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Senior Residential Care Worker Children (Assessment Home)
Job Reference horizoncare/TP/888/1296
Number of Positions:
1
Contract Type:
Full Time
£1500 joining bonus overtime is paid at an enhanced rate
Working Hours:
40
Location:
Salisbury
Closing Date:
03/10/2026
Job Category:
Residential Care
Region / Division:
Wiltshire
Business Unit:
Residential Care
Job Introduction
Senior Residential Care Worker
Be Part of Something Extraordinary. Help Build a Home That Changes Children's Lives.
Candidates must hold a level 3 in Children's and Young Peoples workforce qualification for this role and hold a full UK driving licence .
This is a unique opportunity to join a brand-new therapeutic assessment home from day one, helping shape its culture, values and future.
If you're passionate about making a genuine difference to the lives of children and young people, enjoy being active, and want to work within a supportive, child-focused team, we'd love to hear from you.
About the Home
Our home will provide short-term therapeutic assessments for children and young people, offering a safe, nurturing environment while professionals develop a deeper understanding of their needs, strengths and future plans.
Every relationship you build, every experience you create and every observation you make will help shape a child's future.
What Will You Be Doing?
- Helping young people continue with hobbies, social activities, and friendships, and learn new skills.
- Supporting young people to reach their potential and experience new opportunities.
- Conducting Supervisions for staff members.
- Manage the home effectively in the absence of the Deputy or Manager.
- Effectively lead shifts, direct and support colleagues.
- Manage health and safety processes in the home including the implementation and monitoring of risk assessments.
- To support the induction of colleagues into the home.
- To be responsible for safeguarding and actively promoting the welfare of children and young people.
This won't be a role where you'll spend your day behind a desk.
Instead, you'll be:
- Exploring forests, beaches and local attractions.
- Playing football, swimming, cycling, gaming and joining in with activities.
- Cooking meals together while teaching valuable life skills.
- Celebrating birthdays, achievements and special moments.
- Taking young people on exciting days out and creating positive memories.
- Encouraging hobbies, creativity and new experiences.
- Building trusting relationships through meaningful conversations.
- Supporting education, daily routines and independence.
- Helping children manage difficult emotions using therapeutic approaches.
- Producing high-quality records and contributing to professional assessments.
- Working closely with families, social workers, education providers and health professionals.
What You'll Need
- Experience in children's residential care is desirable (essential for Senior Residential
- Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare.
- Flexibility to work shifts, weekends and sleep-ins.
- A full UK driving licence is preferred.
- Most importantly, the passion and commitment to help children thrive.
Why Join Us?
At Horizon Care & Education, you'll benefit from:
- Real Living Wage employer
- Competitive pay rates
- Christmas bonus
- Blue Light Card
- Colleague referral scheme with cash rewards – earn up to £2500 per referral!*
- Financialwellbeingservice
- Life Assurance
- Tastecard- spectacular savings on dining, pizza, cinema tickets, supermarkets, and UK attractions!
- Opportunity to progress in your career through our Education Academy, and ongoing training and professional development.
- Comprehensive and tailored induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing, and local induction period.
- Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via our SHINE programme.
- Access to a wide range of free online courses for all colleagues on a variety of topics
- Employee assistance programme.
- Community andwellbeing-Your wellbeing matters to us, and we are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need to feel good about what you do. We’re in this together.
- Supportivemanagement and senior leaders.
- High quality CPD opportunities.
- Free eye checks.
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