Children's Residential Support Worker

Key facts:

• Location: Hendon, Greater London

• Role: Children's Residential Support Worker

• Setting: 4 bed Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (EBD) children's home

• Salary: £13 to £14.50 per hour (£27,040 to £30,160 per year)

• Sleep-ins: £60 per night, realistic annual earnings £34,240 to £37,260

• Overtime: paid at an additional £2 per hour

• Contract: Full-time, permanent

This role sits within a group of children's homes rated Good by Ofsted across every inspected home, with one sister home locally having progressed to an Outstanding rating under a manager who started their own career as a Residential Support Worker. Progression from Support Worker through to Senior, Deputy Manager and Registered Manager is an active pathway within the organisation.

What you'll be doing:

• Supporting four young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties in a stable, trauma informed home environment

• Building trusting, consistent relationships that help children feel safe, valued and understood

• Maintaining routines, boundaries and positive role modelling

• Responding to crises and challenging behaviour in a professional and controlled way

• Supporting outings, community activities and daily living, including physical activity such as walking, carrying equipment and floor-based play

• Working flexible shifts including evenings, weekends and sleep-ins

• Completing all required daily records, handovers and documentation to a high standard

What you'll need:

• NVQ, QCF or CYP Level 3 in Residential Childcare, or willingness to work towards this

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Understanding of current legislation and organisational policy relevant to children's residential care

• A calm, professional approach to managing challenging behaviour, including physical intervention once trained

• Full UK driving licence

• Willingness to complete the Proactive Approaches training course within the first three months

• Flexibility to work shifts including evenings, weekends and sleep-ins

Benefits and pay:

• Salary £27,040 to £30,160, rising to £34,240 to £37,260 with sleep-ins, before overtime

• Overtime paid at an additional £2 per hour

• Quarterly performance bonus when the home reaches full occupancy

• £500 retention bonus after 12 months' service

• £300 refer-a-colleague bonus

• Health and wellbeing programme

• Employee mentoring and professional development

• Casual dress, company events, pension scheme and cycle to work scheme

All offers are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. This role involves regulated activity, and it is an offence for a barred individual to apply. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and this advert may close early, so early applications are encouraged.

To apply, submit your CV and a member of the recruitment team will be in touch.