RESIDENTIAL

SUPPORT WORKER

Residential Support Worker

  • Residential Children's Home

  • Barnet (Hendon, NW4)

  • £27,040 to £30,160 plus £7,200 sleep-ins

This is a full time, permanent Residential Support Worker role in a brand new children's home in Barnet, North London, supporting young people with emotional and behavioural needs, and it pays a base salary of £27,040 to £30,160 a year with around £7,200 a year on top in sleep-ins, which takes realistic total earnings to somewhere between £34,240 and £37,360 based on a typical month on the rota.

The role at a glance

  • Children's Residential Support Worker in a brand new EBD children's home in Hendon, Barnet, NW4, with good transport links across North London

  • Base salary of £27,040 to £30,160 a year, plus roughly £7,200 a year in sleep-ins

  • Realistic total earnings of £34,240 to £37,360 a year once sleep-ins are included

  • A 2 on 4 off shift pattern, giving you four full days back for every two you work

  • Full induction, ongoing training and funded support towards your Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare

  • Real progression routes into Senior Residential Support Worker and Team Leader roles as the organisation grows

Why this home stands out

There are plenty of residential childcare jobs across London on Indeed right now, and I think after a while they all start to read the same, so here's what genuinely sets this one apart for anyone serious about a career in children's residential care.

  • You'd be part of the founding team in a brand new home, helping decide what Sunday dinners look like, how bedtimes feel and how welcome a young person feels on the day they first walk through the door

  • The culture of a children's home takes shape in those first few months, and you'd have a real voice in shaping it alongside the management team

  • One of the organisation's sister homes was recently judged Outstanding by Ofsted, and the Registered Manager who led it there started out as a Residential Support Worker and worked their way up

  • That progression story says a lot about how this provider invests in its people, and it could potentially be your story too

The organisation behind the home

  • A director-led provider with established homes in Northamptonshire, now growing carefully into London, Kent and Leicester one home at a time

  • The directors are properly hands-on, the kind of owners who know the young people by name and know their staff team by name too

  • They're bringing in a CEO to strengthen the leadership as they grow, which shows a provider thinking long term about doing this well

  • Their approach to care is trauma-informed and relationship-led, so young people are understood through their life experiences and the team is supported to look past behaviour to the need sitting underneath it

  • As new homes open, Senior and Team Leader opportunities open with them, so ambitious people have a clear path forward

What you'll be doing

  • Building trusting, consistent relationships with young people and being one of the reliable adults they can count on every day

  • Helping create a warm, safe and homely environment where young people feel listened to and have a real say in everyday life

  • Supporting education, health appointments, family time and the everyday stuff like cooking, homework, hobbies and getting out into the local community

  • Using trauma-informed practice to help young people through big emotions and celebrate every bit of progress with them, however small it might seem

  • Keeping clear, thoughtful records and contributing to care plans, risk assessments and safeguarding in line with the Children's Homes Regulations and Ofsted's Quality Standards

  • Working closely with colleagues, the home's management team, social workers, schools and other professionals so every young person has joined up support around them

  • Bringing your ideas to the table as the home finds its feet and grows into somewhere young people are proud to call home

What you'll bring

  • Experience working with children or young people in a children's residential home

  • A Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare, or the enthusiasm to complete one with full support from the organisation

  • A good understanding of safeguarding and why it sits at the heart of everything in residential childcare

  • Patience, warmth and a good sense of humour, because young people respond brilliantly to adults who are genuine with them

  • Resilience, hope and a willingness to reflect and learn with your team through supervision and training

  • A full UK driving licence would be a real bonus

  • The right to work in the UK and willingness to complete an enhanced DBS check, which the organisation will help arrange

Pay, rota and benefits

To be honest, supporting young people in residential care takes a huge amount of skill, patience and heart, and the package here reflects the value of that work.

  • Base salary of £27,040 to £30,160 a year depending on experience and qualifications

  • Around £7,200 a year in sleep-ins, bringing realistic total earnings to £34,240 to £37,360

  • A 2 on 4 off rota that lets you keep a proper life going alongside a rewarding career

  • Structured induction and ongoing training from day one, including trauma-informed practice and safeguarding

  • Support to gain your Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare and develop towards senior roles

  • The chance to join a growing provider that already promotes from within and backs its people

Fancy a chat?

We'd love to hear from you, whether you're ready to apply today or you'd just like a relaxed, informal conversation first about the home, the team and what a typical shift looks like. Pop your CV over through Indeed or drop us a message, and we'll come back to you personally so we can have a proper natter about whether this Residential Support Worker role in Barnet is the right next step for you.

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