Description
Do you want to make a real difference in a child’s life?
Join us as a Children’s Residential Care Worker and begin a truly meaningful and rewarding career.
Hours:
173 hours per month, working long shifts from 8am–11pm (including sleep-in nights). We are a 365-day-a-year service, with rotas provided well in advance to support a healthy work–life balance.
Pay:
Competitive annual salary of £34,402 – £35,025, depending on qualifications
(based on £13.45–£13.75 per hour and an average of 8 sleep-ins per month).
There are also opportunities to pick up additional shifts and overtime at enhanced rates.
(This pay rate is effective from 1st April 2026)
Essential Requirement:
• Full UK Driving Licence
At Esland, we are passionate about transforming children’s lives by delivering best-in-class specialist care. We’re looking for compassionate, resilient, and supportive individuals who can provide high-quality care and help children achieve positive, lasting outcomes.
Due to industry regulations, applicants must be 21 or over and have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship at this time.
The role:
About Brick Lane
Brick Lane is a warm, three-bedroom children’s home providing crisis intervention and trauma-informed therapeutic care. We are committed to delivering the highest standard of residential care, while supporting our young people to enjoy enriching recreational activities tailored to their individual interests — such as cinema trips, swimming, and sports.
What we offer:
• Clear career progression pathways and the opportunity to gain a recognised qualification once employed
• BILD-accredited, fully paid induction training to set you up for success
• Access to a company benefits app, offering high-street discounts, online medical support, financial advice, and confidential counselling
• An extra day off for your birthday, in addition to your annual leave
• Free access to a company holiday home in the Peak District
• A £500 bonus through our Refer a Friend scheme
All young people are equally entitled to have their needs met in a fair and balanced way. Esland employees are responsible for promoting equal opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any young person or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, or any other perceived difference.
For more information about Esland, visit www.esland.co.uk
With over 35 years of residential childcare experience, the Esland group now has more than 65 residential children’s and assessment homes, and five schools, that are spread across the Kent, Hertfordshire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, Bedfordshire, Nottinghamshire, West Midlands and Northamptonshire regions of England.
This also includes our Esland online school accessible to children throughout the UK which helps to deliver education to children missing education by utilising our specialised Turning the Curve education programme.
With over 800 team members and over 200 young people supported we strive to help our children achieve their very best outcomes, through our bespoke residential care, education, therapeutic and activity-led wraparound services.