Senior Support Worker - (Children’s Residential Child Sexual Exploitation Service)
Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Working hours per week: 40
Salary: £30,160 + £3,000 sleep‑in bonus (annual average) rising to £31,140 after 18 months. Pay rate £14.50 per hour.
£2,000 WELCOME BONUS!!!
Closing date: Friday 30 January 2026.
Job Summary
At Cambian we are making constant, reliable, and high‑quality support for children and their families. This role requires you to be a committed, responsible, and person‑centred Support Worker in a specialised residential setting dedicated to preventing and treating child sexual exploitation.
Responsibilities
* Deliver person‑centred support to children and young people in a residential child sexual exploitation service.
* Ensure safeguarding and welfare of all children, complying with DBS and reference check requirements.
* Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to enable each child to reach their personal best.
* Support the training, supervision, and development of junior staff and contribute to career progression programmes.
* Implement best‑in‑class induction, ongoing training, and learning & development plans.
Qualifications and Requirements
* Experience working as a Support Worker in a child care, residential or safeguarding setting.
* Demonstrated integrity, accountability and a person‑centred approach.
* Willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check and provide at least two recent references covering the last two years.
* Strong communication, teamwork and commitment to continuous improvement.
Benefits
* Additional overtime paid at 1.25x rate.
* Refer a friend scheme – earn up to £1,000 per referral.
* NVQ and career progression opportunities via our Management Development Programme.
* 28 days holiday including bank holidays, rising with service.
* Paid sickness leave.
* On‑call/sleep‑in/disturbance rates.
* Meals provided on shift.
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