Senior Residential Care Worker

Horizon Care Ltd; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real Living Wage

Referral scheme with cash rewards

Education Academy

Job summary

Horizon Care Ltd in Central region (Leicester) is seeking a Senior Residential Support Worker to help young people with daily life, hobbies, social activities and learning new skills within our residential homes. You will safeguard and promote welfare while supporting their development and friendships.

The role requires leading shifts, supervising colleagues, and managing health and safety and risk assessments.

Qualifications

• Safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people
• Ability to lead shifts and supervise staff
• Health and safety awareness and risk assessment implementation

Responsibilities

• Help young people with daily life, hobbies, social activities and learning new skills
• Lead shifts, direct and support colleagues
• Manage health and safety processes in the home and implement risk assessments
• Support induction of new colleagues
• Ensure safeguarding responsibilities are upheld

Job description

£ 15.65 per hour plus sleeps ad excellent overtime rate

Working Hours:

37

Location:

Closing Date:

26/11/2026

Job Category:

Residential Care

Region / Division:

Central

Business Unit:

Residential Care

Job Introduction

About the role:As a Senior Residential Support Worker, you will support young people in the many different aspects of daily life within our homes including:

• Helping young people continue with hobbies, social activities, and friendships, and learn new skills..
• Supporting young people to reach their potential and experience new opportunities.
• Conducting Supervisions for staff members
• Manage the home effectively in the absence of the Deputy or Manager
• Effectively lead shifts, direct and support colleagues
• Manage health and safety processes in the home including the implementation and monitoring of risk assessments
• To support the induction of colleagues into the home
• To be responsible for safeguarding and actively promoting the welfare of children and young people

How you’ll be rewarded:

• Real Living Wage employer
• Colleague referral scheme with cash rewards – earn up to £2500 per referral!
• Financial wellbeing service
• Tastecard - spectacular savings on dining, pizza, cinema tickets, supermarkets, and UK attractions!
• Opportunity to progress in your career through our Education Academy, and ongoing training and professional development.
• Comprehensive and tailored induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing, and local induction period.
• Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via our SHINE programme.
• Access to a wide range of free online courses for all colleagues on a variety of topics
• Employee assistance programme – free, confidential support.
• Community and wellbeing - Your wellbeing matters to us, and we are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need to feel good about what you do. We’re in this together.
• Supportive management and senior leaders.
• High quality CPD opportunities.
• Free eye checks.

If you’re passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and enabling them to shape their own future, then we want you to be part of our team.