Residential Support Worker

Mickleover, DE3

£34,032 to £35,280 per year

1 on 2 off | 8am start | Sleep-ins paid at £60

You'll be a consistent, trusted adult in the lives of young people who haven't always had many of those, and you'll do that as part of a team that has structure, clear expectations and leadership that understands residential childcare from the inside out.

Your time will be spent supporting young people through the everyday stuff, getting to school, managing appointments, building independence, going on activities, and navigating the emotional complexity that comes with growing up when your early years have been difficult.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting young people with daily life in the home, including education, activities, appointments and routines

• Building consistent, boundaried relationships that help young people feel valued and secure over time

• Working closely with colleagues to deliver joined-up care that young people can rely on

• Keeping clear, thoughtful records and contributing meaningfully to care plans and reviews

• Collaborating with social workers, schools and other professionals around each young person's individual needs

• Creating experiences, outings and moments that help young people simply enjoy being young people

Shift pattern and pay

The 1 on 2 off pattern with an 8am start gives you real recovery time between shifts, which makes a genuine difference in a role that asks a lot of you emotionally and physically, and you won't find that level of consideration at every provider.

• Base salary of £26,832 to £28,080 per year

• Sleep-ins paid at £60, with around 10 per month included in your contracted hours

• Overtime paid at £15.40 to £16.00 per hour after your contracted 160 hours per month

• Total earning potential of £34,032 to £35,280 per year

Pay progression is reviewed twice a year in March and October, tied to your development, your performance and the goals you work towards together in supervision and appraisal, so the pathway forward is clear from the start.

The organisation behind the home

This is a provider that has built its homes across the Midlands with a very specific model in mind, small enough to feel like a proper household, supported by a wider leadership team with genuine sector expertise, and backed by an in-house psychologist who works directly with staff teams to develop psychologically informed practice.

That kind of clinical support sitting inside the organisation, rather than bolted on as an afterthought, shapes everything from how care plans are developed to how staff are trained and supervised, and it means the people working in these homes are properly equipped rather than left to figure things out on their own.

What's included

• Paid face to face training from day one

• Company pension scheme

• Probation bonus

• Annual appraisal bonus

• Ofsted bonus

• Referral bonus when a referred colleague completes their first shift

• An extra 8 hours annual leave for your birthday

• Employment Assistance Programme

• Paid Christmas party

What you'll need to bring

• Experience working with young people in residential care or a closely related setting

• Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare, or a genuine commitment to working towards it

• Strong communication and recording skills, alongside the kind of emotional self-awareness that makes both of those more effective

• The ability to work as part of a team and contribute to the day to day running of the home with consistency and care

• A full UK driving licence

If you're someone who takes residential childcare seriously and wants to work somewhere with proper structure, a clear therapeutic approach and leadership that genuinely supports you to do the job well, apply through Indeed to find out more about the home and the team behind it.