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Job Title: Children's Support Worker
Location: South Wales (Cwmbran, Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, RCT, & Bridgend)
Salary/Pay: £16.00 - £20.00 per hour (100% PAYE with flexible holiday options)
Job Type: Full-Time / Part-Time / Shift-Based
Transform Young Lives With Randstad
Every child deserves a advocate who sees their full potential. At Randstad, we are seeking experienced Children's Support Workers across South Wales to provide high-quality, outcome-focused support for vulnerable young people.
Rather than filling ad-hoc shifts, we specialise in Tailored Localised Care (TLC) packages. We carefully pair your unique skills, lived experience, and strengths with young people requiring consistent 1:1 residential and community support.
Core Responsibilities
- Delivering high-impact, trauma-informed care in residential children's homes and specialised community packages.
- Guiding young people through daily life skills, educational activities, and local social pursuits (e.g., swimming, sports, and outdoor trips).
- Assisting with multi-agency contact visits, family supervisions, and parent-and-baby support programmes.
- Supporting children navigating complex social-emotional needs, ADHD/Autism diagnoses, CAMHS interventions, or adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
- Maintaining firm, compassionate boundaries while acting as a positive, resilient role model.
What You Bring
- Demonstrable experience in children's residential social care, youth work, or specialised support services.
- Practical understanding of trauma-informed principles and emotional de-escalation strategies.
- Experience supporting young individuals presenting with complex behaviours or neurodivergent profiles (e.g., Autism, ADHD, trauma).
- Unwavering empathy, resilience, and commitment to safeguarding standards.
What Randstad Offers
- Top Market Rates: £16.00 to £20.00 per hour, paid weekly via 100% PAYE.
- Flexible Pay Control: Choose between a higher hourly rate or an accrued holiday pay pot you draw on demand.
- Work Your Way: Total flexibility across shift patterns (1 to 5 shifts per week).
- Funded CPD: Free access to accredited Team Teach training and Level 3 NVQ qualifications.
- Referral Bonuses: Receive £300 for every qualified friend or colleague you refer.
About Randstad Social Care
We've been providing the dedicated delivery of Children's Support Workers in South Wales for years. Randstad is the region's premier recruitment partner for local authority social care and independent children's residential settings. We believe in championing our workforce, providing responsive support from the office and continuous professional development, and placements where your skills create lasting, positive change for vulnerable young people.
How to Apply
Ready to take the next step in your social care career? Click 'Apply' below to submit your CV, and a member of our specialist South Wales Children's team will contact you for an informal interview.
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.
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