Senior Therapeutic Childcare Practitioner (Children’ Residential Care)
Salary: £34,000.00-£35,700.00 per year
Hours: 40
Closing Date: 22/05/2026
Exciting Opportunities in our Children’s Residential Homes:
Due to internal promotions within our organisation, we are recruiting for a Senior Therapeutic Childcare Practitioner role at our Children’s Residential Home ‘The Paddocks’ at our Fontwell site.
We are looking for a passionate, dedicated individual to join our team and to continue supporting the therapeutic care we provide to our children. We need a flexible, calm, resilient and creative individual who has a passion in wanting to make a difference to the lives of traumatised children.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Therapeutic Childcare Practitioner you will lead by example, providing support to staff as well as the children and assist in the operational running of the home.
Hours: Full time position (on average 40hrs a week plus 1 x sleep in per week) – permanent (shift work including sleep-ins and on-call duties as per rota)
We care for traumatised children between the ages of 4 to 11 on referral.
Our approach is a model of care that combines a safe, nurturing and managed environment that puts relationships and thinking at the core of genuine therapeutic change in our homes. In this way, we provide a unique approach to residential therapeutic work.
Qualifications
If you have at least 1 years’ experience in childcare and have or are working towards the Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent) and wish to progress your career in therapeutic childcare working within an children’s therapeutic community then you are the sort of person we want! We have a high level of support and care for our staff and varied opportunities for career development and progression.
The Amicus Community is an independent children’s therapeutic community. We are members of Community of Communities through the Royal College of Psychiatrists and also, TCTC (The Consortium of Therapeutic Communities) network. Amicus provides therapeutic residential care and education to emotionally challenging and traumatised children between the ages of 4 – 16 years of age.
Full UK driving license is essential. Amicus is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. Applicants will therefore be required to complete a full application pack and if shortlisted, undergo Enhanced DBS checks and Warner / Safeguarding Interviews as part of our Safer Recruitment Process.
We encourage all applicants to look at our website for more information about our ethos and practice.
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