Derbyshire County Council
Residential Childrens Worker (Glenholme Children's Home)
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Closing date: 16 August 2026
Our Commitment
Derbyshire provides consistent, good quality care through twelve children’s homes across the County. Our homes provide an environment where young people feel happy to live.
Under-pinned by Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy (PACE), trauma informed practice, social pedagogy and person-centred approach to inform practice, we work continuously to improve the quality of our Children’s homes, ensuring our young people have every opportunity to thrive and develop.
About The Role
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join a small, experienced, supportive team at Glenholme in Long Eaton.
Our Residential Children’s Workers provide a service to Children in accordance with legislative and policy requirements. Working as part of a small staff team who provide support and a person-centred service, they are responsible for the daily support, guidance, educational and social needs of our children.
As a Residential Children’s Worker at Glenholme, you will play a vital part in delivering emotionally attuned, relationship-focused care to children and young people with complex emotional and behavioural needs. You will work as part of a supportive and experienced team, helping to create a stable, nurturing and therapeutic home environment. Your daily work will involve promoting the wellbeing, development and safety of each child, offering guidance, emotional support and consistent boundaries that help them feel valued, secure and understood.
You will play a key role in supporting young people through everyday routines such as preparing for school, managing their personal organisation, and engaging in hobbies, activities and community participation. Alongside this, you will help young people develop essential life skills including cooking, budgeting, self-care and building healthy relationships. Much of the work involves building strong, trusting and respectful relationships, working in line with PACE, trauma-informed practice, social pedagogy and restorative approaches.
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As a Residential Children’s Worker, you will need to have an openness to and an aptitude for relationship focused and psychologically informed working practices. You must have the appropriate skills and experience to perform and work within an environment that can, at times, require using your own initiative along with an understanding of the children act, the quality care standards and Children’s Homes (England) regulations 2015.
You must hold, be working towards, or be willing to undertake and complete within 2 years of starting work at the home, the Level 3 Children and Young people’s Workforce Diploma and Social Care Pathway (England) 2015. OR you should hold an equivalent qualification such as The NVQ 3 caring for children & young people and be prepared to complete any additional work to meet the required level. More information on the role can be found within the Job and Person profile.
Residential Children’s Worker roles attract the following additional payments. This Residential Children’s Worker role is shift based (earlies, late’s and sleep in’s) to provide 24hr care.
Salary details:
- Grade 9 £16.77- £17.79 Monday to Sunday 7am-7pm
- After 7pm until 7am £22.36 - £23.72
- Bank Holidays £33.54 - £35.58
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Sleep-in duty, you will be paid a basic duty payment rate of £32.86. Any additional time worked as a result of being called to work when sleeping in will be paid at the appropriate rate for the day/time of day. Bank holidays: sleep-in duties that span into or out of a bank holiday will be enhanced to double the basic duty payment rate.
For more information on our residential children’s service please visit https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/social-health/children-and-families/children-we-look-after/residential-care/young-people-who-need-residential-care.aspx
Working for Derbyshire
Derbyshire is also a great place to live and work. It's only a short drive to Derby, Nottingham, Sheffield, and Manchester but is also home to miles of beautiful countryside and has the Peak District National Park on its doorstep. The county enjoys house prices below the UK average and has great road and rail links. In addition to location, there are several perks to being a Derbyshire County Council employee:
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- generous annual leave and flexi-time scheme
- travel expenses
- discount on leisure centre memberships
- free car parking at most sites
- an in-house counselling services
- occupational health service
- access to sessions with a trained physiotherapist
- cycle to work scheme
Provisional Interview Date
Week commencing 24.08.2026
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