senior residential childcare worker.

Job Title: Senior Residential Childcare Worker

Location: Dunscore

Salary: £28,645.50 - £29,464.50 per annum + sleep-in allowances (OTE up to £37,464)

Are you a dedicated social care professional ready to take the next meaningful step in your career? A respected provider of specialist children's residential services is seeking a compassionate, resilient Senior Residential Childcare Worker to help shape a safe, nurturing environment for young people in Dunscore.

In this pivotal leadership role, you will do far more than manage daily operations: you will actively inspire vulnerable young people to overcome past adversity, develop vital life skills, and build a brighter future.

• Attractive Earnings: Earn between £28,645.50 and £29,464.50 basic salary, with additional sleep-in allowances raising overall OTE up to £37,464.
• Generous Joining & Referral Incentives: Receive a £500 welcome bonus upon joining, plus access to a £1,000 refer-a-friend scheme.
• Comprehensive Funding: Fully funded PVG registration check and a paid, fully supportive induction programme.
• Professional Support: Access to 24/7 employee support networks, structured career development pathways, and ongoing accredited training.
• Stable Employment: Guaranteed full-time contract within a highly supportive, close-knit team setting.

• Relational Care: Build authentic, trusting relationships with young individuals, providing compassionate emotional and moral support tailored to individual needs.
• Routine & Life Skills: Guide young people through structured daily routines, including school preparation, nutritional meal planning, and key independent living skills.
• Enrichment Activities: Coordinate and lead engaging social outings, sports, outdoor activities, and creative projects to nurture personal interests and confidence.
• Homely Environment: Assist in maintaining a high standard of cleanliness and warmth throughout the residential home to foster a genuine family environment.
• Digital Documentation: Utilize modern electronic care management software to log accurate shift records, progress notes, and individual care plans (full system orientation provided).

• Personality & Values: A empathetic, patient, and good-humoured approach, combined with a strong desire to mentor and uplift young lives.
• Background: Experience in residential care, support work, youth services, education, or community outreach is highly valued.
• Licence: A full UK manual driving licence is essential due to the requirements of transporting service users.
• Flexibility: Willingness to participate in a shift pattern that includes evening, weekend, and sleep-in duties.

This role is ideally suited to experienced care practitioners, but applications are also strongly encouraged from individuals possessing transferable skills gained in roles such as:

• Senior Support Worker / Team Leader
• Youth Worker / Youth Mentor
• Educational Assistant / Behavioural Support Practitioner
• Family Support Worker / Community Outreach Officer

The residential care sector moves quickly, and our client is looking to schedule interviews promptly.

Apply today with your updated CV to start a conversation with our specialist recruitment team, or contact Randstad UK directly for a confidential discussion regarding current executive and specialist care positions across the region.

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.