The posting
Children's Residential Support Worker
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire | Full-Time | Permanent
Join Us and Receive a Joining Bonus of Up to £2,000!
Looking for a career where the work you do genuinely matters?
We are looking for compassionate, reliable and dedicated Children's Residential Support Workers to join our residential childcare team in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
This is an opportunity to become a positive and trusted influence in the life of a young person while building a rewarding career within residential childcare.
Whether you're already working as a Residential Support Worker, Children's Support Worker, Care Worker, Residential Care Practitioner, Youth Support Worker, Behaviour Support Worker or Therapeutic Support Worker, or you have experience supporting children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD), we would love to hear from you.
You'll become part of a team committed to providing high-quality care and creating a safe, stable and nurturing home where young people can feel secure, develop confidence and achieve positive outcomes.
About the Role
As a Children's Residential Support Worker, you'll play an important part in the day-to-day care, safety and wellbeing of the young people living in the home.
You'll provide consistent support, build positive and trusting relationships, encourage positive behaviour and help young people develop the skills and confidence they need to progress.
Every young person is different, so you'll take a flexible and individualised approach, following their care plans and responding to their emotional, behavioural and practical needs.
You'll work alongside colleagues, managers and external professionals, ensuring that safeguarding procedures, care plans and regulatory requirements are followed at all times.
This is a role where your patience, consistency and compassion can have a lasting impact.
What You'll Be Doing
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD)
- Creating a safe, welcoming and nurturing home environment
- Building positive, trusting relationships with young people
- Providing emotional support, encouragement and positive role modelling
- Promoting positive behaviour through consistent boundaries and relationship-based care
- Carrying out welfare checks in line with individual care plans and risk assessments
- Responding appropriately to incidents, safeguarding concerns and emergencies
- Supporting young people with their daily routines and individual needs
- Maintaining accurate records, reports and shift handovers
- Carrying out security and fire safety checks to help maintain a safe environment
- Completing light household duties to keep the home clean, comfortable and welcoming
- Supporting morning routines where required
- Working effectively with colleagues, managers and external professionals
- Following Children's Homes Regulations, safeguarding guidance and organisational policies
- Contributing to positive outcomes and the ongoing development of each young person
Who We're Looking For
We welcome applications from people with experience in a range of care, support and youth-focused environments, including:
- Children's Residential Care
- Residential Childcare
- Children's Support Work
- Youth Work
- Social Care
- Care Assistant roles involving children or young people
- Behaviour Support
- SEN or SEMH settings
- Foster Care
- Supported Accommodation
Previous experience working with children or young people is required, with children's residential care experience desirable.
You'll also bring:
- A calm, patient and resilient approach
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- A good understanding of safeguarding and child protection
- An understanding of professional boundaries
- Strong written record-keeping skills
- The ability to work independently while contributing effectively to a wider team
- A flexible, proactive and child-centred approach
- A genuine commitment to helping children and young people achieve positive outcomes
- Full UK driving licence – desirable
We value people who are willing to learn and develop. While experience is important, we're equally interested in your attitude, reliability, compassion and commitment to young people.
Working Hours & Conditions
This is a residential childcare role, so flexibility is essential.
You'll be required to work:
- Shift patterns on a rota basis
- Weekends and bank holidays where required
- Flexible hours to meet the needs of the home and young people
- Sleep-in shifts where required
- Participation in an on-call rota where applicable
- Occasional rota changes to ensure continuity and consistency of care
The nature of residential childcare means that no two days are necessarily the same. You'll need to be adaptable and prepared to respond to the changing needs of the service.
What We Offer
We want our team to feel valued, supported and able to build a long-term career.
In return, we offer:
- Competitive salary
- Up to £2,000 joining bonus
- Supportive and inclusive working environment
- Ongoing training and professional development
- Opportunities to develop specialist skills and experience
- Genuine career progression within a growing organisation
- The opportunity to build a rewarding career in residential childcare
- The chance to make a lasting difference to the lives of children and young people
£2,000 joining bonus – terms and conditions apply.
Make Your Work Matter
Working in children's residential care isn't simply about completing a shift.
It's about being someone a young person can trust.
It's about celebrating the small achievements, providing reassurance during difficult moments and helping young people understand that they are valued and supported.
There will be challenging days, but there will also be moments that remind you exactly why you chose this career — a breakthrough, a new achievement, a positive conversation or simply seeing a young person begin to feel more confident and secure.
If you're compassionate, dependable and ready to make a meaningful contribution, this could be the opportunity you've been looking for.
Join our team, develop your career and help create brighter futures for young people.
Safeguarding
This position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose any convictions or cautions that are not protected under current filtering legislation.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment procedures, including an Enhanced DBS check and satisfactory pre-employment checks.
