Children and Young Persons Senior Residential Support Worker

Job Description:

📍 Coalville, Leicestershire

📅 Full-time | Permanent

🕰 Three-week rolling rota giving you a great work/life balance

💰 £31,360 – £38,811 plus overtime opportunities due to having 7 other homes in the county

📚 Fully funded Level 3 Diploma in Children and Young People plus lots of employee benefits (stated at the bottom of this advert)

🌟 Ready for a new challenge?

Do you have experience working with children and young people in residential care? Are you passionate about making a lasting impact? Join us as a Children and Young Persons Senior Residential Support Worker in our brand-new emotional wellbeing home in Coalville. We have an exciting project to deliver therapeutic residential care to some of the county’s most vulnerable young people. You would be working for one of the largest and longest standing childrens charity in England giving you job security and masses of employment opportunities.

🏠 About the home

We are based in Coalville and provide a warm and supportive environment for up to 3 children and young people aged 8–18 years. The service supports those with complex needs and emotional challenges, helping them build confidence, develop independence and form meaningful connections. While Coalville will be your main base, we ask you to be flexible to work in our other homes in Hinckley, Syston and Mountsorrel - if and when needed.

🔑 What you’ll be doing

As a Children and Young Persons Senior Residential Support Worker, you’ll:

• Build positive, nurturing relationships with children and young people
• Lead, coach, and support a team of Residential Support Workers
• Help manage daily routines, including cooking, cleaning, and home maintenance
• Ensure high standards of safeguarding and emotional support
• Work closely with families, Carers and external professionals
• Keep accurate records and support care planning

📋 What we’re looking for

• A driver with access to own car (essential)
• A background working with children and young people with emotional or behavioural needs (essential)
• At least 1 years’ experience supervising in a residential care setting (essential)
• A Level 3 Diploma in Children and Young People (or a willingness to complete it)
• A solid understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures
• Flexibility to work shifts, including weekends and bank holidays
• Strong communication and teamwork skills

💷 Pay & Benefits

We offer a fair, transparent pay framework designed to support development and reward commitment.

Benefits include:

• We believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company maternity paternity and adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service-related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our benefit portal
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to our Learning and Development offer

“Please note: We are only able to consider candidates who have the right to work in the UK with no limitations.