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Senior Children's Residential Support Worker
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Senior Residential Support Worker
Location: Sheffield
Salary: £31,616.16 - £38,616 per annum + sleep-in allowance £7000 per year
Contract: Full-time, permanent, including evenings, weekends, and sleep-ins as required
Driving Licence: Essential
Are you an experienced and passionate child residential care professional looking to make a real difference? This is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated team providing high-quality therapeutic care to children and young people in a supportive, nurturing, and child-centred home.
As a Senior Residential Support Worker, you will support the Registered Manager and Deputy Manager in delivering outstanding residential care that meets the individual needs of each child. You will help create a safe, stable, and positive environment where children can thrive, develop independence, and build resilience.
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Key Responsibilities
- Provide strong shift leadership and act as the responsible person in the absence of senior management.
- Support and guide staff through mentoring, induction, training, and reflective practice.
- Ensure children are listened to, involved in decisions about their care, and supported to express their views.
- Maintain safeguarding standards, accurate records, and compliance with the Children's Homes Regulations 2015, Quality Standards, and Ofsted expectations.
- Build trusting relationships with children and young people using trauma-informed and child-centred approaches.
- Support daily routines, care planning, behaviour management, and the overall running of the home.
About You
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- Minimum 2 years' experience in a children's residential care setting.
- Strong understanding of safeguarding, child protection, attachment, and trauma-informed practice.
- Experience supporting children and young people with EBD, trauma, and challenging behaviour.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.
- A calm, resilient, nurturing, and child-centred approach.
- A full clean UK driving licence is desirable.
What's On Offer
- Opportunity to work in a supportive and professional residential care environment.
- A chance to make a meaningful difference to the lives of children and young people.
- Ongoing training and development.
- A role where therapeutic care, safeguarding, and high-quality support are at the heart of everything you do.
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