Residential Children and Young Person Worker

Responsibilities

• Build positive, trusting relationships with children and young people
• Support emotional wellbeing, daily routines, and therapeutic care
• Work as part of a team to create a safe, stable, and nurturing home
• Engage in reflective practice and ongoing training
• Contribute to a culture of kindness, curiosity, and connection

Requirements

• Experience in residential childcare (Level 3 Diploma minimum desirable)
• A relational, trauma-informed approach to care
• Strong safeguarding knowledge
• Emotional resilience
• Commitment to listening to and empowering children
• Ability to work in a team
• Flexibility to commit to sleep-ins and shift work, including weekends and bank holidays.

Benefits

Additional Information

Changing Childhoods. Changing Lives. We're getting ready to open the doors of a brand-new children's home, and we're looking for caring, committed Residential Children and Young Person Workers to help us make it a place where children feel safe, valued, and truly at home. This is more than a job, it's a chance to be part of something from the very beginning. Our home is built on the foundations of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) and the PACE model (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy), creating a culture of connection, trust, and healing. What Young People Say About the Home "I'd love to live in a place like this." - Young person, age 17 "It's a nice house. Really big." - Young person, age 17 We're proud of the space we've created, and even prouder of the relationships we'll build inside it. What Children Say They Want in Staff "Someone who won't give up on me" Anon. "People that understand me; to make me feel like I fit in" Anon . These voices guide what we do. We're committed to child-centred care, and we want staff who share that commitment.

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