Karoo Group
Childrens Residential Support Worker
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Pay: £33,488.00 per year
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Children's Residential Support Worker
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
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£33,488 per annum | Full-time & Part-time opportunities
What if your next job could genuinely change a young person's life?
We're looking for a compassionate, resilient and dependable Children's Residential Support Worker to join our team in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, supporting children and young people who may have experienced trauma, instability, emotional difficulties or challenging circumstances.
This isn't simply a job where you turn up, complete your shift and go home.
It's an opportunity to become someone a young person can trust. Someone who listens when they feel unheard. Someone who stays calm when things feel overwhelming. Someone who celebrates the small victories that others might miss. Someone who helps a young person discover that they are capable of more than they may believe.
Residential childcare can be challenging. It can also be incredibly rewarding.
The moment a young person finally opens up to you. The first time they achieve something they didn't think they could. The trust that develops over time. The small steps forward that become huge milestones.
Those are the moments that make this career so meaningful.
What You'll Be Doing
You'll help create a safe, stable and nurturing home where young people feel valued, supported and listened to.
Your role will include:
- Supporting children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD)
- Building positive, trusting relationships
- Providing emotional support and positive role modelling
- Supporting routines, activities and everyday life
- Encouraging positive behaviour and maintaining appropriate boundaries
- Responding calmly to incidents, safeguarding concerns and emergencies
- Completing welfare checks, records, reports and handovers
- Following care plans, risk assessments, safeguarding procedures and organisational policies
- Working alongside colleagues, families and external professionals
- Helping maintain a safe, clean and welcoming home
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Every day will be different. But the purpose remains the same:
To help young people feel safe, supported and able to thrive.
Who We're Looking For
You don't need a perfect CV. You need the right qualities.
We understand that great Children's Residential Support Workers come from different backgrounds.
Experience in any of the following would be valuable:
- Children's residential care
- Residential childcare
- Children's or youth support work
- Social care or care work
- Behaviour support
- SEN / SEMH
- Foster care
- Supported accommodation
We're looking for someone who is:
- Patient. Compassionate. Calm. Resilient. Consistent. Professional. Trustworthy.
- Someone who understands that behaviour is communication.
- Someone who can maintain boundaries while still showing kindness.
- Someone who can remain patient when progress takes time.
- And, most importantly, someone who genuinely wants to make a difference.
Residential childcare experience is desirable. Experience working with children and young people is important.
A full UK driving licence is and own vehicle is a must.
What You'll Get From Us
We believe that when you invest your time, energy and heart into supporting young people, you should feel valued and supported too.
That's why we offer:
- £33,488 per annum
- A rewarding career with a competitive salary.
- Up to £2,000 joining fee
- T&Cs apply.
Training & Development
Ongoing training and professional development to help you build your knowledge, confidence and career.
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Career Progression
Opportunities to develop and progress within residential childcare.
A Supportive Team
You'll be part of an experienced care team where you won't be expected to do everything alone.
Meaningful Work
Build genuine relationships with young people and see the impact of your support over time.
A Career With Purpose
Come to work knowing that what you do can make a genuine difference to someone's life.
This Could Be The Job That Means More
You may be the person who helps a young person feel safe enough to trust an adult again. You may be the person who notices the progress that nobody else sees. You may be the person who encourages them to try again when they've given up. You may become the adult they remember years from now.
You won't change everything overnight. But you could change something. And sometimes, that's where everything begins.
Could You Be The Difference?
If you're compassionate, resilient and ready to build a career where the work you do genuinely matters, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and become someone a young person can count on.
Safeguarding
The safety and wellbeing of children and young people is at the heart of what we do.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment procedures, including an Enhanced DBS check and satisfactory pre-employment checks. Candidates will be required to disclose convictions or cautions that are not protected under current filtering legislation.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
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