Residential Childcare Support Worker

Nexgen Locum are recruiting for a Residential Childcare Support Worker for our client in Stockport. 

Job Role:

• Ensuring each young person is cared for effectively, addressing their care, education, social, emotional, cultural, therapeutic and health needs.


• Exercising appropriate control over children and young people at all times, maintaining a safe environment


• Working in partnership with parents, families, carers and other professionals to advocate for, safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people.


• Maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality.


• Covering various shifts including early mornings, late evenings and sleep-ins, on weekdays, weekends and Bank Holidays, within the Homes and on residential trips.


• Promoting an organisational culture which values every team member’s contribution and is intolerant of discrimination in any form.

Experience Required:

• Must be level 3 qualified and experienced in residential childcare


• Have a minimum of two years’ experience working with children and young people within a residential, educational or youth working environment

Please make sure the above experience is in your cv

Standard shifts – 8am – 5pm, 5pm – 11pm and Overnight (11-8). They aren’t waking nights – if you get up to work you get paid for it – otherwise you get paid to sleep.

Expected hours: No more than 40 per week

£11.44 to £13.17 per hour depending on level of experience.

If interested please apply and we can take the next steps.