Senior Residential Care Worker
Support young people in a nurturing residential setting, combining hands-on daily care with leadership of colleagues on shift. You'll balance direct work with children and young people with responsibility for supervising staff, leading shifts, and helping to manage the smooth running of the home.
Role details
Permanent role in a residential children's home.
The role
As a Senior Residential Care Worker you will provide primary care, guidance, and a stable therapeutic environment for children and young people in the home. You will lead shifts, supervise colleagues and help manage the home in the absence of the Deputy or Manager so that day-to-day care is safe, consistent, and child-centred. The role exists to support young people to reach their potential while ensuring colleagues deliver a high standard of residential care.
What you'll be doing
- Providing daily care, nurture and support to children and young people in all aspects of home life.
- Helping young people maintain hobbies, social activities and friendships, and encouraging them to try new opportunities.
- Using consistent boundaries and reactive strategies to support behaviour, emotional wellbeing and safety.
- Acting as a positive role model and building trusting relationships through engagement, communication and active listening.
- Leading shifts, directing colleagues, supervising staff and overseeing the running of the home when senior staff are not present.
- Managing health and safety processes, including implementing and monitoring risk assessments and contributing to care planning, reviews and meetings with other professionals.
What we're looking for
- Experience working with children and young people in a residential or similar care setting.
- Background in supporting young people with their emotional, social and behavioural needs.
- Experience of leading shifts or taking responsibility within a care team.
- Ability to supervise colleagues, conduct supervisions and support team performance and development.
- Strong understanding of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
- Confidence in using boundaries and behaviour support strategies in a child-focused way.
- Willingness to work collaboratively with colleagues and external professionals.
- Commitment to ongoing learning, supervision and professional development.
Benefits
- Real Living Wage employer.
- Competitive pay rates.
- Christmas bonus.
- Blue Light Card.
- Colleague referral scheme with cash rewards.
- Financial wellbeing service and life assurance.
- Discounts on dining, cinema, supermarkets and UK attractions.
- Career progression through an education academy with ongoing CPD.
- Comprehensive induction with face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing and local support.
- Therapeutic training and support via an internal programme.
- Access to a wide range of free online courses.
- Employee assistance programme offering free, confidential support.
- Supportive management with a focus on colleague wellbeing.
- Free eye checks.
If you're passionate about helping young people shape their own futures within a safe, caring home environment, please apply.
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