Senior Childrens Residential Support Worker

TN United Kingdom; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team committed to changing children's lives for the better! As a Senior Support Worker, you'll provide nurturing support to young people in a residential setting, ensuring their emotional and physical needs are met. This role offers a competitive salary, opportunities for career development, and a chance to make a real difference. With comprehensive training and a supportive environment, you'll thrive while helping children achieve amazing outcomes. If you're passionate about making an impact and have the experience we seek, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

Fully funded Level 3/4/5 qualification

Esland pension scheme

248 hours annual leave

Enhanced rate for overtime

Paid bank holidays

Comprehensive paid induction training

Career development opportunities

Cycle to work scheme

Refer a Friend bonus

Access to employee benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a children's home setting is essential.
• Supervisory experience is a must for this role.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to care plans and risk assessments for young people.
• Ensure the home is clean and maintain good quality records.

Skills

Experience in a children's home setting

Supervisory experience

Passion to help nurture young people

Ability to work shift patterns

Education

Level 3 Diploma in Children and Young People

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28.04.2025

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Become an Eslander and start a truly rewarding career!

Esland are driven to changing children’s’ lives for the better by providing best-in-class specialist services. We are looking for residential support workers and senior support workers to join our growing, highly valued team. Our teams are “professional parents’ who are nurturing and supportive, giving our children high levels of care and allowing them to achieve amazing outcomes. Our homes vary in size and provide therapeutic, EBD and complex trauma support services.

We think that our teams are the best in the industry - if you want to join us, there has never been a better time!

The role of a senior support worker will involve:

• Contributing to the young person’s care plans and risk assessments, their review and implementation
• Forming effective relationships with young people, their families (if appropriate) and external agencies
• Ensuring the home is kept clean and in a tidy condition, adhering to the cleaning rota system, encouraging the young people to participate as appropriate
• Ensuring that good quality records are maintained as required with supervision and advice from shift and Managers.
• Maintaining and promoting residential care work to high levels of professionalism expected by Esland and Ofsted
• Contributing to the educational and social development of each young person and assisting in the implementation of Individual Education Programs
• Meeting the emotional and physical needs of our young people and maximising opportunities for their development
• Providing support to the deputy/manager of the home whilst on shift and performing senior duties as directed

What we are looking for from you:

• Level 3 Diploma in Children and Young People or equivalent (highly desirable)
• Experience in a children's home setting (essential)
• Supervisory experience (essential)
• Passion to help nurture young people
• Be able to work shift patterns including sleep ins (Rota plan given in advance but likely to be 2 on 4 off)
• Full, UK driving licence (essential)
• All candidates must be over the age of 21 to meet industry regulations

Successful employment is subject to satisfactory Full Enhanced Disclosure, right to work and reference checks in line with government regulations and Safer Recruitment Practices (the company will cover the costs).

What we can offer:

• A salary of £35,239 to £36,900 per year, depending on qualifications (based on a pay rate of £14.20 to £15.00 per hour and undertaking 8 sleeps per month on average)
• Enrolment onto the fully funded Level 3/4/5 Children and Young People’s Workforce qualification
• Enrolment into Esland pension scheme
• 248 hours annual leave per year
• Opportunities to pick up extras shifts / overtime at enhanced rate
• Bank holidays paid at time and a half
• Comprehensive, paid induction training (that is accredited through the Bild Association of Certified Training) and ongoing training within the role
• Fantastic opportunities for career development, we promoted over 50 colleagues last year
• Cycle to work scheme
• A £500 bonus via our 'Refer a Friend’ scheme
• Monthly recognition awards
• Casual dress code
• Access to big-brand deals and discounts via our employee benefits scheme E-Together
• Food available whilst on shift
• Free parking
• A day off for your birthday (in addition to your holiday entitlement)
• Access to a holiday home based in the Peak District where you can stay for free, on the company!
• The opportunity to make a real difference to a child's life!

With over 35 years of residential childcare experience, the Esland group now has more than 65 residential children’s and assessment homes, and five schools, that are spread across the Kent, Hertfordshire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, Bedfordshire, Nottinghamshire, West Midlands and Northamptonshire regions of England.
This also includes our Esland online school accessible to children throughout the UK which helps to deliver education to children missing education by utilising our specialised Turning the Curve education programme.
With over 700 team members and over 200 young people supported we strive to help our children achieve their very best outcomes, through our bespoke residential care, education, therapeutic and activity-led wraparound services.