Children's Support Worker (Therapeutic Residential)

Location: West End, Newcastle upon Tyne

Pay: £13.20 per hour + £60.00 per sleep-in

Contract: Full-Time (40 Hours across 3 long day shifts + sleep-ins)

• Great Earning Potential: £13.20/hr plus £60.00 per sleep-in shift.

• 3-Day Work Week: Complete your full-time contract over just 3 long days, leaving more concentrated days off to recharge.

• Growth & Training: Comprehensive induction, ongoing trauma-informed workshops, and continuous career progression.

• Supportive Culture: Regular 1-on-1 supervision from a management team that genuinely values your well-being.

Join our therapeutic residential team to provide a safe, stable, and nurturing environment for young people who have experienced trauma. You will use a person-centred approach to build trust, establish daily routines, and help vulnerable children rewrite their futures.

Suitable Transferable Experience:

This position is ideal if you have worked as a Youth Worker, Residential Childcare Worker, Therapeutic Support Worker, Family Support Worker, or Youth Mentor.

• Build Relationships: Develop consistent, trusting bonds so young people feel safe and heard.

• Therapeutic Support: Apply trauma-informed techniques to help children manage emotions and high-pressure moments.

• Daily Support: Assist with routines, mealtimes, education, hobbies, and accurate record-keeping.

• Advocacy: Act as a positive role model and ensure the children's voices shape their care.

• Empathy & Resilience: Calm, patient, and professional under pressure.

• Reliability: Committed to 24/7 service routines, including long days and sleep-ins.

• Great Communication: Strong interpersonal skills to engage children and work in a tight-knit team.

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Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.

experience

Children services

skills

be able to manage challenging situations,be person centred,can work as an individual or part of a team,caring,competent at dealing with all stakeholders,critical thinking,emotional intelligence,empathy,handling medication,non-judgemental,oral communication,organisational,passionate,patience,report writing (incident logs and daily plans etc),resilient,show initiative,time management,tolerance,understanding,work well under pressure,written communication