Children’s Residential Support worker - Weekends and Nights

City of York Trading Ltd (WorkwithYork); York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local public sector client in the United Kingdom is seeking a qualified Children’s Residential Support Worker. The role involves providing essential support to children and young people, aged 11–17, working within a specialized team. Key responsibilities include building meaningful relationships, coordinating care services, and offering compassionate support in a residential setting. Applicants must have relevant experience and a driving license. The position offers £15.82 per hour with additional pay for evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting young adults with complex health care needs.
• Driving licence and vehicle for transport.
• Eligible to work in the UK.
• Hold an Enhanced Children’s DBS or willing to undertake a DBS check.

Responsibilities

• Support children and young people and their families on the edge of care.
• Act as a key worker to develop meaningful relationships.
• Provide exceptional care in a residential setting.
• Coordinate therapeutic care services alongside multi-agency care plans.

Skills

Experience in supporting young adults with complex health care needs

Ability to build meaningful relationships

Compassion and respect

Education

Level 3–4 Children’s and Family practitioner

Level 3–4 certificate in residential childcare

Job description

Work with York Limited is working with our York based public sector client on a brand-new service, Together We Can, to recruit a qualified Children’s Residential Support Worker, providing support to children and young people across the city between 11–17.

This role involves working a rota pattern with shifts covering weekends, day, evening, sleeping nights and bank holidays.

Pay is £15.82 per hour with enhancements for evening and weekend working.

Responsibilities

• Working as part of a specialist team to support children and young people and their families who are on the edge of care, who are in care or leaving care.
• Playing a crucial role in a young person’s life, acting as a key worker and developing meaningful relationships built on compassion, respect, and trust.
• Providing ongoing support to young people and their families who are on the edge of care or supporting them back to their family home or supported lodgings.
• Providing exceptional care and support when a young person requires co‑ordinated support whilst living in a residential setting.
• Supporting a young person requiring therapeutic care, to access the relevant services and provide oversight and pathway co‑ordination in and out of health services in conjunction with multi‑agency care plans.

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting young adults with complex health care needs.
• Have a driving licence and a vehicle for transport.
• Be eligible to work in the UK.
• Hold an Enhanced Children’s current valid DBS on the update service or be willing to undertake an online enhanced DBS check.

Desirable

• Level 3–4 Children’s and Family practitioner.
• Level 3–4 certificate in residential childcare.

This role is to start ASAP, so please get in touch.

For more information please contact Kathryn on 01904 556066 and to apply please send an up to date CV, along with details of 2 referees, to [e-mail].