Senior Residential Support Worker

Job Title: 🏡 Senior Residential Support Worker

Location: East Lancashire / Greater Manchester

Salary: Up to £46,964.74 per annum

Working Hours / Shift Pattern: Full Time, including evenings, weekends and sleep-ins

Employment Type: Permanent

Sleep-ins: Required (enhanced payment included within advertised salary)

Service: Children's Residential Home

Qualifications Required: Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or willingness to work towards)

Experience Required: Experience supporting children and young people within residential childcare or a similar regulated setting

The Home:

Our client is looking for a compassionate and experienced Senior Residential Support Worker to join their therapeutic children's residential service. This is an excellent opportunity to take the next step in your career, supporting children and young people to achieve positive outcomes within a safe, nurturing and child-centred home.

Working alongside the Registered Manager and Deputy Manager, you will lead shifts, support the wider staff team and ensure children receive consistent, therapeutic care in line with their individual care plans.

Who we are looking for:

We are looking for someone who is resilient, caring and committed to helping children recover from trauma and build positive futures.

You will ideally have:

• Experience working within an Ofsted Registered Children's Home or a similar regulated children's service.

• A good understanding of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

• Knowledge of, or a commitment to, trauma-informed and therapeutic practice.

• Confidence leading shifts and supporting less experienced staff.

• Excellent communication and record-keeping skills.

• The ability to remain calm, reflective and professional in challenging situations.

• Flexibility to work a rota including evenings, weekends and sleep-ins.

Who you will be working for:

Our client is a specialist provider of therapeutic residential childcare, delivering high-quality, child-centred care where children feel safe, valued and supported to achieve positive outcomes.

Why this home & company:

This is an opportunity to join a supportive organisation that places relationships, consistency and therapeutic practice at the heart of everything they do.

You'll play a key role in:

• Leading shifts and supporting colleagues.

• Building trusting relationships with children and young people.

• Promoting positive behaviour through therapeutic and restorative approaches.

• Supporting children with education, health appointments, family time and independence.

• Helping the home achieve and maintain Good and Outstanding Ofsted standards.

Progression:

• Clear career progression opportunities.

• Opportunities to move into leadership and management roles.

Training / qualifications:

• Comprehensive induction.

• Ongoing therapeutic training.

• Regular supervision.

• Reflective practice sessions.

• Support towards Level 3 Diploma where required.

Benefits:

• Salary up to £46,964.74 per annum.

• Supportive and values-led working environment.

• Comprehensive induction and ongoing training.

• Regular supervision and reflective practice.

• Career progression opportunities.

• Enhanced payments for sleep-ins.

• Enhanced DBS provided as part of safer recruitment.

Ethos:

Our client believes children thrive when they experience stability, consistency and genuine care. Their homes are built on therapeutic, trauma-informed practice that helps young people feel safe, valued and supported to achieve positive outcomes.

Culture:

You'll be joining a collaborative team that values compassion, accountability, learning and delivering exceptional care to children and young people.

Sponsorship is not available.

Also add this sentence (same roles only):

Individuals with only CQC experience and / or who have not worked in an Ofsted Registered Children's Home will not be considered.

How to apply:

If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and young people and would like to join our client's dedicated team, apply today.

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For more information or to book a confidential chat, please contact: [email protected]