Homes for Support
Residential Children's Support Worker (5-18 years)
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📍 Crewe, Cheshire
💷 Salary £25,528.50 to £27,358.50 + £5,475.00 sleep-in payments + enhanced overtime opportunities
⏰ Rota 2 Days On / 4 Days Off
🚗 Requirements Full UK Driving Licence Required
📅 Job Type Full-time | Permanent | Immediate Start Available
Make a real difference. Build a career in Residential Childcare.
Are you looking for a new challenge this summer?
You could use the skills you already have to build a rewarding career as a Children's Residential Support Worker.
No previous experience working in a children's home is required.
Homes for Support is recruiting Children's Residential Support Workers to join our established and newly developing Residential Childcare teams in Crewe and Cheshire.
You'll work as part of a team supporting children and young people in a safe, nurturing, therapeutic environment - helping them build confidence, develop independence, and achieve positive outcomes.
Why Join Us?
- 2 days on / 4 days off – a structured rota with regular time off
- Full training and a structured 12-week induction
- Support to complete your Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare
- Sleep-in payments
- Enhanced overtime opportunities
- Health Shield Cash Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Workplace pension
- Career progression opportunities
- Supportive management and established teams
- Opportunities to join new and developing services
- Immediate starts available, subject to successful completion of safer recruitment checks
Your Experience Could Transfer to Residential Childcare
You don't need to have worked in a children's home before.
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We are looking for people who are reliable, resilient, caring, consistent, and able to build positive professional relationships with children and young people.
What You'll Do
As a Children's Residential Support Worker, you will:
- Support children with daily routines and independence
- Encourage education, activities, hobbies, and community participation
- Support emotional wellbeing and positive behaviour
- Help children develop confidence, resilience, and life skills
- Complete daily digital records and contribute to care planning
- Work closely with colleagues, families, and other professionals
- Be a positive and consistent role model
Your First 6 Months and Beyond
We won't expect you to know everything on day one.
Our 12-week induction programme gives you the knowledge and practical skills needed to begin your career in Residential Childcare.
Training includes:
- Safeguarding and child protection
- Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015
- Children's rights and participation
- Trauma-informed and therapeutic care
- Child development and attachment
- Supporting emotional regulation and behaviour
- Health and safety
- Medication
- Recording and reporting
- Professional boundaries
- Care planning and risk management
- Physical intervention training
You'll receive ongoing management support, supervision, training and development throughout your first six months and beyond.
Where applicable, you'll also be supported to complete your Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare.
For those who want to progress, there are opportunities to develop your career into senior and leadership roles.
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Recruitment & Safer Recruitment Process
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
All appointments are subject to our safer recruitment and pre-employment checking procedures, including:
- CV, application and initial screening
- Interview with two Managers
- Full employment history from when you left secondary education
- References
- Enhanced DBS check
- Right to Work verification
- Identity checks
- Relevant pre-employment checks
- Completion of all required documentation
Our recruitment process is designed to ensure that the people who join our children's homes are safe, suitable and committed to providing high-quality care.
The Essentials
You will need:
- A full UK driving licence
- The ability to reliably commute to Crewe
- The ability to work a 2 days on / 4 days off rota including weekends and bank holidays
- The right to work in the UK
Previous Residential Childcare experience is not essential. Full training is provided.
Ready to Start Your Career in Residential Childcare?
If you're looking for a rewarding career where you can use your existing skills, learn something new, and make a genuine difference to children's lives, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today to become a Children's Residential Support Worker with Homes for Support.
📍 Location: Crewe, Cheshire and surrounding areas
💼 Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
⏰ Rota: 2 days on / 4 days off
📅 Start: Immediate starts available, subject to safer recruitment and pre-employment checks
Apply now - no previous experience in a children's home is required.
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