Support Worker

CareTech; Paignton; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider seeks a Children's Residential Care Worker to support young people in a homely environment. In this role, you will help foster positive interactions and assist children with various needs. With competitive pay and career development opportunities, you will make a significant impact on young lives and contribute to their development while enjoying comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

224 hrs Annual Leave

Incentives for Sleep Ins

Flexible benefits package

24-hour helpline for support

Funding for NVQ qualifications

Match funding and hardship grants

Qualifications

• Demonstrate common values: Friendly, Positive, Innovative, Empowering, Person-Centred.
• Must be willing to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
• Provide references covering the past two years.

Responsibilities

• Support young people in daily activities and ensure a home-like environment.
• Engage in meaningful activities to help develop their social and emotional skills.
• Manage a flexible daily schedule that includes both educational and recreational support.

Skills

Friendly

Positive

Innovative

Empowering

Person-Centred

Job description

Location

Paignton

Contract

Bank / Zero Hour Contract, Full Time, Part Time

Role Type

Permanent

Working hours per week

40

Salary

£12.69 - £13.31

Closing Date

Monday 28 July 2025

Children's Residential Care Worker

£12.69 - £13.31 per hour (DoE) + £30 sleep rate (where required)

Everything you do matters

From the moment you open the door and enter one of our services you become something more than you once were.

You enter the place our young people call home, a place where a grin can make a young person’s day, where listening can not only save but shape a life, a place whereby simply turning up on time and being present has a bigger impact than it does anywhere else.

Walking through the door at Cambian means having a direct impact on the futures of the young people in our care. At one of our places, asking “how school was” is so much more than a throw away question, it’s stability, it’s paying a genuine interest and listening to the response. It’s a way to break barriers, a way to unlock confidence and demonstrates you are here and here is safe.

Our Residential Care Workers are fundamental to the development of the young people in our homes, yes there will be challenges along the way, there will be crippling lows and immeasurable highs but every forward step is a cause for celebration and a simple “well done” goes a long way too!

Our homes accommodate young people aged 8>18 from a variety of backgrounds and with varying levels of social/emotional/mental health needs. Our aim is to create the best possible outcomes for them to allow every single one of them to reach their full potential.

The days can be long but…

You’ll make a genuine difference to our young people on a daily basis, you’ll ensure minimum interruption to their lives and pack their days full of the meaningful interaction’s others may take for granted.

Your day involves making sure they are up and ready for the day, this could mean ready for school or ready for a morning at the park, it means ensuring the service feels like “home” - running the hoover around, helping with homework or preparing dinner. Evenings and weekends are usually for fun, whether that’s playing videogames, a board game, or a trip to see a movie.

Yes! there is paperwork and planning but supporting our young people is never boring. The days may be long but time fly’s and the work really matters.

How We Appreciate You

To kick things off we offer the best induction in the sector with two weeks of content delivered by experts face to face, we will also fund NVQ 3-4-5 if you show the capability and desire.

• Pay: £12.69 - £13.31 (p/hr)
• 224 hrs (5.6 weeks) Annual Leave
• Bonuses: In addition to your base salary you’ll do up to 10 sleep ins per month paid approx. £3,000 per year
• Career Development: The first place we look for senior staff is within our ranks with the vast majority of our Senior Support Workers, Deputy, Home and Regional Managers promoted from within
• Flexible benefits package; From day one you will receive a membership to Pluxxee UK, offering a range of discounts from brands such as; ASDA, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Waitrose, Primark and M&S. You will also have access to a 24-hour helpline for assistance and support for yourself and next of kin through any of life’s problems. Access to the Caretech Foundation’s match funding and staff hardship grants (just in case). After 2 years’ service we also offer Simply Health benefits with cash back for your dental and optical appointments.
• Incredible buildings, cosy interiors and the most supportive teams you could wish for. Our services are designed to feel like exactly what they are – Home!
  
  

You do you…

We are immensely proud of every single one of our responsible individuals and their constant pursuit towards achieving the highest possible standards and outcomes for the children and young people in our care and also each other.

All that we require from you is that you are able to demonstrate our common values;

Friendly, Positive, Innovative, Empowering and Person-Centred

These values are more important than where we have worked or the positions we have held. They underpin the decisions we make and the actions we take to achieve the best possible outcomes for all involved.

Cambian are committed to promoting the safeguarding and welfare of all children within our care. All applicants must be willing to undergo and enhanced DBS check and must be able to provide at least two references covering the past two years. Applicants must also provide reference information for all positions related to working with children and the vulnerable and details of employment going back to full time education.

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