Residential Childcare Worker

Children's Residential Worker

Position Type: Full-Time / Part-Time / Ad-hoc

Pay Rates (PAYE, rolled up holiday pay):

• Day Shifts: £15.78 per hour
• Night Shifts: £16.63 per hour

We are looking for compassionate, resilient, and dedicated Children's Residential Workers to join our team. In this rewarding role, you will provide a safe, nurturing, and structured environment for young people in residential care, supporting their emotional, educational, and social development.

• Daily Care & Support: Provide person-centered care and physical/emotional support to children and young people tailored to their individual care plans.
• Creating a Safe Environment: Maintain a clean, secure, and welcoming home environment that encourages positive behaviors and independence.
• Activity & Routine Planning: Assist young people with day-to-day routines, school attendance, life-skills building, and engaging social activities.
• De-escalation & Emotional Support: Support children through challenging emotions or behaviors using positive behavior management and approved techniques.
• Record Keeping: Complete daily handovers, incident reports, and care plan documentation accurately and confidentially.
• Team Collaboration: Work effectively alongside home managers, social workers, teachers, and healthcare professionals to ensure best outcomes for each child.

• Proven experience working directly with young people in a care or support environment.
• A passion for supporting vulnerable young people and making a genuine difference.
• Strong communication, empathy, and active listening skills.
• Minimum of 6 months previous experience working in a UK children's residential setting.

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If you are ready to make a lasting, positive impact on young lives, send your CV to or click Apply Now.

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