Residential Childcare Worker in Long Eaton

This is a rewarding opportunity to join a small, experienced and supportive team providing safe, nurturing and relationship-focused care for children and young people with complex emotional and behavioural needs.

As a Residential Childcare Worker, you will provide emotionally attuned, person-centred support, helping young people feel safe, valued and understood while promoting their wellbeing, development and independence. You will work in line with PACE, trauma-informed practice, social pedagogy and restorative approaches, supporting daily routines, education, hobbies, community participation and essential life skills.

• Provide Therapeutic Care: Support children and young people with complex emotional and social needs using a considered, relationship-focused and therapeutically informed approach.
• Promote Safety and Wellbeing: Help ensure children and young people are safe, feel safe and receive responsive care that supports their physical, emotional and social development.
• Support Daily Routines: Assist young people with preparing for school, personal organisation, hobbies, activities and community participation.
• Develop Life Skills: Encourage young people to build confidence with cooking, budgeting, self-care, healthy relationships and personal responsibility.
• Build Positive Relationships: Develop trusting and respectful relationships with children, young people, families, colleagues and partner agencies.
• Coordinate Shifts: Support shift coordination, staff handovers and the smooth running of the home.
• Maintain Care Records: Contribute to care plans, risk assessments, safe care plans and clear written records using ICT systems.
• Work with Partners: Communicate with education, health, CAMHS, police, families and other agencies to support positive outcomes.
• Respond to Incidents: Take appropriate action in emergency situations, escalating to management when required.

• Significant experience supporting individuals with a disability and/or emotional, behavioural or social difficulties.
• Experience working with children, young people, families and other stakeholders.
• Experience working as part of a team, with the ability to use own initiative to deliver positive outcomes.
• Experience using ICT systems and producing clear, concise written information.
• Understanding of issues affecting children and young people.
• Understanding of child protection and safeguarding procedures.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and national guidance for good practice.
• Ability to communicate with children and young people, build relationships and respond appropriately to challenging behaviour.
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries, promote dignity and respect, assess risk and take appropriate action.
• Proven ability to coordinate, organise and run a shift.
• Hold, be working towards, or be willing to undertake the Level 3 Children and Young People’s Workforce Diploma and Social Care Pathway, or an equivalent qualification.
• Right to work in the UK without sponsorship.

• Experience working with children and young people in a residential setting.
• Experience measuring the progress of children and young people.
• Experience working with children and young people on a one-to-one basis, in group settings and with families and other agencies.
• Understanding of Children’s Homes Regulations, Quality Standards and the Children Act.
• Group work experience.
• Experience working with disabled children and young people, including moving and handling and supporting personal care.
• Awareness of attachment, trauma-informed care, PACE, social pedagogy, PBS and restorative practice.

• Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Generous annual leave and flexi-time scheme.
• Travel expenses.
• Discount on leisure centre memberships.
• Free car parking at most sites.
• In-house counselling services.
• Occupational health service.
• Access to sessions with a trained physiotherapist.
• Cycle to work scheme.

This role requires a DBS Check.