Team Leader - Children's Residential Care
| Company: | YOURRECRUIT LIMITED · 07364602 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | from £34,000 a year |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Derby |
| Working pattern: | On-site |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 9 Sept 2026 |
| Closing date: | 9 Oct 2026 |
Summary
Senior Residential Support Worker
Residential Children’s Home
Salary: £34,000 plus £70 per sleep in – up to 8 sleep ins per month
Hours: Shift work – mixed if long days and sleep ins
Job Purpose
As a Senior Residential Support Worker, you will play a key role in providing safe, consistent and nurturing care to
children and young people living within a residential children’s home.
Alongside providing direct care and support, you will take additional responsibility for leading shifts, supporting less
experienced members of the team and helping to ensure that the home operates in accordance with its Statement of
Purpose, safeguarding procedures and the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015.
The role requires someone who can build positive relationships with young people while maintaining professional
boundaries, providing structure and responding calmly and confidently to challenging situations.
Key Responsibilities
• Provide high-quality, child-centred care and support to children and young people within the home.
• Build positive, trusting and professional relationships with young people.
• Lead shifts and provide guidance and direction to Residential Support Workers.
• Ensure young people are safeguarded and that any concerns are identified, recorded and escalated
appropriately.
• Support young people with their emotional, social, educational and practical needs.
• Encourage independence, confidence and the development of life skills.
• Support young people to attend education, appointments, activities and family contact where appropriate.
• Contribute to individual care plans, placement plans, risk assessments and behaviour support strategies.
• Maintain accurate, clear and timely records in accordance with the home’s procedures.
• Support the management of challenging behaviour using approved positive behaviour-support approaches.
• Promote a positive culture within the home where children and young people feel listened to, respected and
valued.
• Act as a positive role model to both young people and colleagues.
• Support and mentor less experienced members of the residential team.
• Assist with the induction of new employees.
• Participate in handovers, team meetings, supervision and training.
• Ensure medication procedures, health and safety requirements and safeguarding processes are followed
correctly.
• Work collaboratively with families, social workers, education professionals and other agencies involved in a
young person’s care.
• Support the Registered Manager and Deputy Manager in maintaining high standards throughout the home.
• Contribute positively to Ofsted inspections and the continuous development of the service.
• Undertake sleep-in duties, waking nights, weekends and bank holidays where required by the home’s rota.
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