RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT WORKER - CHILDREN'S HOME (LEATHERHEAD)

Pro Social Partners; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sleep-in pay

Holiday entitlement

Job summary

Pro Social Partners are recruiting a Residential Support Worker for a North Star Children's Home in Leatherhead, Surrey. This permanent, full-time role involves day-to-day care, structure, and positive role modelling for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties.

You will join a supportive staff team in a settled home where consistency helps children feel safe and thrive. The post requires a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare, experience with children or young people, and a

Qualifications

• Requires a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent.
• Experience supporting children or young people, preferably in a residential setting.
• Calm, patient approach to children who have experienced trauma.
• Reliability and teamwork essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day care, structure, and positive role modelling for the children in the home.
• Support children with school, activities, life skills, and community time.
• Contribute to key working, care plans, risk assessments, and daily records.
• Work alongside a close-knit team to keep the home safe, warm, and nurturing.
• Work a mixed shift pattern across mornings, afternoons, and full days, with on average one weekend off in three.

Skills

Empathy

Patience

Teamwork

Reliability

Communication

Education

Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or above

Job description

Residential Support Worker – Children's Home, Leatherhead (Permanent)

Location: Leatherhead, Surrey

Pay: £15.00 – £15.50 per hour

£60 per sleep-in

Contract: Permanent, 40 hours per week

Pro Social Partners are proud to be working in partnership with North Star Children's Homes to recruit a Residential Support Worker for their residential children's home in the Leatherhead area of Surrey.

North Star is a growing residential childcare provider supporting children with emotional and behavioural difficulties, and this role is at the heart of daily life in the home: a consistent, caring adult who helps children feel safe and thrive. The home is a settled one with an established staff team, so you would be joining a group of people who already know the children well.

The Role

• Provide day-to-day care, structure, and positive role modelling for the children in the home.
• Support children with school, activities, life skills, and community time.
• Contribute to key working, care plans, risk assessments, and daily records.
• Work alongside a close-knit team to keep the home safe, warm, and nurturing.
• Work a mixed shift pattern across mornings, afternoons, and full days, with on average one weekend off in three.

You will be a caring and resilient person with:

About You

• A Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or above (essential).
• Experience supporting children or young people, ideally in a residential setting.
• A calm, patient approach to children who have experienced trauma.
• The reliability and teamwork a children's home depends on.

Why North Star Children's Homes?

• Competitive pay of up to £15.50 per hour plus £60 per sleep-in.
• 240 hours holiday per year.
• A growing provider with genuine progression into senior and management roles.
• Supportive leadership and a stable, child-centred culture.