Residential Support Worker - Childrens Services

Bleep 360 Group; Lanchester; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Frontline leadership

Employee Assistance Programme

Your Birthday Off

Referral Bonus

Wellness Allowance

Extra Annual Leave

Donation Match Scheme

Fully Funded Qualifications

Blue Light Card Access

Company Vehicle Access

Enhanced Pay for Overtime & Festivals

Job summary

Bleep 360 Group is seeking a Residential Support Practitioner to join our children’s services team. You will help create a warm, safe home environment for 7–17-year-olds, support emotional development, and work within a trauma-informed framework.

The role includes evenings, weekends, and sleep-ins as part of a flexible rota. We offer enhanced pay for overtime and bank holidays, plus a range of benefits designed to support staff wellbeing and professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and young people.
• Full UK driving licence required.
• Willingness to work a varied rota including 24-hour shifts.

Responsibilities

• Be a positive grounding influence for young people.
• Build meaningful, trust-based relationships.
• Support emotional development, routines, learning, and community involvement.
• Champion safeguarding and positive practice.
• Work as part of a supportive, reflective team.
• Be flexible with working days, including evenings, weekends and sleep-ins.

Skills

Experience with children

Full UK driving licence

Flexible rota (24-hour shifts)

Job description

Residential Support Practitioner - Children's Services:

£13.50ph - £14.00ph (DOE) + £50 bonus per sleep-in,dependent on experience

Enhancement rates available for overtime and bank holidays.

About Us:

We are a growing, forward-thinking children’s residential care organisation with homes across the Southwest, London, and a brand-new multi-home provision in Durham. Our mission is powerful and clear: to help children aged 7–17 rebuild trust, confidence, and hope.

We work with young people who have experienced loss, instability, or trauma. We don’t define them by their past — we support them to step into their potential. Using trauma-informed, PACE-based practice, we create warm, stable homes where children feel safe, valued, and encouraged to grow. This is meaningful work. This is change you can see happen.

Benefits & Perks:

• Frontline leadership support— you’ll never be left alone to figure it out
• Employee Assistance Programmefor emotional & wellbeing support
• Your Birthday Off— every year, no questions asked
• Generous Referral Bonuswhen you help brilliant people join the team
• Wellness Allowanceto support your physical & mental health
• Extra Annual Leaveincreasing with service
• Donation Match Schemeto back causes you care about
• Fully Funded Qualifications(including Level 3 Residential Childcare Diploma)
• Blue Light Card Accessfor discounts & perks
• Access to a Company Vehiclewhen needed for work
• Enhanced Payfor Overtime & Festival Periods

The Role:

You’ll help make a house feel like a home — safe, nurturing, and full of possibility. Your days will include:

• Being a positive, grounding influencefor young people
• Building meaningful relationships based on trust
• Supporting emotional development, independence, routines, learning & community involvement
• Championing safeguarding and positive practice
• Working as part of a supportive, reflective team
• You will be flexible with your working days to meet the needs of the home, including evenings, weekends, and sleep-ins.

Who You Are:

If you’re ready to help young peoplegrow, heal, and believe in themselves, we’ll give you everything you need to succeed.

Essential skills:

• Experience working with children and young people.
• Full UK driving licence
• Willingness to work a varied rota (24-hour shifts)

Desirable:

• Children's residential care experience

Our Safeguarding Promise:

Safety is at the heart of everything we do. All roles require safer recruitment checks, enhanced DBS clearance, and ongoing safeguarding training.