Residential Support Worker

Caretech; Pendleton; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Tower View is operated by CareTech in the UK, offering a Residential Support Worker role within a family-like home for vulnerable children. You will help with daily routines, school readiness, meal times, and updating care plans to reflect each child’s needs.

With a full UK manual driving licence, you will support activities, maintain open communication with families and staff, and participate in sleep-ins as part of a 42-hour work week.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills both verbally and written.
• Manual UK driving licence is essential to use company cars.
• Ability to work day shifts with overnight sleep-ins at the service, you will be away from home for a few days at a time.
• Open to ongoing development and learning with support from your manager, your team and the company.
• Ability to work towards a Level 4 qualification in Children's Residential Care.

Responsibilities

• Ensure our children receive the highest level of support and encouragement
• 8 sleep-ins per month
• Support senior staff with timely updates and feedback
• Work as a team, we all support each other
• Promote individuality NOT a "one size fits all" approach
• Complete and update care plans regularly, updating with any additional requirements
• Be part of a welcoming, homely environment by helping with light housekeeping
• Build strong, meaningful relationships and provide emotional support to our young people
• Plan and join fun activities like day trips & activities, holidays away, popcorn & movie nights or creative projects

Skills

Communication skills

Driving licence

Sleep-ins experience

Teamwork

Education

Level 4 qualification in Children's Residential Care

Job description

Location: Foulridge, near Colne/Pendle
Salary: £35,798 to £36,563 dep on Lvl 3/4 in Childrens Residential/Workforce. This includes payments for an average of just 8 sleep-ins per month
Hours per week: 42
Closing date: 26 November 2026

A full UK Manual driving licence is required and we are unable to offer sponsorship.

Extraordinary Days Every Day

With ROC Northwest, you're not just working - you're shaping futures because as a Residential Support Worker every moment you spend with our young people helps them to feel safe, valued and supported.

A simple "How was your day?" or a shared laugh playing a game, being someone to listen and offer encouragement on a tough day. All these small interactions build trust, encourage communication and help to shape lives. Some days will be challenging but every breakthrough, every smile and every step forward will remind you why you truly matter in vulnerable children's lives.

What You'll Do

You'll be supporting young people with their daily routines like helping to ensure they get ready for school or college each morning, getting ready for meal times, checking on how their day went and planning activities in and around the home. Making sure care plans are up to date is essential and the children must feel their feedback and ideas are heard, this is their home.

• Ensure our children receive the highest level of support and encouragement
• 8 sleep-ins per month
• Support senior staff with timely updates and feedback
• Work as a team, we all support each other
• Promote individuality NOT a "one size fits all" approach
• Complete and update care plans regularly, updating with any additional requirements
• Be part of a welcoming, homely environment by helping with light housekeeping
• Build strong, meaningful relationships and provide emotional support to our young people
• Plan and join fun activities like day trips & activities, holidays away, popcorn & movie nights or creative projects

Who Are You

You need to be someone who genuinely cares and wants to make that difference. Consistency in a child's life is essential and you will be part of that consistency. This is not a stopgap job. The children need to see you are here for them through the bigger picture. Be warm, patient, be a great listener and offer those words of encouragement our young people need to hear. Stay focused on achieving outcomes for our children and take pride in knowing you are helping to shape someone's life for the better.

• Previous experience is preferred or maybe you have cared for a younger friend or family member
• Ability to work towards a Level 4 qualification in Children's Residential Care
• Manual UK driving licence is essential to use company cars
• Open to ongoing development and learning with support from your manager, your team and the company
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and written, communication is key
• Ability to work day shifts with overnight sleep-ins at the service, you will be away from home for a few days at a time

Why Join Us?

• We offer competitive rates of pay with enviable sleep-in payments
• Support to gain recognised industry qualifications
• Company pension scheme and well-being support
• Blue light card scheme, with discounts in high street stores and online
• £1000 Refer A Friend scheme
• Support to progress within the company up to Registered Manager
• Cost of the Enhanced DBS is covered by company
• A genuine home from home with a friendly team

A Little About This Home

Tower View is a large detached property on the edge of a village. We aim to ensure that our house reflects that of a family home where young people feel safe, relaxed and cared for in a non-institutionalised setting.

Our young people do have emotional and behavioural difficulties and the staff work very hard to keep them active to ensure their minds are occupied through the local youth groups, clubs and what the local surroundings have on offer.

Tower View benefits from several communal areas so young people are able to enjoy doing activities within the home with each other, or alone if they prefer. The young people are regularly consulted on the home's development, and so the communal areas are largely influenced by the comments and requests they make.

Staff encourage the young people to enjoy a full and active life; and achieve their personal and academic goals. Staff work with young people to research and access the clubs and groups within the community; and promote trying new things so the young people broaden their interests and experiences.

Safeguarding Statement

CareTech is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children. All applicants must pass an enhanced DBS check and provide references covering the past two years and all previous roles involving vulnerable groups.

CareTech Community Services are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader.