Casual Residential Childcare Worker

Hours and Pay

Salary Band 8- £16,61 - £17.84 per hour Band 9- £18.35 - £19.81 per hour Salary Band Up to £10,000 Post Type Casual / Seasonal / Bank / Permanently Variable hours Hours Per Week As and when required

Job and Application details

Categories Social Care - Children Service
Directorate N/A Published Date 02/08/2026 Closing Date 31/08/2026

We are looking for exceptional, enthusiastic and creative child focused people to work within our Children Homes, to work with young people with complex and additional needs.

The ideal candidates must also be able to effectively extend these skills to the young people’s families/carers and professionals.

The Residential Homes care for children who are looked after by the local authority. We also provide a Short Breaks Service for children with disabilities. Casual vacancies support children and young people across both our residential homes and Short Breaks Service.

The overall aims as a Residential Child Care Worker is to act as a corporate parent for Children Looked After and be an assertive champion for Children in Need in accordance with the Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations including the quality standards. To ensure children and young people are nurtured, happy, healthy and safe from harm, able to develop, thrive and fulfil their full potential.

Applicants should have experience of working with children and young people either in a residential care or related setting.

Band 8- Must be willing to work towards a Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare.

Band 9- Applicants should hold a Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare or equivalent.

This post involves shift work, sleep overs, bank holidays and weekend working.

For the full range of benefits we offer, please see our Why work for us internet page, which also includes our Total Reward Booklet and Employee Benefit Video.

Find out further information about us and what it’s like to work for our great team by visiting the Jobs and Careers home page.

The successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

You must ensure that anything submitted in your application is factually accurate. Plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own. Whilst we accept candidates may use AI tools within job applications; submissions must be truthful and relevant to your own experience.

We are an equal opportunities' employer. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community. We aim to interview any applicant who declares a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job.