Residential Childcare Worker

Caretech; Rishton; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension

Training and Development Plans

Sleep-in rates

Job summary

Cambian Group is seeking a Children's Residential Care Worker to support young people aged 8–18, delivering high-quality care. You will be responsible for daily routines, education engagement, and safe living environments.

The role requires empathy, resilience, and positive parenting skills; a Full UK Driving Licence is mandatory. Training and progression opportunities are available within a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Must hold a Full UK Driving Licence.
• NVQ Level 3 in Residential Childcare is desirable.
• Experience in a therapeutic environment or with therapeutic qualifications is advantageous.
• Leadership experience and qualifications are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Delivering the highest quality care to children aged 8–18.
• Provide guidance, support and structure in daily routines.
• Assist young people to engage with education.
• Promote healthy living and positive choices.
• Access clinically led training to develop skills and practice.
• Carry out household duties and record keeping.
• Maintain accurate reports and participate in therapy sessions.
• Support days out and activities off-site.
• Provide transport for activities and provisions.

Skills

Empathy

Compassion

Resilience

Full UK Driving Licence

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Residential Childcare

Job description

Role Description

CareTech Community Services are proud to inform you that they are a Disability Confident Leader.

As the new Residential Care Worker, you will be emotionally strong and driven to make a difference day to day. Most importantly, you will get to really understand our children and their backgrounds, making sure that their needs are at the centre of everything we do. You will be approachable and detail focused, ensuring that our children's safety is assured at all times, and that all protocols and regulations are fully adhered to.

Do you have what it takes to encourage and help our children to live independently and guide and teach them with your own life experiences? To do this we believe you will need empathy, compassion, resilience and positive parenting skills.

The working day can be very unpredictable and you could find yourself spending the entire morning Organising activities and the afternoon providing 1:1 support.

Cambian employees are friendly, supportive and all focused on achieving the best outcomes for everyone involved with our brand.

We are looking for enthusiastic, energetic, flexible and caring people to join our team to continue improving the lives of the young people within our care.

Rate of Pay

£14.50 per hour dependent with a £30.00 additional sleep in rate

Benefits

• Training and Development Plans to meet your individual needs including NVQs and Career progression opportunities
• 28 Days Holiday inclusive of Bank Holidays and rising with service
• Additional Overtime/On-Call/Sleep-in/Disturbance Rates
• Casual Dress Code
• Company Pension
• Simply Health (Linked to Service)
• Days out and Activity days off site
• Our own Management Development Programme to take those interested from Support Worker to Registered Manager and beyond

Day in the Life

As a Children's Residential Care Worker, you will be involved in all aspects of their everyday lives and the positive impact you will have is immeasurable.

The young people in our care range between the ages of 8-18 years of age and have a range of behavioural and emotional needs.

Duties

• Delivering the highest quality care for our children
• Offering guidance, support and structure to their everyday lives
• Supporting the young people to engage and access education
• Promoting a healthy life style and positive living choices
• Accessing clinically led training to improve your skills and develop practise
• Household duties
• Record keeping and report writing
• Days out (e.g. social events, shopping, cinema, swimming)
• Contacts, visit, key work meeting and therapy sessions
• Providing transport for the young people to access different provisions

Requirements

MUST hold a Full UK Driving Licence

Desirable but not essential

• NVQ Level 3 in Residential Childcare
• Previous experience working in a therapeutic environment or therapeutic qualifications
• Experience supporting and leading educational engagement
• Previous leadership skills and qualifications
• Higher level training and qualifications

About the Cambian Group

We are one of the largest providers of specialist education and behavioural health services for children in the UK. Although our work embraces many specialist disciplines, we all have the same purpose: To enable all people in our care to achieve their personal best.

We provide services to almost 2,000 children and young people across 224 locations. We work with the majority of local authorities in England and Wales and employ more than 3,800 people.

Requirements for DBS and reference checking will be undertaken in line with government regulations and safer recruitment best practice.

The Cambian Group are an equal opportunities employer.