum Housing Support and Care Ltd. |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Shift Leading:
As a Senior residential care practitioner, you will hold accountability for decision making, ensuring all duties are completed to good standards, shift planning, delegation of duties and be expected to set the standards within your team and lead by example.
Team Development:
Senior residential care practitioners should have the ability to develop their RCPs in their role and provide support and guidance using their own skills, experience and knowledge base.
Domestic:
You are expected to help to maintain a clean environment within the home and undertaking health & safety duties as required. General household duties include cooking, cleaning, shopping, laundry, home making and reporting on required repairs.
Relationship Building:
You must have the ability to form, maintain and end appropriate working relationships with the young people. To develop and maintain professional relationships with colleagues, social workers, and other stake holders.
Advocacy:
You must have the ability to ensure that the views and needs of children and young people are sought, heard, and responded to in a way that is beneficial to them. Promoting communication and participation with the child and young person’s views directly influencing their care plan.
Equality & Diversity:
All Platinum Housing Support and Care staff must work within the principles of non-oppressive practice and adhere to the Equality & Diversity act, with an awareness of direct and in-direct discrimination in relation to age, gender, ability, sexual orientation, race, culture, and religious beliefs.
Behaviour Management:
Senior residential care practitioners are expected to use positive behaviour support strategies and set appropriate boundaries to support young people who may display challenging behaviours as a result of past traumas. You may be required, in some instances, to physically intervene to maintain the safety of the young person, others or prevent significant damaged to property. You must be able to produce detailed reports to situations/incidents that warrant such.
Transportation:
You are expected to partake in the safe transportation of young people adhering to the young person’s risk assessments and company policies.
Health:
To know and understand each young person’s health plan and work to its objectives. Also, to adhere to the procedures, and recording of, safe administration of medication. To support children and young people to attend appointments, promote self-care, healthy lifestyle choices and good hygiene.
Education:
To know and understand each young person’s education plan, an overall understanding of education provision and associated documentation e.g., EHCP, Personal Education Plans, Pathway Plans etc. To support the young people, attend education and progress academically and socially. You must also hold the ability to educate young people around lifestyle choices and life skills in order to support their independence.
Liaison:
Your role will require you to liaison with relatives, significant others and other agencies with due regard to confidentiality and data-protection.
Key working:
Undertaking keyworker responsibilities for identified young people. Advocating for, and representing them, as necessary. Maintaining and updating plans and files, liaising with other stakeholders and progress chasing necessary documentation. Ensuring that individual work with the young person is relevant, planned, completed and that they are consulted on all aspects of their care with a view to continuous improvement.
Activities:
Organise, supervise and partake in activities with young people and ensure that these activities are appropriately risk assessed. To accompany young people on holidays, away from the home.
Observation/Assessment:
You must hold the skills appropriate to observe your surroundings and presentations of young people and the ability to record and share relevant information gained from knowledge and observation. To assist in the compilation of, reports, assessments and plans etc.
Administration:
Responsibilities will include completing daily reports based upon your observations and professional communications, updating and producing plans and completing health and safety compliance checks. Good computer literacy is essential to your role.
Finance:
To take responsibility in dealing with petty cash, young people’s allowances etc. Record transactions, report concerns and support young people with their budgeting. This may include supporting management with end of month finance reports.
Placement/Care Plans:
To know and understand the young people’s placement/care plans and contributing to their evaluation where necessary. Be actively involved in meetings and communications with external stakeholders and support development to the best of your ability.
Risk Assessments:
To know and understand each young person’s and the homes risk assessments. To work within these contributing to their evaluation/update as necessary. Recognise contextual safeguarding and ensure risk assessments are detailed.
As a Senior residential care practitioner, you will hold accountability for decision making, ensuring all duties are completed to good standards, shift planning, delegation of duties and be expected to set the standards within your team and lead by example.
Team Development:
Senior residential care practitioners should have the ability to develop their RCPs in their role and provide support and guidance using their own skills, experience and knowledge base.
Domestic:
You are expected to help to maintain a clean environment within the home and undertaking health & safety duties as required. General household duties include cooking, cleaning, shopping, laundry, home making and reporting on required repairs.
Relationship Building:
You must have the ability to form, maintain and end appropriate working relationships with the young people. To develop and maintain professional relationships with colleagues, social workers, and other stake holders.
Advocacy:
You must have the ability to ensure that the views and needs of children and young people are sought, heard, and responded to in a way that is beneficial to them. Promoting communication and participation with the child and young person’s views directly influencing their care plan.
Equality & Diversity:
All Platinum Housing Support and Care staff must work within the principles of non-oppressive practice and adhere to the Equality & Diversity act, with an awareness of direct and in-direct discrimination in relation to age, gender, ability, sexual orientation, race, culture, and religious beliefs.
Behaviour Management:
Senior residential care practitioners are expected to use positive behaviour support strategies and set appropriate boundaries to support young people who may display challenging behaviours as a result of past traumas. You may be required, in some instances, to physically intervene to maintain the safety of the young person, others or prevent significant damaged to property. You must be able to produce detailed reports to situations/incidents that warrant such.
Transportation:
You are expected to partake in the safe transportation of young people adhering to the young person’s risk assessments and company policies.
Health:
To know and understand each young person’s health plan and work to its objectives. Also, to adhere to the procedures, and recording of, safe administration of medication. To support children and young people to attend appointments, promote self-care, healthy lifestyle choices and good hygiene.
Education:
To know and understand each young person’s education plan, an overall understanding of education provision and associated documentation e.g., EHCP, Personal Education Plans, Pathway Plans etc. To support the young people, attend education and progress academically and socially. You must also hold the ability to educate young people around lifestyle choices and life skills in order to support their independence.
Liaison:
Your role will require you to liaison with relatives, significant others and other agencies with due regard to confidentiality and data-protection.
Key working:
Undertaking keyworker responsibilities for identified young people. Advocating for, and representing them, as necessary. Maintaining and updating plans and files, liaising with other stakeholders and progress chasing necessary documentation. Ensuring that individual work with the young person is relevant, planned, completed and that they are consulted on all aspects of their care with a view to continuous improvement.
Activities:
Organise, supervise and partake in activities with young people and ensure that these activities are appropriately risk assessed. To accompany young people on holidays, away from the home.
Observation/Assessment:
You must hold the skills appropriate to observe your surroundings and presentations of young people and the ability to record and share relevant information gained from knowledge and observation. To assist in the compilation of, reports, assessments and plans etc.
Administration:
Responsibilities will include completing daily reports based upon your observations and professional communications, updating and producing plans and completing health and safety compliance checks. Good computer literacy is essential to your role.
Finance:
To take responsibility in dealing with petty cash, young people’s allowances etc. Record transactions, report concerns and support young people with their budgeting. This may include supporting management with end of month finance reports.
Placement/Care Plans:
To know and understand the young people’s placement/care plans and contributing to their evaluation where necessary. Be actively involved in meetings and communications with external stakeholders and support development to the best of your ability.
Risk Assessments:
To know and understand each young person’s and the homes risk assessments. To work within these contributing to their evaluation/update as necessary. Recognise contextual safeguarding and ensure risk assessments are detailed.