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Residential Child Care Support Worker (Sessional/Casual), Carlisle Client: North Lakes
Location: Carlisle, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 72326564f193 Job Views: 5 Posted: 29.06.2025 Expiry Date: 13.08.2025 Job Description: Residential Child Care Support Worker (Sessional/Casual)
Casual: Shift pattern - ad-hoc cover
Salary: To be confirmed per hour
Location: Carlisle
North Lakes Children’s Services is a well-established local provider of residential care and education for boys aged -. We aim to improve resilience, self-esteem, and abilities of all young people we work with.
As a Support Care Worker, you are expected to be “strong, committed, and passionate” about your role. The young people are at the center of everything we do. You will be a role model, a good listener, warm, approachable, and potentially inspire and make a significant impact on a young person’s life, their choices, and who they can become. You should promote, support, and facilitate creating “happy memories” and have fun with them.
We are seeking Care Workers to join our teams in Carlisle or Headsnook on a casual basis. Ideal candidates will have a warm, approachable manner and feel they can significantly impact a young person’s recovery from early life experiences.
Main Duties Each home has detailed shift planners and handover documents outlining specific daily duties, which vary between term-time and holiday periods. Typical duties include:
Supporting boys’ daily routines, including getting them up, promoting personal hygiene, meals, school runs, or activities
Supporting room cleaning, developing life skills and independence, promoting socialization, and supporting bedtime routines
Attending medical and other appointments
Supporting activity plans
Completing day sheets and working on targets with the boys
Completing handover documents and daily paperwork
Managing budgeting requirements
Performing daily room checks and house cleaning tasks
Shopping for food and essentials, meal prep, and maintaining kitchen hygiene and laundry duties
Performing specific checks such as COSHH, fire checks, and vehicle checks
Building relationships with families, noting special dates, and planning family contact
All applicants must have:
Flexibility in availability, including sleep-in nights and shift work of up to hours with varied start times (e.g., 7:00, 14:00, 22:00)
An understanding of issues faced by young people in care
Qualifications such as Residential Childcare/Families Practitioner Diploma, Children and Young People's Workforce, NVQ Level in Health & Social Care, or willingness to work towards them
Excellent communication and listening skills
Willingness to learn and work well in a team
Ability to undertake an enhanced DBS check (paid for by us)
Experience with Emotional Behavioral Disorder, Social/Residential Work, or Youth Work is advantageous
North Lakes Children's Services is an equal opportunities employer, committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. All staff are expected to share this commitment.
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